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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] raisin: introduce tests



On Tue, 5 May 2015, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-05-01 at 16:48 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > this patch series introduces a framework to execute simple unit and
> > functional tests in raisin. It can be used by developers to validate
> > their changes before submitting a patch series to xen-devel. It can also
> > be used by OSSTest to test for regressions on one particular
> > functionality. This patch series only introduces two tests: a PV guest
> > creation test and an HVM guest creation test. They are both based on
> > busybox. More tests will follow.
> 
> What is the intended scope of these tests? e.g. when should a test be
> added here rather than to osstest?

Small functional tests that can be easily run on a single host, without
requiring a specific host or guest operating system. Tests that every
developer should run on their test machine before submitting a patch
series.


> Do you eventually plan to have an osstest job which executes the
> raisin tests?

Yes, that is the goal. We should be able to get the bisector running and
all the usual osstest goodness.

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