Re: [PATCH v2 for-11.2] docs/devel/testing: iotests check script should be run via 'run'

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 05:01:57PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
> The iotests section of the testing documentation suggests directly
> running the "./check" script.  However if you do this then the
> script complains:
> 
> WARNING: iotests is being run from outside of the configure-time python virtual environment
> [...]
> Please use the meson run script:
>         /home/pm215/qemu/build/x86-tgt-san-dbg/run ./check
> 
> Update the documentation to match this.  While we are here,
> standardize on "run from the root of the build tree", which is how we
> generally document running things under "run" (e.g.  the functional
> tests), since the iotests don't have a dependency on their current
> working directory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> ---
> v1->v2: Use "./run ./tests-qemu-iotests/check", for consistency
> with other uses of the run script
> ---
>  docs/devel/testing/main.rst | 20 ++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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