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authorSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2014-01-18 19:52:13 -0500
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2014-01-18 19:52:13 -0500
commit961d9caceea2d5350a15c17b7d3ffc24c08c9b09 (patch)
tree98f23aac6527f45c77cdda83e44a2d677e078017 /tools/testing/ktest
parentc75d22d9c675c4c77d87ff36de6e5023f14724ef (diff)
ktest: Add BISECT_TRIES to bisect test
For those cases that it takes several tries to hit a bug, it would be useful for ktest.pl to try a test multiple times before it considers the test as a pass. To accomplish this, BISECT_TRIES ktest config option has been added. It is default to one, as most of the time a bisect only needs to try a test once. But the user can now up this to make ktest run a given test multiple times. The first failure that is detected will set a bisect bad. It only repeats on success. Note, as with all race bugs, there's no guarantee that if it succeeds, it is really a good bisect. But it helps in case the bug is somewhat reliable. You can set BISECT_TRIES to zero, and all tests will be considered good, unless you also set BISECT_MANUAL. Suggested-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/testing/ktest')
-rwxr-xr-xtools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl24
-rw-r--r--tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf14
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 82006c2d88c9..a511d4aae35d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ my %default = (
"CLEAR_LOG" => 0,
"BISECT_MANUAL" => 0,
"BISECT_SKIP" => 1,
+ "BISECT_TRIES" => 1,
"MIN_CONFIG_TYPE" => "boot",
"SUCCESS_LINE" => "login:",
"DETECT_TRIPLE_FAULT" => 1,
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ my $bisect_bad_commit = "";
my $reverse_bisect;
my $bisect_manual;
my $bisect_skip;
+my $bisect_tries;
my $config_bisect_good;
my $bisect_ret_good;
my $bisect_ret_bad;
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@ my %option_map = (
"IGNORE_ERRORS" => \$ignore_errors,
"BISECT_MANUAL" => \$bisect_manual,
"BISECT_SKIP" => \$bisect_skip,
+ "BISECT_TRIES" => \$bisect_tries,
"CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD" => \$config_bisect_good,
"BISECT_RET_GOOD" => \$bisect_ret_good,
"BISECT_RET_BAD" => \$bisect_ret_bad,
@@ -2584,12 +2587,29 @@ sub run_bisect {
$buildtype = "useconfig:$minconfig";
}
- my $ret = run_bisect_test $type, $buildtype;
+ # If the user sets bisect_tries to less than 1, then no tries
+ # is a success.
+ my $ret = 1;
- if ($bisect_manual) {
+ # Still let the user manually decide that though.
+ if ($bisect_tries < 1 && $bisect_manual) {
$ret = answer_bisect;
}
+ for (my $i = 0; $i < $bisect_tries; $i++) {
+ if ($bisect_tries > 1) {
+ my $t = $i + 1;
+ doprint("Running bisect trial $t of $bisect_tries:\n");
+ }
+ $ret = run_bisect_test $type, $buildtype;
+
+ if ($bisect_manual) {
+ $ret = answer_bisect;
+ }
+
+ last if (!$ret);
+ }
+
# Are we looking for where it worked, not failed?
if ($reverse_bisect && $ret >= 0) {
$ret = !$ret;
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 2eb4bd2f6ab4..172eec4517fb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -1028,6 +1028,20 @@
# BISECT_BAD with BISECT_CHECK = good or
# BISECT_CHECK = bad, respectively.
#
+# BISECT_TRIES = 5 (optional, default 1)
+#
+# For those cases that it takes several tries to hit a bug,
+# the BISECT_TRIES is useful. It is the number of times the
+# test is ran before it says the kernel is good. The first failure
+# will stop trying and mark the current SHA1 as bad.
+#
+# Note, as with all race bugs, there's no guarantee that if
+# it succeeds, it is really a good bisect. But it helps in case
+# the bug is some what reliable.
+#
+# You can set BISECT_TRIES to zero, and all tests will be considered
+# good, unless you also set BISECT_MANUAL.
+#
# BISECT_RET_GOOD = 0 (optional, default undefined)
#
# In case the specificed test returns something other than just