From: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
To: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, peter.maydell@linaro.org,
richard.henderson@linaro.org, pbonzini@redhat.com,
stefanha@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PULL 1/1] tests/docker: ensure container command is probed at most once
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:25:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v78u3007.fsf@draig.linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260716195807.3219466-2-pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> (Pierrick Bouvier's message of "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:58:07 -0700")
Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:
> From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
>
> The '--engine' arg accepts either 'podman' or 'docker', which is
> not sufficiently granular to map directly to a command. This
> means that docker.py still has to then probe the exact command
> to use.
>
> Meanwhile the 'probe' command prints out the full command to use
> but this cannot be passed back to docker.py to avoid probing
> again, so the caching is only useful in the few case where we
> run a container directly bypassing docker.py.
>
> Address this by replacing --engine with --command for docker.py.
>
> This in turn requires the --container-engine configure arg to be
> replaced with --container-command.
>
> With these changes the container command is probed at most once
> during configure and never again, while running in an unconfigured
> tree will still probe on demand.
>
> Tested-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260716102515.1503404-1-berrange@redhat.com
> Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
I've bisected to this as breaking --disable-containers:
../../configure --target-list=aarch64-linux-user,loongarch64-linux-user --disable-containers
...
Cross compilers
aarch64 : aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
loongarch64 : cc --cc loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -i qemu/debian-loongarch-cross -s /home/alex.bennee/lsrc/qemu.git --
So some mangling with the container command line has happened.
> ---
> configure | 25 +++++++------
> tests/docker/Makefile.include | 13 ++++---
> tests/docker/docker.py | 67 ++++++++++++-----------------------
> 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index d8bc10060e1..6ddfe4b5342 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ fi
> # some defaults, based on the host environment
>
> # default parameters
> -container_engine="auto"
> +container_command=""
> cpu=""
> cross_compile="no"
> cross_prefix=""
> @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ for opt do
> ;;
> --disable-containers) use_containers="no"
> ;;
> - --container-engine=*) container_engine="$optarg"
> + --container-command=*) container_command="$optarg"
> ;;
> --rust-target-triple=*) rust_target_triple="$optarg"
> ;;
> @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
> --enable-debug enable common debug build options
> --cpu=CPU Build for host CPU [$cpu]
> --disable-containers don't use containers for cross-building
> - --container-engine=TYPE which container engine to use [$container_engine]
> + --container-command=CMD which container command to use [autodetect]
> --gdb=GDB-path gdb to use for gdbstub tests [$gdb_bin]
> --wasm64-32bit-address-limit Restrict wasm64 address space to 32-bit (default
> is to use the whole 64-bit range).
> @@ -1291,12 +1291,12 @@ fi
> ##########################################
> # functions to probe cross compilers
>
> -runc="no"
> -if test $use_containers = "yes" && (has "docker" || has "podman"); then
> - runc=$($python "$source_path"/tests/docker/docker.py --engine "$container_engine" probe)
> - if test "$runc" != "no"; then
> - docker_py="$python $source_path/tests/docker/docker.py --engine $container_engine"
> - fi
> +if test "$container_command" = ""; then
> + container_command=$($python "$source_path"/tests/docker/docker.py probe)
> + test "$container_command" = "no" && container_command=""
> +fi
> +if test $use_containers = "yes" && test "$container_command" != ""; then
> + docker_py="$python $source_path/tests/docker/docker.py --command $container_command"
else
container_command=""
fi
?
>
> # cross compilers defaults, can be overridden with --cross-cc-ARCH
> @@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ probe_target_compiler() {
> esac
>
> for host in $container_hosts; do
> - test "$runc" != no || continue
> + test "$container_command" != "" || continue
> test "$host" = "$cpu" || continue
> case $target_arch in
> # debian-all-test-cross architectures
> @@ -1736,9 +1736,8 @@ echo all: >> $config_host_mak
> echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> $config_host_mak
> echo "TARGET_DIRS=$target_list" >> $config_host_mak
> echo "GDB=$gdb_bin" >> $config_host_mak
> -if test "$runc" != no; then
> - echo "RUNC=$runc" >> $config_host_mak
> - echo "CONTAINER_ENGINE=$container_engine" >> $config_host_mak
> +if test "$container_command" != ""; then
> + echo "CONTAINER_COMMAND=$container_command" >> $config_host_mak
> fi
> echo "SUBDIRS=$subdirs" >> $config_host_mak
> if test "$rust" != disabled; then
> diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
> index 4725c39807b..0adddb6a5c6 100644
> --- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
> +++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
> @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ DOCKER_DEFAULT_REGISTRY := registry.gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
> endif
> DOCKER_REGISTRY := $(if $(REGISTRY),$(REGISTRY),$(DOCKER_DEFAULT_REGISTRY))
>
> -CONTAINER_ENGINE = auto
> -DOCKER_SCRIPT=$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py --engine $(CONTAINER_ENGINE)
> -RUNC ?= $(shell $(DOCKER_SCRIPT) probe)
> +CONTAINER_COMMAND ?= $(shell $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py probe)
> +DOCKER_SCRIPT=$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py --command "$(CONTAINER_COMMAND)"
>
> CUR_TIME := $(shell date +%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S.$$$$)
> DOCKER_SRC_COPY := $(BUILD_DIR)/docker-src.$(CUR_TIME)
> @@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ docker-qemu-src: $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY)
> # General rule for building docker images.
> docker-image-%: $(DOCKER_FILES_DIR)/%.docker
> $(call quiet-command, \
> - DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(RUNC) build \
> + DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(CONTAINER_COMMAND) build \
> $(if $(DOCKER_V),,--quiet) \
> $(if $(NOCACHE),--no-cache, \
> $(if $(DOCKER_REGISTRY),--cache-from $(DOCKER_REGISTRY)/qemu/$*)) \
> @@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ $(foreach i,$(filter-out $(DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES),$(DOCKER_IMAGES)), \
> )
>
> docker:
> - @echo 'Build QEMU and run tests inside $(RUNC) containers'
> + @echo 'Build QEMU and run tests inside $(CONTAINER_COMMAND) containers'
> @echo
> @echo 'Available targets:'
> @echo
> @@ -219,10 +218,10 @@ docker-run: docker-qemu-src
> $(IMAGE) --executable $(EXECUTABLE), \
> " COPYING $(EXECUTABLE) to $(IMAGE)"))
> $(call quiet-command, \
> - $(RUNC) run \
> + $(CONTAINER_COMMAND) run \
> --rm \
> $(if $(NOUSER),, \
> - $(if $(filter docker,$(RUNC)), \
> + $(if $(filter docker,$(CONTAINER_COMMAND)), \
> -u $(UID), \
> --userns keep-id \
> ) \
> diff --git a/tests/docker/docker.py b/tests/docker/docker.py
> index 9e18b984f45..d2f39b5645b 100755
> --- a/tests/docker/docker.py
> +++ b/tests/docker/docker.py
> @@ -35,27 +35,6 @@
>
> DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
>
> -class EngineEnum(enum.IntEnum):
> - AUTO = 1
> - DOCKER = 2
> - PODMAN = 3
> -
> - def __str__(self):
> - return self.name.lower()
> -
> - def __repr__(self):
> - return str(self)
> -
> - @staticmethod
> - def argparse(s):
> - try:
> - return EngineEnum[s.upper()]
> - except KeyError:
> - return s
> -
> -
> -USE_ENGINE = EngineEnum.AUTO
> -
> def _bytes_checksum(bytes):
> """Calculate a digest string unique to the text content"""
> return hashlib.sha1(bytes).hexdigest()
> @@ -73,12 +52,11 @@ def _file_checksum(filename):
>
> def _guess_engine_command():
> """ Guess a working engine command or raise exception if not found"""
> - commands = []
> -
> - if USE_ENGINE in [EngineEnum.AUTO, EngineEnum.PODMAN]:
> - commands += [["podman"], ["podman-remote"], ["podman", "--remote"]]
> - if USE_ENGINE in [EngineEnum.AUTO, EngineEnum.DOCKER]:
> - commands += [["docker"], ["sudo", "-n", "docker"]]
> + commands = [["podman"],
> + ["podman-remote"],
> + ["podman", "--remote"],
> + ["docker"],
> + ["sudo", "-n", "docker"]]
> for cmd in commands:
> try:
> # 'version' is not sufficient to prove a working binary
> @@ -222,8 +200,11 @@ def _dockerfile_verify_flat(df):
>
> class Docker(object):
> """ Running Docker commands """
> - def __init__(self):
> - self._command = _guess_engine_command()
> + def __init__(self, commandstr=None):
> + if commandstr is None:
> + self._command = _guess_engine_command()
> + else:
> + self._command = commandstr.split(" ")
>
> if ("docker" in self._command and
> "TRAVIS" not in os.environ and
> @@ -411,8 +392,8 @@ def args(self, parser):
> help="Run container using the current user's uid")
>
> def run(self, args, argv):
> - return Docker().run(argv, args.keep, quiet=args.quiet,
> - as_user=args.run_as_current_user)
> + return Docker(args.command).run(argv, args.keep, quiet=args.quiet,
> + as_user=args.run_as_current_user)
>
>
> class BuildCommand(SubCommand):
> @@ -445,7 +426,7 @@ def run(self, args, argv):
> dockerfile = _read_dockerfile(args.dockerfile)
> tag = args.tag
>
> - dkr = Docker()
> + dkr = Docker(args.command)
> if "--no-cache" not in argv and \
> dkr.image_matches_dockerfile(tag, dockerfile):
> if not args.quiet:
> @@ -512,7 +493,7 @@ def args(self, parser):
> help="Docker registry")
>
> def run(self, args, argv):
> - dkr = Docker()
> + dkr = Docker(args.command)
> dkr.command(cmd="pull", quiet=args.quiet,
> argv=["%s/%s" % (args.registry, args.tag)])
> dkr.command(cmd="tag", quiet=args.quiet,
> @@ -590,7 +571,7 @@ def run(self, args, argv):
> tmp.seek(0)
>
> # Run the build with our tarball context
> - dkr = Docker()
> + dkr = Docker(args.command)
> dkr.update_image(args.tag, tmp, quiet=args.quiet)
>
> return 0
> @@ -601,7 +582,7 @@ class CleanCommand(SubCommand):
> name = "clean"
>
> def run(self, args, argv):
> - Docker().clean()
> + Docker(args.command).clean()
> return 0
>
>
> @@ -610,7 +591,7 @@ class ImagesCommand(SubCommand):
> name = "images"
>
> def run(self, args, argv):
> - return Docker().command("images", argv, args.quiet)
> + return Docker(args.command).command("images", argv, args.quiet)
>
>
> class ProbeCommand(SubCommand):
> @@ -619,7 +600,7 @@ class ProbeCommand(SubCommand):
>
> def run(self, args, argv):
> try:
> - docker = Docker()
> + docker = Docker(args.command)
> print(" ".join(docker._command))
> except Exception:
> print("no")
> @@ -651,18 +632,16 @@ def run(self, args, argv):
> cmd += ["-v", "%s:%s:ro,z" % (p, p)]
> cmd += [args.image, args.cc]
> cmd += argv
> - return Docker().run(cmd, False, quiet=args.quiet,
> - as_user=True)
> + return Docker(args.command).run(cmd, False, quiet=args.quiet,
> + as_user=True)
>
>
> def main():
> - global USE_ENGINE
> -
> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="A Docker helper",
> usage="%s <subcommand> ..." %
> os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
> - parser.add_argument("--engine", type=EngineEnum.argparse, choices=list(EngineEnum),
> - help="specify which container engine to use")
> + parser.add_argument("--command",
> + help="specify which container engine command to use")
> subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title="subcommands", help=None)
> for cls in SubCommand.__subclasses__():
> cmd = cls()
> @@ -671,8 +650,6 @@ def main():
> cmd.args(subp)
> subp.set_defaults(cmdobj=cmd)
> args, argv = parser.parse_known_args()
> - if args.engine:
> - USE_ENGINE = args.engine
> return args.cmdobj.run(args, argv)
--
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 19:58 [PULL 0/1] Docker fixes for 2026-07-16 Pierrick Bouvier
2026-07-16 19:58 ` [PULL 1/1] tests/docker: ensure container command is probed at most once Pierrick Bouvier
2026-08-28 12:25 ` Alex Bennée [this message]
2026-08-28 15:00 ` Pierrick Bouvier
2026-07-16 19:59 ` [PULL 0/1] Docker fixes for 2026-07-16 Pierrick Bouvier
2026-07-20 9:59 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
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