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From: "Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>,
	jan.kiszka@siemens.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
	Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>,
	alex.williamson@redhat.com, aviksil@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 08/16] boot-order-test: New; covering just PC for now
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51C06AF5.3040503@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a9mnlf17.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org>

Am 18.06.2013 15:33, schrieb Markus Armbruster:
> Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>> Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> writes:
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  tests/Makefile          |  2 ++
>>>  tests/boot-order-test.c | 68
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  2 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 tests/boot-order-test.c
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
>>> index c107489..394e029 100644
>>> --- a/tests/Makefile
>>> +++ b/tests/Makefile
>>> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ gcov-files-i386-y = hw/fdc.c
>>>  check-qtest-i386-y += tests/ide-test$(EXESUF)
>>>  check-qtest-i386-y += tests/hd-geo-test$(EXESUF)
>>>  gcov-files-i386-y += hw/hd-geometry.c
>>> +check-qtest-i386-y += tests/boot-order-test$(EXESUF)
>>>  check-qtest-i386-y += tests/rtc-test$(EXESUF)
>>>  check-qtest-i386-y += tests/i440fx-test$(EXESUF)
>>>  check-qtest-i386-y += tests/fw_cfg-test$(EXESUF)
>>> @@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ tests/m48t59-test$(EXESUF): tests/m48t59-test.o
>>>  tests/fdc-test$(EXESUF): tests/fdc-test.o
>>>  tests/ide-test$(EXESUF): tests/ide-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
>>>  tests/hd-geo-test$(EXESUF): tests/hd-geo-test.o
>>> +tests/boot-order-test$(EXESUF): tests/boot-order-test.o
>>>  tests/tmp105-test$(EXESUF): tests/tmp105-test.o $(libqos-omap-obj-y)
>>>  tests/i440fx-test$(EXESUF): tests/i440fx-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
>>>  tests/fw_cfg-test$(EXESUF): tests/fw_cfg-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
>>> diff --git a/tests/boot-order-test.c b/tests/boot-order-test.c
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..2215710
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/tests/boot-order-test.c
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
>>> +/*
>>> + * Boot order test cases.
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat Inc.
>>> + *
>>> + * Authors:
>>> + *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
>>> + *
>>> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
>>> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +#include <glib.h>
>>> +#include "libqtest.h"
>>> +
>>> +static void test_pc_cmos_byte(int reg, int expected)
>>> +{
>>> +    int actual;
>>> +
>>> +    outb(0x70, reg);
>>> +    actual = inb(0x71);
>>> +    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, expected);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void test_pc_cmos(uint8_t boot1, uint8_t boot2)
>>> +{
>>> +    test_pc_cmos_byte(0x38, boot1);
>>> +    test_pc_cmos_byte(0x3d, boot2);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void test_pc_with_args(const char *test_args,
>>> +                              uint8_t boot1, uint8_t boot2,
>>> +                              uint8_t reboot1, uint8_t reboot2)
>>> +{
>>> +    char *args = g_strdup_printf("-nodefaults -display none %s", test_args);
>>> +
>>> +    qtest_start(args);
>>> +    test_pc_cmos(boot1, boot2);
>>> +    qmp("{ 'execute': 'system_reset' }");
>         test_pc_cmos(reboot1, reboot2);
>>
>> I think this races.  I'd suggest doing a tight loop of this test and
>> running it a few thousand times to see if you can catch it.
>>
>> qmp_system_reset() calls qemu_system_reset_requested() which stops all
>> CPUs but let's control fall back to the main loop which actually does
>> the device reset.
>>
>> I think there's a tiny window where this command could return while the
>> reset routines have not been actually called yet.
>>
>> Technically speaking, I think it's necessary to wait for a reset event
>> to know that the device model has been reset.
> 
> Hmm.
> 
> First attempt to "win" this race: tight loop around test_a_boot_order(),
> i.e. the complete test.  Failed because libqtest leaks two file
> descriptors and some memory per iteration.  With that fixed (patch
> coming), I still couldn't make the test fail in >75,000 runs on two
> otherwise pretty much unloaded cores.
> 
> Second attempt: tight loop around just
> 
>     qmp("{ 'execute': 'system_reset' }");
>     actual = read_boot_order();
>     g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, expected_reboot);
> 
> Still no luck with x86, but "success" with ppc.
> 
> Waiting for the event RESET is safe.  But doing that right involves
> quite some infrastructure work.  All we have now is qtest_qmpv(), which
> sends the command, then reads QMP output character by character until it
> got a complete object.  Normally, that's the QMP command response.  But
> it could be an event.  Racy all by itself, even without my "help" :)
> 
> Oh, and it doesn't know about strings, it just counts curlies.  If the
> output has unmatched curlies in strings...  I wonder how this code ever
> made it past review ;-P
> 
> The proper solution is real QMP support in libqtest.  Unfortunately,
> that's not something I can do right now.

Didn't Michael or Jason have patches improving the qtest QMP support for
migration some months ago? At least they allowed to access the QMP
response in parsed form IIRC.

Andreas

> 
> fdc-test.c uses qmp("") to ignore an expected event.  If I put a similar
> hack into boot-order-test.c, ppc survives >500,000 iterations.  Good
> enough to get this test in?
> 
> [...]
> 


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  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-18 14:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-14 11:15 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] -boot and -no-fd-bootchk fixes Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 01/16] vl: Clean up parsing of -boot option argument Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:36   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 02/16] qemu-option: check_params() is now unused, drop it Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:36   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 03/16] vl: Fix -boot order and once regressions, and related bugs Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:38   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 04/16] vl: Rename *boot_devices to *boot_order, for consistency Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:38   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/16] pc: Make -no-fd-bootchk stick across boot order changes Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:40   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-18 11:39     ` Markus Armbruster
2013-07-08  1:24       ` Kevin O'Connor
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 06/16] doc: Drop ref to Bochs from -no-fd-bootchk documentation Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:41   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 07/16] qtest: Don't reset on qtest chardev connect Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:44   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-18 11:41     ` Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 08/16] boot-order-test: New; covering just PC for now Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:48   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-18 13:33     ` Markus Armbruster
2013-06-18 14:13       ` Andreas Färber [this message]
2013-06-18 15:02       ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 09/16] boot-order-test: Add tests for PowerMacs Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:49   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 10/16] boot-order-test: Cover -boot once in ppc tests Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:50   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 11/16] boot-order-test: Better separate target-specific and generic parts Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:52   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 12/16] boot-order-test: Code motion for better readability Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 13/16] boot-order-test: Add tests for PowerPC PREP Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 14/16] boot-order-test: Add tests for Sun4m Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 15/16] boot-order-test: Support fw_cfg in I/O space Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 13:53   ` Anthony Liguori
2013-06-14 14:04     ` Andreas Färber
2013-06-19  6:49     ` Markus Armbruster
2013-06-19 18:47       ` Markus Armbruster
2013-06-14 11:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 16/16] boot-order-test: Add tests for Sun4u Markus Armbruster
2013-06-21 15:34 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] -boot and -no-fd-bootchk fixes Anthony Liguori

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