Re: [PATCH 5/5] tests/functional: skip mem addr test on 32-bit hosts

[Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>]

On 2/5/25 10:47, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 10:24:08AM -0800, Richard Henderson wrote:
>> On 2/5/25 07:59, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
>>> +
>>> +'''
>>> +Decorator to skip execution of a test on 32-bit targets
>>> +Example:
>>> +
>>> +  @skipIf32BitTarget()
>>> +'''
>>> +def skipIf32BitTarget():
>>> +    enoughBits = sys.maxsize > 2**32
>>
>> This will work for true 32-bit hosts, and possibly for containers running
>> emulation, but it won't work for cross-compilation (x86_64 to i686 or
>> aarch64 to arm).
> 
> If we've cross compiled qemu-system-XXXX then we won't be able to
> execute any functional tests for those binaries, so is it actually
> a problem ?

Absolutely we can execute those binaries, for the specific examples above.


r~