[Vm-dev] Running tests for auto-built Cog VMs

[Igor Stasenko]

On 18 March 2011 02:26, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 18 March 2011 01:30, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> Hello all.
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>> >> Our next plan is to extend the Hudson build jobs with tests which are
>> >> run after VM has built.
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>> >> I'd like to ask, what kind of tests we should run for VMs.
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>> >> So, here's my questions:
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>> >> - do we need a VM specific tests? Or we just use ordinal tests which
>> >> are in image(s) by default?
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>> > SOme of the standard tests in the Squeak 4.2 suite are specifically for VM stuff.  The entire suite depends on the VM in some way.  It seems straight-forward to include tests for specific pieces of functionality, for example the mirror primitives, cannotInterpret: and objects-as-methods.  Adding tests that test new VM functionality is clearly more than a good idea; it should be de rigueur.
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>> >> - in case if we need to run VM-specific tests, is they are available
>> >> somewhere or not? do we need to create separate package/repository for
>> >> holding them?
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>> > Check out a 4.2 image and look at the tests.  The organization might not be perfect but it's there.
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>> You mean non-VM-specific tests, just those which lying in image(s)?
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>> Yes, that's the first thing which comes into mind. And sure thing for
>> start it is ok.
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>> For example, Hudson runs tests for PharoCore1.3 image, each time new
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>> https://pharo-ic.lille.inria.fr/hudson/view/Pharo/job/Pharo%20Core%201.3/
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>> It is easy to tweak this config and run it using freshly built VM(s),
>> one per each platform * JIT/Stack/MT configs.
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>> But i wonder if we may need to be more focused and create some package(s)
>>  to group tests around VM or its individual plugins.
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> Have you looked, as I suggested, in a Squeak 4.2 image?  You'll find Tests-VM, Tests-Finalization, Tests-ObjectsAsMethods

kk.. will take a look.
There is simply too many tests, so its hard to tell which ones are
made specifically to test VM.

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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.