From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 00/14] API test framework
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:14:09 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101222131409.GA10361@amt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1292429383-15326-1-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com>
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 06:09:29PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> This patchset adds an API test framework. Rather than driving kvm from qemu,
> we now have a way of calling the kvm API directly and observing the results.
> We can switch to guest mode and back at will and see any micro effects such
> as the result of executing particular instructions.
>
> A first test is added, for commit edde99ce0 ("KVM: Write protect memory
> after slot swap"). This would be pretty hard to test for using the current
> qemu-driven tests, but detects 5 million failures in about two minutes on
> my machine.
>
> As an experiment, the framework is coded in C++.
>
> Avi Kivity (14):
> Makefile: add support for C++
> Improve autodepend includes
> v2: new
> Add exception class for kernel errors (errno)
> v2: new
> Add try_main() for running a program under an exception handler
> v2: new
> Introduce a C++ wrapper for the kvm APIs
> v2: throw std::exception exceptions, not ints, for libc failures
> better msr list management
> Add support for calling a function in guest mode
> v2: use tr1::function instead of boost::function
> Add sample test using the api test harness
> api: add support for KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION flags field
> v2: new
> api: support KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl
> v2: new
> api: add memory map management
> v2: new
> Build tests with debug information
> v2: new
> api: Add support for creating an identity map with a hole
> v2: new
> Introduce libapi.a to avoid long Makefile recipes
> v2: new
> Add dirty log test
> v2: new
>
> Makefile | 8 +-
> api/api-sample.cc | 30 ++++++++
> api/dirty-log.cc | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++
> api/exception.cc | 33 ++++++++
> api/exception.hh | 19 +++++
> api/identity.cc | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> api/identity.hh | 43 +++++++++++
> api/kvmxx.cc | 194 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> api/kvmxx.hh | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++
> api/memmap.cc | 76 +++++++++++++++++++
> api/memmap.hh | 43 +++++++++++
> config-x86-common.mak | 15 ++++-
> 12 files changed, 715 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 api/api-sample.cc
> create mode 100644 api/dirty-log.cc
> create mode 100644 api/exception.cc
> create mode 100644 api/exception.hh
> create mode 100644 api/identity.cc
> create mode 100644 api/identity.hh
> create mode 100644 api/kvmxx.cc
> create mode 100644 api/kvmxx.hh
> create mode 100644 api/memmap.cc
> create mode 100644 api/memmap.hh
Applied, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-22 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-15 16:09 [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 00/14] API test framework Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 01/14] Makefile: add support for C++ Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 02/14] Improve autodepend includes Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 03/14] Add exception class for kernel errors (errno) Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 04/14] Add try_main() for running a program under an exception handler Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 05/14] Introduce a C++ wrapper for the kvm APIs Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 06/14] Add support for calling a function in guest mode Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 07/14] Add sample test using the api test harness Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 08/14] api: add support for KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION flags field Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 09/14] api: support KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 10/14] api: add memory map management Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 11/14] Build tests with debug information Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 12/14] api: Add support for creating an identity map with a hole Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 13/14] Introduce libapi.a to avoid long Makefile recipes Avi Kivity
2010-12-15 16:09 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2 14/14] Add dirty log test Avi Kivity
2010-12-22 13:14 ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
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