Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] procps: support ptest

Changqing Li
2026-01-16T09:31:35Z

On 1/15/26 15:53, Antonin Godard via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
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> Hi,
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> On Wed Jan 14, 2026 at 5:43 AM CET, Changqing Li via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> From: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
>>
>> support ptest for procps, procps's testsuite use DejaGnu test framework.
>> The testsuite is expected to run during build time, this implementation
>> create the same folder structure as the testsuite expected to make it
>> can work well.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
>> ---
>> .../distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc | 1 +
>> meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps/run-ptest | 7 +++
>> meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_4.0.5.bb | 50 ++++++++++++++++++-
>> 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps/run-ptest
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
>> index fff2947177..0a4ff49ee3 100644
>> --- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
>> +++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
>> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
>> nettle \
>> opkg \
>> popt \
>> + procps \
>> python3-atomicwrites \
>> python3-attrs \
>> python3-bcrypt \
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps/run-ptest
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..c999876bd8
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps/run-ptest
>> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
>> +#!/bin/sh
>> +
>> +cd ./testsuite
>> +for tool in @DEJATOOL@;do
>> + runtest -a --tool $tool --outdir ../log
>> +done
>> +
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_4.0.5.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_4.0.5.bb
>> index 0e0e06f0d2..b4697f7ce3 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_4.0.5.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_4.0.5.bb
>> @@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
>>
>> DEPENDS = "ncurses"
>>
>> -inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig update-alternatives
>> +inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig update-alternatives ptest
>>
>> SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps.git;protocol=https;branch=master;tag=v${PV} \
>> file://sysctl.conf \
>> file://top_large_pid_fix.patch \
>> + file://run-ptest \
>> "
>> SRCREV = "f46b2f7929cdfe2913ed0a7f585b09d6adbf994e"
>>
>> @@ -47,8 +48,51 @@ do_install:append () {
>> fi
>> }
>>
>> -CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/sysctl.conf"
>> +do_compile_ptest() {
>> + oe_runmake -C testsuite site.exp
>> + oe_runmake src/tests/test_process src/tests/test_strutils src/tests/test_fileutils src/tests/test_shm
>> + DEJATOOL=$(make -C testsuite -s -f Makefile -f - <<'EOF'
>> +all:
>> + $(info $(DEJATOOL))
>> +EOF
>> +)
>> + echo $DEJATOOL > ${B}/testsuite/.dejatool
>> +}
>>
>> +do_install_ptest() {
>> + install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite
>> + install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src
>> + install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/log
>> +
>> + cp -r ${S}/testsuite/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite/
>> + cp -r ${B}/testsuite/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite/
>> + cp -r ${B}/src/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/
>> +
>> + rm -rf ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite/Makefile*
>> + rm -rf ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite/README
>> + find ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite/ -type f -name "*.o" -exec rm -f {} +
>> + find ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/ -type f -name "*.o" -exec rm -f {} +
>> +
>> + sed -i -e "/set srcdir/c\set srcdir ${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite" \
>> + -e "/set objdir/c\set objdir ${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite" ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/testsuite/site.exp
>> +
>> + DEJATOOL=$(cat ${B}/testsuite/.dejatool)
>> + sed -i -e "s#@DEJATOOL@#$DEJATOOL#g" ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest
>> + for p in $DEJATOOL; do
>> + if [ "$p" = "ps" ]; then
>> + install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/ps
>> + ln -sf ${base_bindir}/ps ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/ps/pscommand
>> + elif [ "$p" = "sysctl" ]; then
>> + ln -sf ${base_sbindir}/$p ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/$p
>> + elif [ "$p" = "kill" ] || [ "$p" = "pidof" ] || [ "$p" = "watch" ]; then
>> + ln -sf ${base_bindir}/$p ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/$p
>> + else
>> + ln -sf ${bindir}/$p ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/$p
>> + fi
>> + done
>> +}
>> +
>> +CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/sysctl.conf"
>> bindir_progs = "free pkill pmap pgrep pwdx skill snice top uptime w"
>> base_bindir_progs += "kill pidof ps watch"
>> base_sbindir_progs += "sysctl"
>> @@ -80,6 +124,8 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PROCPS_PACKAGES}"
>> RDEPENDS:${PN}-ps += "${PN}-lib"
>> RDEPENDS:${PN}-sysctl += "${PN}-lib"
>>
>> +RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "dejagnu bash glibc-utils"
>> +
>> FILES:${PN}-lib = "${libdir}"
>> FILES:${PN}-ps = "${base_bindir}/ps.${BPN}"
>> FILES:${PN}-sysctl = "${base_sbindir}/sysctl.${BPN} ${sysconfdir}/sysctl.conf ${sysconfdir}/sysctl.d"
> I think this triggered the following error on our test infrastructure:
>
> NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
> ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'glibc-utils' (but /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/musl-qemux86/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_4.0.5.bb RDEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
>
> Can you have a look?
>
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/api/v2/logs/4942697/raw_inline
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/6/builds/3047
>
> Antonin

V2 patch is sent to fix this issue.

Regards

Changqing

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