[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ci: add vm jobs for aarch64 builds with tests

[Aaron Conole]

Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech> writes:

> Tests requiring hugepages do not work outside of VM environment because
> of security limitations. Add aarch64 builds which run tests to run in
> a VM to avoid these limitations. Leave non-hugepage environments since
> the tests may produce different results in hugepage and non-hugepage
> environments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
> ---

I'm okay with the change, but I wonder - does it make sense to have the
non-vm build around with these?  The builds you're adding cover all the
cases of the container build, and add the additional hugepage tests.

Maybe we should drop the other tests?  It can be a follow up patch, WDYT?

Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>

>  .travis.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
> index d6eeab371..5e12db23b 100644
> --- a/.travis.yml
> +++ b/.travis.yml
> @@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ jobs:
>    - env: DEF_LIB="shared" RUN_TESTS=1
>      arch: arm64
>      compiler: gcc
> +  - env: DEF_LIB="shared" RUN_TESTS=1
> +    dist: focal
> +    arch: arm64-graviton2
> +    virt: vm
> +    group: edge
> +    compiler: gcc
>    - env: DEF_LIB="shared" BUILD_DOCS=1
>      arch: arm64
>      compiler: gcc
> @@ -105,3 +111,9 @@ jobs:
>    - env: DEF_LIB="shared" RUN_TESTS=1
>      arch: arm64
>      compiler: clang
> +  - env: DEF_LIB="shared" RUN_TESTS=1
> +    dist: focal
> +    arch: arm64-graviton2
> +    virt: vm
> +    group: edge
> +    compiler: clang