Re: [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 3/5] run_tests.sh: Add kvmtool support

[Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 03:33:19PM +0100, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
...
> >> +fixup_kvmtool_opts()
> >> +{
> >> +    local opts=$1
> >> +    local groups=$2
> >> +    local gic
> >> +    local gic_version
> >> +
> >> +    if find_word "pmu" $groups; then
> >> +        opts+=" --pmu"
> >> +    fi
> >> +
> >> +    if find_word "its" $groups; then
> >> +        gic_version=3
> >> +        gic="gicv3-its"
> >> +    elif [[ "$opts" =~ -machine\ *gic-version=(2|3) ]]; then
> >> +        gic_version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
> >> +        gic="gicv$gic_version"
> >> +    fi
> >> +
> >> +    if [ -n "$gic" ]; then
> >> +        opts=${opts/-machine gic-version=$gic_version/}
> >> +        opts+=" --irqchip=$gic"
> >> +    fi
> >> +
> >> +    opts=${opts/-append/--params}
> >> +
> >> +    echo "$opts"
> >> +}
> > Hmm, I don't think we want to write a QEMU parameter translator for
> > all other VMMs, and all other VMM architectures, that we want to
> > support. I think we should add new "extra_params" variables to the
> > unittest configuration instead, e.g. "kvmtool_params", where the
> > extra parameters can be listed correctly and explicitly. While at
> > it, I would create an alias for "extra_params", which would be
> > "qemu_params" allowing unittests that support more than one VMM
> > to clearly show what's what.
> 
> I agree, this is a much better idea than a parameter translator. Using a dedicated
> variable in unittests.cfg will make it easier for new tests to get support for all
> VMMs (for example, writing a list of parameters in unittests.cfg should be easier
> than digging through the scripts to figure exactly how and where to add a
> translation for a new parameter), and it allow us to express parameters for other
> VMMs which don't have a direct correspondent in qemu.
> 
> By creating an alias, do you mean replacing extra_params with qemu_params in
> arm/unittests.cfg? Or something else?

Probably something like this

diff --git a/scripts/common.bash b/scripts/common.bash
index 7b983f7d6dd6..e5119ff216e5 100644
--- a/scripts/common.bash
+++ b/scripts/common.bash
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ function for_each_unittest()
                elif [[ $line =~ ^smp\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
                        smp=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
                elif [[ $line =~ ^extra_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
-                       opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+               elif [[ $line =~ ^extra_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
+                       qemu_opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+               elif [[ $line =~ ^qemu_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
+                       qemu_opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+               elif [[ $line =~ ^kvmtool_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
+                       kvmtool_opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
                elif [[ $line =~ ^groups\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
                        groups=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
                elif [[ $line =~ ^arch\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then

and all other changes needed to support the s/opts/qemu_opts/ change
should work. Also, an addition to the unittests.cfg documentation.

The above diff doesn't consider that a unittests.cfg file could have
both an 'extra_params' and a 'qemu_params' field, but I'm not sure
we care about that. Users should read the documentation and we
should review changes to the committed unittests.cfg files to avoid
that.

Thanks,
drew