[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] add abi version testing to app/test
Aaron Conole
aconole at redhat.com
Fri Aug 23 17:49:05 CEST 2019
Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu> writes:
> This patchset adds ABI version testing to the app/test unit test framework,
> addressing two issues previously raised during ML conversations on ABI
> stability;
>
> 1. How do we unit test still supported previous ABI versions?
> 2. How to we unit test inline functions from still supported previous ABI
> versions?
>
> Starting with rte_lpm, I did the following:-
>
> * I reproduced mostly unmodified unit tests for the v2.0 ABI, taken from DPDK
> 2.2 and 17.02.
> * I reproduced the rte_lpm interface header from v2.0, including the inline
> functions and remapping symbols to their appropriate versions.
> * I added support for multiple abi versions to the app/test unit test framework
> to allow users to switch between abi versions (set_abi_version), without
> further polluting the already long list of unit tests available in app/test.
>
> The intention here is that in future as developers need to deprecate APIs, the
> associated unit tests may move into the ABI version testing mechanism of the
> app/test instead of being replaced by the latest set of unit tests as would be
> the case today.
>
> v2:
>
> * Added LPM IPv6 test cases for the v2.0 ABI.
> * Fixed a number of checkpatch errors, stop short of substantially reworking
> the test code from the v2.0 ABI.
> * Removed duplicating test cases published in the original v1 patch.
Thanks for this work. I think it's useful.
I see an error under aarch64 builds because there are some x86_64
specific types being used in the testing.
See:
https://travis-ci.com/ovsrobot/dpdk/builds/124254699
> Ray Kinsella (2):
> app/test: add abi version testing functionality
> app/test: lpm abi version testing
>
> app/test/Makefile | 12 +-
> app/test/commands.c | 131 +-
> app/test/meson.build | 6 +
> app/test/test.c | 2 +
> app/test/test.h | 48 +-
> app/test/test_lpm.c | 3 +-
> app/test/test_lpm6.c | 2 +-
> app/test/test_lpm_perf.c | 293 +---
> app/test/test_lpm_routes.c | 287 ++++
> app/test/test_lpm_routes.h | 25 +
> app/test/v2.0/dcompat.h | 30 +
> app/test/v2.0/rte_lpm.h | 451 +++++
> app/test/v2.0/rte_lpm6.h | 198 +++
> app/test/v2.0/test_lpm.c | 1139 +++++++++++++
> app/test/v2.0/test_lpm6.c | 1748 ++++++++++++++++++++
> app/test/v2.0/test_lpm6_perf.c | 179 ++
> app/test/v2.0/test_lpm_perf.c | 212 +++
> app/test/v2.0/test_v20.c | 14 +
> doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst | 4 +
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h | 7 +
> 20 files changed, 4471 insertions(+), 320 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 app/test/test_lpm_routes.c
> create mode 100644 app/test/test_lpm_routes.h
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/dcompat.h
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/rte_lpm.h
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/rte_lpm6.h
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/test_lpm.c
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/test_lpm6.c
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/test_lpm6_perf.c
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/test_lpm_perf.c
> create mode 100644 app/test/v2.0/test_v20.c
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