Re: [PATCH v1 4/6] CI: make test-artifacts branch/job customizable

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> Allow choosing which artifacts branch and job to use for Linux. This
> allows running the same tests for different Linux versions, without
> duplicating a lot of yaml sections.

I just sent this reply:
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2506231351060.8066@ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop/

You are answering my question: the goal is to allow much wider Linux
versions testing? Because if not, I don't think there is much of a
benefit.

Do you envision a bunch of jobs in automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml that
play with different LINUX_JOB_X86_64 / LINUX_JOB_ARM64 ? If so, we would
need the corresponding jobs in test-artifacts.


> Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I have considered common LINUX_JOB and then add architecture suffix, but
> even now X86 and ARM use different jobs, so I made them separate.
> ---
>  .gitlab-ci.yml                 |  9 +++++++++
>  automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml |  8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> index 7974ac4e82bc..c1d92dc485e7 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> @@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ variables:
>    XEN_REGISTRY: registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen
>    SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY:
>      description: "Regex to select only some jobs, must be enclosed with /. 
> For example /job1|job2/"
> +  LINUX_ARTIFACTS_BRANCH:
> +    description: "Branch in test-artifacts to use for Linux"
> +    value: master
> +  LINUX_JOB_X86_64:
> +    description: "Job name in test-artifacts to use for Linux x86_64"
> +    value: linux-6.12.34-x86_64
> +  LINUX_JOB_ARM64:
> +    description: "Job name in test-artifacts to use for Linux arm64"
> +    value: linux-6.6.86-arm64
>  
>  workflow:
>    name: "$CI_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_DESCRIPTION"
> diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
> index dc08488e76f4..9fd66fb6138d 100644
> --- a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
> +++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
> @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
>  
>  .arm64-test-needs: &arm64-test-needs
>    - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
> -    job: linux-6.6.86-arm64
> -    ref: master
> +    job: $LINUX_JOB_ARM64
> +    ref: $LINUX_ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
>    - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
>      job: alpine-3.18-arm64-rootfs
>      ref: master
> @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
>  
>  .x86-64-test-needs: &x86-64-test-needs
>    - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
> -    job: linux-6.12.34-x86_64
> -    ref: master
> +    job: $LINUX_JOB_X86_64
> +    ref: $LINUX_ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
>    - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
>      job: alpine-3.18-x86_64-rootfs
>      ref: master
> -- 
> git-series 0.9.1
>