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author | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2021-09-07 16:53:01 +0200 |
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committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2021-10-01 19:04:45 +0200 |
commit | 768f14f94ec50fe57a3964fff75d8b3456b588b5 (patch) | |
tree | c6c456ddd7ab5f165a2d053a58faa884dd620901 /docs | |
parent | 8b8939e44fc8315885598a9e1ee8deeea3b68a96 (diff) |
docs: reorganize qgraph.rst
Clean up the heading levels to use === --- ~~~, and move the command line
building near to the other execution steps.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/qgraph.rst | 132 |
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 65 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/qgraph.rst b/docs/devel/qgraph.rst index c2882c3a33..db44d71002 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qgraph.rst +++ b/docs/devel/qgraph.rst @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ .. _qgraph: -======================================== Qtest Driver Framework -======================================== +====================== In order to test a specific driver, plain libqos tests need to take care of booting QEMU with the right machine and devices. @@ -31,13 +30,15 @@ so the sdhci-test should only care of linking its qgraph node with that interface. In this way, if the command line of a sdhci driver is changed, only the respective qgraph driver node has to be adjusted. +QGraph concepts +--------------- + The graph is composed by nodes that represent machines, drivers, tests and edges that define the relationships between them (``CONSUMES``, ``PRODUCES``, and ``CONTAINS``). - Nodes -^^^^^^ +~~~~~ A node can be of four types: @@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ Notes for the nodes: drivers name, otherwise they won't be discovered Edges -^^^^^^ +~~~~~ An edge relation between two nodes (drivers or machines) ``X`` and ``Y`` can be: @@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ An edge relation between two nodes (drivers or machines) ``X`` and ``Y`` can be: - ``X CONTAINS Y``: ``Y`` is part of ``X`` component Execution steps -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The basic framework steps are the following: @@ -92,8 +93,64 @@ The basic framework steps are the following: Depending on the QEMU binary used, only some drivers/machines will be available and only test that are reached by them will be executed. +Command line +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Command line is built by using node names and optional arguments +passed by the user when building the edges. + +There are three types of command line arguments: + +- ``in node`` : created from the node name. For example, machines will + have ``-M <machine>`` to its command line, while devices + ``-device <device>``. It is automatically done by the framework. +- ``after node`` : added as additional argument to the node name. + This argument is added optionally when creating edges, + by setting the parameter ``after_cmd_line`` and + ``extra_edge_opts`` in ``QOSGraphEdgeOptions``. + The framework automatically adds + a comma before ``extra_edge_opts``, + because it is going to add attributes + after the destination node pointed by + the edge containing these options, and automatically + adds a space before ``after_cmd_line``, because it + adds an additional device, not an attribute. +- ``before node`` : added as additional argument to the node name. + This argument is added optionally when creating edges, + by setting the parameter ``before_cmd_line`` in + ``QOSGraphEdgeOptions``. This attribute + is going to add attributes before the destination node + pointed by the edge containing these options. It is + helpful to commands that are not node-representable, + such as ``-fdsev`` or ``-netdev``. + +While adding command line in edges is always used, not all nodes names are +used in every path walk: this is because the contained or produced ones +are already added by QEMU, so only nodes that "consumes" will be used to +build the command line. Also, nodes that will have ``{ "abstract" : true }`` +as QMP attribute will loose their command line, since they are not proper +devices to be added in QEMU. + +Example:: + + QOSGraphEdgeOptions opts = { + .before_cmd_line = "-drive id=drv0,if=none,file=null-co://," + "file.read-zeroes=on,format=raw", + .after_cmd_line = "-device scsi-hd,bus=vs0.0,drive=drv0", + + opts.extra_device_opts = "id=vs0"; + }; + + qos_node_create_driver("virtio-scsi-device", + virtio_scsi_device_create); + qos_node_consumes("virtio-scsi-device", "virtio-bus", &opts); + +Will produce the following command line: +``-drive id=drv0,if=none,file=null-co://, -device virtio-scsi-device,id=vs0 -device scsi-hd,bus=vs0.0,drive=drv0`` + Troubleshooting unavailable tests -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + If there is no path from an available machine to a test then that test will be unavailable and won't execute. This can happen if a test or driver did not set up its qgraph node correctly. It can also happen if the necessary machine type @@ -151,7 +208,7 @@ Typically this is because the QEMU binary lacks support for the necessary machine type or device. Creating a new driver and its interface -""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" +--------------------------------------- Here we continue the ``sdhci`` use case, with the following scenario: @@ -489,7 +546,7 @@ or inverting the consumes edge in consumed_by:: arm/raspi2b --contains--> generic-sdhci Adding a new test -""""""""""""""""" +----------------- Given the above setup, adding a new test is very simple. ``sdhci-test``, taken from ``tests/qtest/sdhci-test.c``:: @@ -565,62 +622,7 @@ and for the binary ``QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./qemu-system-arm``: Additional examples are also in ``test-qgraph.c`` -Command line: -"""""""""""""" - -Command line is built by using node names and optional arguments -passed by the user when building the edges. - -There are three types of command line arguments: - -- ``in node`` : created from the node name. For example, machines will - have ``-M <machine>`` to its command line, while devices - ``-device <device>``. It is automatically done by the framework. -- ``after node`` : added as additional argument to the node name. - This argument is added optionally when creating edges, - by setting the parameter ``after_cmd_line`` and - ``extra_edge_opts`` in ``QOSGraphEdgeOptions``. - The framework automatically adds - a comma before ``extra_edge_opts``, - because it is going to add attributes - after the destination node pointed by - the edge containing these options, and automatically - adds a space before ``after_cmd_line``, because it - adds an additional device, not an attribute. -- ``before node`` : added as additional argument to the node name. - This argument is added optionally when creating edges, - by setting the parameter ``before_cmd_line`` in - ``QOSGraphEdgeOptions``. This attribute - is going to add attributes before the destination node - pointed by the edge containing these options. It is - helpful to commands that are not node-representable, - such as ``-fdsev`` or ``-netdev``. - -While adding command line in edges is always used, not all nodes names are -used in every path walk: this is because the contained or produced ones -are already added by QEMU, so only nodes that "consumes" will be used to -build the command line. Also, nodes that will have ``{ "abstract" : true }`` -as QMP attribute will loose their command line, since they are not proper -devices to be added in QEMU. - -Example:: - - QOSGraphEdgeOptions opts = { - .before_cmd_line = "-drive id=drv0,if=none,file=null-co://," - "file.read-zeroes=on,format=raw", - .after_cmd_line = "-device scsi-hd,bus=vs0.0,drive=drv0", - - opts.extra_device_opts = "id=vs0"; - }; - - qos_node_create_driver("virtio-scsi-device", - virtio_scsi_device_create); - qos_node_consumes("virtio-scsi-device", "virtio-bus", &opts); - -Will produce the following command line: -``-drive id=drv0,if=none,file=null-co://, -device virtio-scsi-device,id=vs0 -device scsi-hd,bus=vs0.0,drive=drv0`` - Qgraph API reference -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-------------------- .. kernel-doc:: tests/qtest/libqos/qgraph.h |