Add a few notes about the sandbox_spl tests, since they are special.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org ---
Changes in v2: - Add a note that SPL tests can in fact be run individualy - Document how to run all C tests with 'ut all' - Fix 'get list' typo
doc/develop/testing.rst | 5 +++ doc/develop/tests_sandbox.rst | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/develop/testing.rst b/doc/develop/testing.rst index 87c90eee271..b181c2e2e41 100644 --- a/doc/develop/testing.rst +++ b/doc/develop/testing.rst @@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ also select particular tests with -k::
./test/py/test.py --bd sandbox_flattree --build -k hello
+There are some special tests that run in SPL. For this you need the sandbox_spl +build:: + + ./test/py/test.py --bd sandbox_spl --build -k test_spl + See test/py/README.md for more information about the pytest suite.
See :doc:`tests_sandbox` for how to run tests directly (not through pytest). diff --git a/doc/develop/tests_sandbox.rst b/doc/develop/tests_sandbox.rst index 85bbd4f6734..fdde76872ee 100644 --- a/doc/develop/tests_sandbox.rst +++ b/doc/develop/tests_sandbox.rst @@ -77,3 +77,80 @@ You can easily use gdb on these tests, without needing --gdbserver::
You can then single-step and look at variables as needed.
+ +Running sandbox_spl tests directly +---------------------------------- + +SPL is the phase before U-Boot proper. It is present in the sandbox_spl build, +so you can run SPL like this:: + + ./spl/u-boot-spl + +SPL tests are special in that run in the SPL phase, if the -u flag is given:: + + ./spl/u-boot-spl -u + + U-Boot SPL 2021.01-00723-g43c77b51be5-dirty (Jan 24 2021 - 16:38:24 -0700) + Running 5 driver model tests + Test: dm_test_of_plat_base: of_platdata.c (flat tree) + Test: dm_test_of_plat_dev: of_platdata.c (flat tree) + Test: dm_test_of_plat_parent: of_platdata.c (flat tree) + Test: dm_test_of_plat_phandle: of_platdata.c (flat tree) + Test: dm_test_of_plat_props: of_platdata.c (flat tree) + Failures: 0 + + + U-Boot 2021.01-00723-g43c77b51be5-dirty (Jan 24 2021 - 16:38:24 -0700) + + DRAM: 128 MiB + ... + + +Note that after running, SPL continues to boot into U-Boot proper. You can add +'-c exit' to make U-Boot quit without doing anything further. It is not +currently possible to run SPL tests and then stop, since the pytests require +that U-Boot produces the expected banner. + +You can use the -k flag to select which tests run:: + + ./spl/u-boot-spl -u -k dm_test_of_plat_parent + +Of course you can use gdb with sandbox_spl, just as with sandbox. + + +Running all tests directly +-------------------------- + +A fast way to run all sandbox tests is:: + + ./u-boot -T -c "ut all" + +It typically runs single-thread in 6 seconds on 2021 hardware, with 2s of that +to the delays in the time test. + +This should not be considered a substitute for 'make check', but can be helpful +for git bisect, etc. + + +What tests are built in? +------------------------ + +Whatever sandbox build is used, which tests are present is determined by which +source files are built. For sandbox_spl, the of_platdata tests are built +because of the build rule in test/dm/Makefile:: + + ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD),y) + obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_OF_PLATDATA) += of_platdata.o + else + ...other tests for non-spl + endif + +You can get a list of tests in a U-Boot ELF file by looking for the +linker_list:: + + $ nm /tmp/b/sandbox_spl/spl/u-boot-spl |grep 2_dm_test + 000000000001f200 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_base + 000000000001f220 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_dev + 000000000001f240 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_parent + 000000000001f260 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_phandle + 000000000001f280 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_props