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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunLinux Ftrace Testcases
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3*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis is a collection of testcases for ftrace tracing feature in the Linux
4*4882a593Smuzhiyunkernel. Since ftrace exports interfaces via the debugfs, we just need
5*4882a593Smuzhiyunshell scripts for testing. Feel free to add new test cases.
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7*4882a593SmuzhiyunRunning the ftrace testcases
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10*4882a593SmuzhiyunAt first, you need to be the root user to run this script.
11*4882a593SmuzhiyunTo run all testcases:
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13*4882a593Smuzhiyun  $ sudo ./ftracetest
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15*4882a593SmuzhiyunTo run specific testcases:
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17*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # ./ftracetest test.d/basic3.tc
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19*4882a593SmuzhiyunOr you can also run testcases under given directory:
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21*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # ./ftracetest test.d/kprobe/
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23*4882a593SmuzhiyunContributing new testcases
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26*4882a593SmuzhiyunCopy test.d/template to your testcase (whose filename must have *.tc
27*4882a593Smuzhiyunextension) and rewrite the test description line.
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29*4882a593Smuzhiyun * The working directory of the script is <debugfs>/tracing/.
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31*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Take care with side effects as the tests are run with root privilege.
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33*4882a593Smuzhiyun * The tests should not run for a long period of time (more than 1 min.)
34*4882a593Smuzhiyun   These are to be unit tests.
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36*4882a593Smuzhiyun * You can add a directory for your testcases under test.d/ if needed.
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38*4882a593Smuzhiyun * The test cases should run on dash (busybox shell) for testing on
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun   minimal cross-build environments.
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41*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Note that the tests are run with "set -e" (errexit) option. If any
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun   command fails, the test will be terminated immediately.
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44*4882a593Smuzhiyun * The tests can return some result codes instead of pass or fail by
45*4882a593Smuzhiyun   using exit_unresolved, exit_untested, exit_unsupported and exit_xfail.
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47*4882a593SmuzhiyunResult code
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50*4882a593SmuzhiyunFtracetest supports following result codes.
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52*4882a593Smuzhiyun * PASS: The test succeeded as expected. The test which exits with 0 is
53*4882a593Smuzhiyun         counted as passed test.
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55*4882a593Smuzhiyun * FAIL: The test failed, but was expected to succeed. The test which exits
56*4882a593Smuzhiyun         with !0 is counted as failed test.
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58*4882a593Smuzhiyun * UNRESOLVED: The test produced unclear or intermidiate results.
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun             for example, the test was interrupted
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun                       or the test depends on a previous test, which failed.
61*4882a593Smuzhiyun                       or the test was set up incorrectly
62*4882a593Smuzhiyun             The test which is in above situation, must call exit_unresolved.
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64*4882a593Smuzhiyun * UNTESTED: The test was not run, currently just a placeholder.
65*4882a593Smuzhiyun             In this case, the test must call exit_untested.
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67*4882a593Smuzhiyun * UNSUPPORTED: The test failed because of lack of feature.
68*4882a593Smuzhiyun               In this case, the test must call exit_unsupported.
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70*4882a593Smuzhiyun * XFAIL: The test failed, and was expected to fail.
71*4882a593Smuzhiyun          To return XFAIL, call exit_xfail from the test.
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73*4882a593SmuzhiyunThere are some sample test scripts for result code under samples/.
74*4882a593SmuzhiyunYou can also run samples as below:
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76*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # ./ftracetest samples/
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78*4882a593SmuzhiyunTODO
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81*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Fancy colored output :)
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