LTP update procedure
Instead of using upstream’s LTP directly, we have our own copy of
LTP for a commit we trust. This is to avoid that breakage in LTP’s
master
branch can make our test suites less stable. But this also
means that we need to periodically update this commit so we can pull
in recent fixes and updated tests from LTP repository.
To update our copy of LTP, we internally follow these steps:
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Create a branch on your fork of kernel-tests (create a fork if you don’t have one already).
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Look for a recent commit in the upstream LTP repo that passes all Travis checks and update the commit hash in the
git checkout
command in runtest.sh (global variableLTP_REPO_COMMIT_ID
) to use that commit. -
If there are any known issues that are reportedly now fixed (e.g. tests that now can run because they have been improved, or because kernel bugs have been fixed), drop them from knownissue.sh.
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Push the branch with your changes with comment
Update LTP to a recent commit
. -
File an MR to repo kernel-tests.
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Test your branch via
cki-ci-bot
in your MR, e.g.@cki-ci-bot, please test [skip_beaker=false][baseline/upstream-stable][tests_regex=.*LTP.*]