Re: [PATCH] test/py: efi_capsule: Handle expected reset after capsule on disk

[AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>]

Hi Simon,

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 07:24:39PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Takahiro,
> 
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 at 18:16, AKASHI Takahiro
> <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 02:48:54PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > > On 2/18/22 03:16, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > > > Hi Simon,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your reply.
> > > >
> > > > 2022年2月18日(金) 2:56 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Masami,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 at 18:11, Masami Hiramatsu
> > > > > <masami.hiramatsu@linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Simon,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Let me confirm your point.
> > > > > > So are you concerning the 'real' reset for the capsule update test
> > > > > > case itself or this patch?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm actually learning how the test is working, so please help me to
> > > > > > understand how I can solve it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There are 3 environments to run the test, sandbox, Qemu, and a real board.
> > > > > > If we reset a sandbox, it will continue to run (just restart itself),
> > > > >
> > > > > Here you should be able to avoid doing a reset. See
> > > > > dm_test_sysreset_base() which tests sysreset drivers on sandbox.
> > > >
> > > > Would you mean that reset-after-capsule-on-disk itself should not
> > > > make a reset on sandbox?
> > >
> > > We have several tests that do resets by calling do_reset(), e.g. the
> > > UEFI unit tests. There is nothing wrong about it.
> > >
> > > We want the sandbox to behave like any other board where capsule updates
> > > lead to resets.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > In dm_test_sysreset_base(), I can see the below code, this means
> > > > sysreset_request()
> > > > will not execute real reset, but just mimic the reset, right?
> > > >
> > > > state->sysreset_allowed[SYSRESET_WARM] = true;
> > > > ut_asserteq(-EINPROGRESS, sysreset_request(dev, SYSRESET_WARM));
> > > > state->sysreset_allowed[SYSRESET_WARM] = false;
> > > >
> > > > > > but Qemu and real board will cause a real reset and it will terminate
> > > > > > the qemu or stop the board (depends on how it is implemented). Thus,
> > > > > > if a command or boot process will cause a reset, it will need a
> > > > > > special care (maybe respawn?).
> > > > >
> > > > > Here you need to worry about the surrounding automation logic which
> > > > > could be tbot of the U-Boot pytest hooks. I suggest you avoid this and
> > > > > handle it some other way, without reset.
> > >
> > > The sandbox should run through exactly the same code path as all other
> > > boards to get a meaningful test results. Therefore don't put in any
> > > quirks on C level. Your Python test changes are all that is needed.
> >
> > +1, I have the same opinion here.
> > To exercise capsule-on-disk code, we need a "real" reset
> > because pytest/CI loop is basically a black-box test.
> 
> I don't see why you need the reset at all to test the code.

As I repeatedly said, I believe that this is a black-box test and
a system test. The purpose of the test is to make sure the firmware
update be performed in real operations as expected, that is,
a *reset* triggers the action *at the beginning of* system reboot.

> You should
> be able to run a command to make the update happen. How does the
> updata actually get triggered when you reset?

It's not the purpose of this test.

-Takahiro Akashi

> 
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> 
> Regards,
> Simon