From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA13A606A31B for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2026 09:35:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=BlDwwSXi Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xOts4-0007Rh-0k; Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:35:00 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xOtrt-0007Qx-QO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:34:52 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xOtrr-0007Vp-J3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:34:49 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1793871282; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=A954Jlf8Fv/LoOC5D8Wo5EBHUmHlZ/qx7qbAE5Jt7RE=; b=BlDwwSXim73ynQnYSzDlqkpqnQnYpDpOS5aM48/JZPx/hMfvCYaawXFRf/y4qHH/XM+7DY nuG3UNEnxBEV/A0KlLDhhlLq+3B8MjklEkdPZUF+qd1zuXD2cu1ieM/2VvOl4+ivgFKB4l dUfiYrn1bulWQmW4B5Xfo1dCs1QnpOo= Received: from mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-397-rC0e_tKDNOSAYwwd4HYX3w-1; Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:34:39 -0500 X-MC-Unique: rC0e_tKDNOSAYwwd4HYX3w-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: rC0e_tKDNOSAYwwd4HYX3w_1793871278 Received: from mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8E48195607C; Thu, 5 Nov 2026 09:34:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (headnet04.pony-001.prod.iad2.dc.redhat.com [10.2.32.116]) by mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE0723001DA5; Thu, 5 Nov 2026 09:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 09:34:33 +0000 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Alex =?utf-8?Q?Benn=C3=A9e?= Cc: Peter Maydell , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Pierrick Bouvier Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/devel/testing: iotests check script should be run via 'run' Message-ID: References: <20261103110805.2010679-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> <87o6c685ph.fsf@draig.linaro.org> X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87o6c685ph.fsf@draig.linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/2.4.3 (2026-10-09) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.4 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: 5 X-Spam_score: 0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-17.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 On Tue, Nov 03, 2026 at 12:22:50PM +0000, Alex Bennée wrote: > Peter Maydell writes: > > > 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. > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell > > --- > > docs/devel/testing/main.rst | 14 +++++++++----- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/docs/devel/testing/main.rst b/docs/devel/testing/main.rst > > index b0ca37fe2ba..e26b8af0c79 100644 > > --- a/docs/devel/testing/main.rst > > +++ b/docs/devel/testing/main.rst > > @@ -272,8 +272,12 @@ scripts. The testing success criteria is golden output comparison, and the > > test files are named with numbers. > > > > To run iotests, make sure QEMU is built successfully, then switch to the > > -``tests/qemu-iotests`` directory under the build directory, and run ``./check`` > > -with desired arguments from there. > > +``tests/qemu-iotests`` directory under the build directory, and run > > +the ``check`` script via the ``run`` wrapper which sets up the environment: > > + > > +.. code:: > > + > > + ../../run ./check [args] > > > > This is possibly a personal preference thing but is there actually a > reason for cwd to be tests/qemu-iotests or should we frame it as: > > $BLD/run tests/qemu-iotests/check > > which is how the functional tests are listed? For the sake of docs it is probably a good idea to be run consistent and illustrate use of 'run' from the root of the build dir ie ./run tests/qemu-iotests/check With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com ~~ https://hachyderm.io/@berrange :| |: https://libvirt.org ~~ https://entangle-photo.org :| |: https://pixelfed.art/berrange ~~ https://fstop138.berrange.com :|