Re: [PATCH test-artifacts v3 09/13] Add trigger-test job, to run test on a Linux built from a branch/tag

["Anthony PERARD" <anthony.perard@vates.tech>]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 01:21:59AM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> When scheduling pipeline in test-artifacts repo, it can get also
> TEST_TRIGGER_REPO and TEST_TRIGGER_BRANCH variables, to trigger relevant
> pipeline to test just built artifacts.
> Pass ARTIFACTS_REPO+ARTIFACTS_BRANCH to the child pipeline to ensure it
> fetches artifacts from the right job.
> For example, to build linux-next and test Xen staging on it, the
> pipeline could be triggered with:
>
>     LINUX_GIT_URL=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
>     LINUX_GIT_VERSION=master
>     TEST_TRIGGER_REPO=xen-project/hardware/xen
>     TEST_TRIGGER_BRANCH=staging
>
> The triggered xen test pipeline will skip most build jobs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
> ---

You might want to add that this depends on two patch for the xen repo,
for the trigger to do the expected tests:
    CI: make test-artifacts repo/branch/job customizable
    ci: introduce BUILD_FOR_TESTS_ONLY

> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> index 62b2a24e7faf..9d90a8f57ff8 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> @@ -105,3 +110,18 @@ linux-git-x86_64:
>  microcode-x86:
>    extends: .x86_64-artifacts
>    script: ./scripts/x86-microcode.sh
> +
> +trigger-test:
> +  stage: deploy
> +  trigger:
> +    project: $TEST_TRIGGER_REPO
> +    branch: $TEST_TRIGGER_BRANCH
> +    strategy: mirror
> +  variables:
> +    ARTIFACTS_REPO: $CI_PROJECT_PATH
> +    ARTIFACTS_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
> +    LINUX_JOB_X86_64: linux-git-x86_64
> +    LINUX_JOB_ARM64: linux-git-arm64
> +    BUILD_FOR_TESTS_ONLY: 1

Can we add this?
  inherit:
    variables: false

Otherwise, as I understand, the triggered pipeline will also use the
global variables, like TEST_TRIGGER_REPO, LINUX_GIT_VERSION, ... Or I
could be wrong because we don't set a default value and the are only
manual/scheduled pipeline variable.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/yaml/#trigger
> CI/CD variables defined in a top-level variables section (globally) or
> in the trigger job are forwarded to the downstream pipeline as trigger
> variables.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/pipelines/downstream_pipelines/#prevent-default-variables-from-being-passed

I'm not sure if the inherit:variables:false is needed, so:
Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@vates.tech>

Thanks,


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