mars/test_suite/README
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GPLed software AS IS, sponsored by 1&1 Internet AG (www.1und1.de).
Contact frank.liepold@1und1.de
The test suite is work in progress.
At the moment it is not in the state to be usable outside of the development
team.
Event this file is not complete!
=============================================================================
Contents
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1. Running a test
1.1. Test output
2. Naming conventions
3. Error handling
4. Signal handling
5. Configuration of the local build environment
6. Configuration of the test hosts on which the tests are running
6.1. Access requirements
6.2. Installation kernel and mars module on the test hosts
7. Configuration of logical volumes
8. Resources
9. Starting the whole test suite via cronjob
10. Concurrent test runs
1. Running a test
-----------------
Tests are executed by a call to scripts/start_test.sh from a subdirectory
of one of the both directories build_test_environment and test_cases.
The scope and configuration of a test is completely described by this
subdirectory (we call it start directory) as follows:
- All leaf subdirectories of the start directory define one test case.
If the test specified by one leaf subdirectory fails the tests belonging to
other leaf subdirectories of the start directory will not be executed.
Though only tests which are likely not to fail should be executed by only
one call to start_test.sh. The simple and recommended way is to call
start_test.sh for each leaf directory once.
- For each leaf subdirectory xyz there exists a configuration file named
xyz.conf which contains (among others) in the variables prepare_list,
setup_list, run_list, cleanup_list and finish_list names of shell
functions defined in scripts/modules/*.sh.
These functions are called in the order they appear in the mentioned
*list variables.
The file xyz.conf may reside in the leaf directory or any of it's parent
directories (up to 20 levels higher in the directory tree).
- The configuration of the test case belonging to a leaf directory is defined
by a set of *.conf files which are included by start_test.sh in the
following order:
-- default-*.conf: These are the configuration files belonging to the
scripts scripts/modules/*.sh which are also included
bei start_test.sh and which define all functions executed
by the various tests.
-- user_modules.conf
-- <subdirname>.conf where subdirname runs top down through the parent
directories starting with the immediate subdirectory of the start directory
(or the immediate subdirectory directory given by option --config_root_dir)
to the leaf directory.
If the start directory is a leaf directory the <leaf directory name>.conf
is included.
For example:
1. start directory = test_cases/perf
leaf directory = test_cases/perf/apply/no_parallel_writer
leads to including of apply.conf and no_parallel_writer.conf (in
this order!) which must reside as mentioned above in the leaf
directory or any of it's parent directories (up to 20 levels).
2. start directory = test_cases/perf/apply/no_parallel_writer
--config_root_dir=.../test_cases/perf
leaf directory = test_cases/perf/apply/no_parallel_writer
leads to including the same *.conf files as above.
3. start directory = test_cases/perf/apply/no_parallel_writer
leaf directory = test_cases/perf/apply/no_parallel_writer
leads to including of no_parallel_writer.conf
1.1 Test output
---------------
The output fo start_test.sh consists of the following sections:
- List titled "Sourcing modules and default configuration" of included scripts
from scripts/modules/*.sh and corresponding included default-*.conf files.
- Per leaf directory:
- List titled "Sourcing config files between <config_root_dir> and
<leaf directory>" of included *.conf files corresponding to the directory
structure.
- List titled "Configuration variables" of all configuration variables set
via all included *.conf file
- Section titled "Creating lock files"
- Section titled "<date and time> Starting <leaf directory>"
In this section lines starting with "calling ..." mark the call to one of
the functions listed in the aforementioned variables prepare_list,
setup_list, run_list, cleanup_list and finish_list.
The main part of this section consists of output lines of the function
lib_vmsg. These lines have the following format:
<date time> <file:line_no of the call to lib_vmsg> <message> [[<callstack>]]
- In case of an error: Subsection titled "Callstack" (to stderr)
- Subsection titled "Deleting lock files"
- Subsection titled "General checks of error and log files"
- Line titled "Failure <return code> <date and time>" (to stderr) in case
of failure, "Finished <date and time>" (to stdout) otherwise
- If all tests in all leaf directories of the start directory terminated
successfully: Line titled "Finished pwd=<start directory>"
2. Naming conventions
---------------------
- All functions defined in scripts/modules/*.sh have the script's name as
name prefix (e.g. resource_check_variables)
- All variables used in *.conf files should be "defined" (the shell has no
explicit definition) and explained in a default-*.conf file. If a variable is
"defined" in default-xyz.conf it's name is prefixed by xyz.
- WIP
3. Error handling
-----------------
WIP
4. Signal handling
------------------
WIP
5. Configuration of the local build environment
-----------------------------------------------
To build the mars module and userspace tools you need:
- a directory containing a git repository which contains the kernel sources
variable : checkout_mars_kernel_src_directory
to be specified in file : default-checkout_mars.conf
- the branch from which to take the kernel sources
variable : checkout_mars_kernel_git_branch
to be specified in file : default-checkout_mars.conf
- a directory containing the kernel sources against which the mars module
should be built (may be the same as checkout_mars_kernel_src_directory)
variable : make_mars_kernel_src_directory
to be specified in file : default-make_mars.conf
- a directory containing a git repository which contains the mars sources
variable : checkout_mars_src_directory
to be specified in file : default-checkout_mars.conf
- the branch from which to take the mars sources
variable : checkout_mars_git_branch
to be specified in file : default-checkout_mars.conf
- a directory containing the mars sources which is linked in to the
kernel source directory make_mars_kernel_src_directory for making the mars
module.
May coincide with checkout_mars_src_directory
variable : make_mars_src_directory
to be specified in file : default-make_mars.conf
- a directory containing a git repository which contains the userspace tool
marsview
variable : checkout_mars_contrib_src_directory
to be specified in file : default-checkout_mars.conf
- the branch from which to take marsview
variable : checkout_mars_contrib_git_branch
to be specified in file : default-checkout_mars.conf
6. Configuration of the test hosts on which the tests are running
------------------------------------------------------------
The test hosts are given in main_host_list (default-main.conf).
6.1. Access requirements
------------------------
The tests are executed by ssh commands from your work station to the
test hosts. These commands must not prompt for a password. Though a
id file (for ssh -i <id-file>) with null password must be specified in
main_ssh_idfile_opt (default-main.conf)
All test hosts must have ssh access to each other without prompt for passwords
(this is required by marsadm join-cluster).
On your work station you must have sudo permissions for "make install", "cp".
And root of your work station must have ssh access (as root) without prompt for
password to all test hosts (this is required, because local files belonging to
root must be copied to the test hosts).
6.2. Installation kernel and mars module on the test hosts
----------------------------------------------------------
This is done by executing the tests
build_test_environment/checkout
build_test_environment/make/make_mars/grub
build_test_environment/install_mars
It's a must to read default-checkout_mars.conf, default-make_mars.conf,
default-install_mars.conf and the *.conf files in the directories above
otherwise you risk damage of the boot information on your work station and/or the test hosts.
After these three tests (which you should call one after the other!) you can
reboot the test hosts with the new kernel.
7. Configuration of logical volumes
-----------------------------------
This is done by the test
build_test_environment/lv_config
The configuration options are contained in default-lv_config.conf
8. Resources
------------
Cluster and Resources are created by
build_test_environment/cluster
build_test_environment/resource/create_resource
Initially the first host in main_host_list is the primary, the following hosts
secondaries.
If you do not change any configuration variables after the
build_test_environment/resource/create_resource Test you will have created one
resource lv-1-2 on all hosts with underlying data devices /dev/vg-mars/lv-1-2.
/mars will be mounted on /dev/vg-mars/lv-6-100.
For further information please read default-cluster.conf and
default-resource.conf.
9. Starting the whole test suite via cronjob
--------------------------------------------
This can be done mars_test_cronjob.sh. The variable tests_to_execute contains
all tests to be executed.
10. Concurrent test runs
------------------------
To avoid concurrent run of tests on the same host each run creates temporary
files (/tmp/test-suite_on.<host>, see main_lock_file_list) and deletes them
afterwards.