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illumos Testing README

1. A Brief History of usr/src/test
2. How to Run These Tests
3. How to Develop New Tests
4. Porting Tests from Other Frameworks

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1. A Brief History of usr/src/test

The tests here come in two varieties - tests written from scratch, and tests
that have been ported from the Solaris Test Collection. Not all of the STC
tests have been ported, and a forked repository of those that have been made
publicly available may currently be found here:

	https://bitbucket.org/illumos/illumos-stc/

Regardless of origin, all of these tests are executed using the run(1) script
described in the next section.

2. How to Run These Tests

Currently, all the test suites under usr/src/test provide a wrapper script
around run(1). These wrappers allow environment variables to be set up which
may (for example) allow the script to specify which disks may be used by a test
suite, and which must be preserved. Additionally, the wrappers allow options to
run(1) to be passed through so that a user may specify a custom configuration
file for a test suite. For specifics on the options available in the framework
itself, please see the run(1) manpage.

3. How to Develop New Tests

New tests should mimic the directory layout of existing tests to the degree
possible. This includes the following directories:

cmd - Any support binaries or scripts used by the tests in this package.
doc - READMEs or other support documentation to be delivered with the package.
runfiles -  Configuration files that dictate how the tests are run.
tests - The tests themselves (see below).

The tests you create will be run, and given a PASS or FAIL status in accordance
with the exit value returned by the test. A test may also be marked SKIPPED in
the event that a prerequisite test is marked FAIL, or marked KILLED in the
event the test times out. Note that there is no way to force a test to be
marked SKIPPED; this is intentional. If a test must be skipped due to
insufficient resources for example, then a wrapper script should be provided
that chooses or creates an appropriate configuration file. The goal of every
run is that every test is marked PASS.

4. Porting Tests from Other Frameworks

STF (Solaris Test Framework)

Porting tests from this framework is relatively straightforward. For the most
part the tests can be arranged in the new directory structure and added to the
configuration file. The template for a configuration file can easily be created
using the -w option to run(1). There are a few other changes that may be
required:

Some STF tests consume the values of variables from the user's environment.
These variables must be set before beginning the test run either manually, or
via a wrapper script.

Groups of tests in STF can automatically source .cfg files specified in the
'stf_description' file that exists in an STF directory. Ported tests that
require any of these variables must manually source the .cfg file instead.

The configuration file of a newly ported test must specify the user the test
should run as, along with the timeout value. In STF, these are also specified
in the 'stf_description' file.