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By adding a check for an optional key/value pair to the test case data, individual test cases may be skipped to prevent tdc from aborting a test run due to setup or teardown failure. If a test case is skipped, it will still appear in the results output to allow for a consistent number of executed tests in each run. However, the test will be marked as skipped. This support for skipping extends to any plugins that may generate additional results for each executed test. Signed-off-by: Lucas Bates <lucasb@mojatatu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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tdc - Adding test cases for tdc
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Author: Lucas Bates - lucasb@mojatatu.com
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ADDING TEST CASES
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-----------------
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User-defined tests should be added by defining a separate JSON file. This
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will help prevent conflicts when updating the repository. Refer to
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template.json for the required JSON format for test cases.
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Include the 'id' field, but do not assign a value. Running tdc with the -i
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option will generate a unique ID for that test case.
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tdc will recursively search the 'tc-tests' subdirectory (or the
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directories named with the -D option) for .json files. Any test case
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files you create in these directories will automatically be included.
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If you wish to store your custom test cases elsewhere, be sure to run
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tdc with the -f argument and the path to your file, or the -D argument
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and the path to your directory(ies).
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Be aware of required escape characters in the JSON data - particularly
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when defining the match pattern. Refer to the supplied json test files
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for examples when in doubt. The match pattern is written in json, and
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will be used by python. So the match pattern will be a python regular
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expression, but should be written using json syntax.
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TEST CASE STRUCTURE
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-------------------
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Each test case has required data:
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id: A unique alphanumeric value to identify a particular test case
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name: Descriptive name that explains the command under test
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skip: A completely optional key, if the corresponding value is "yes"
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then tdc will not execute the test case in question. However,
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this test case will still appear in the results output but
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marked as skipped. This key can be placed anywhere inside the
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test case at the top level.
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category: A list of single-word descriptions covering what the command
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under test is testing. Example: filter, actions, u32, gact, etc.
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setup: The list of commands required to ensure the command under test
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succeeds. For example: if testing a filter, the command to create
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the qdisc would appear here.
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This list can be empty.
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Each command can be a string to be executed, or a list consisting
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of a string which is a command to be executed, followed by 1 or
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more acceptable exit codes for this command.
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If only a string is given for the command, then an exit code of 0
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will be expected.
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cmdUnderTest: The tc command being tested itself.
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expExitCode: The code returned by the command under test upon its termination.
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tdc will compare this value against the actual returned value.
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verifyCmd: The tc command to be run to verify successful execution.
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For example: if the command under test creates a gact action,
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verifyCmd should be "$TC actions show action gact"
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matchPattern: A regular expression to be applied against the output of the
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verifyCmd to prove the command under test succeeded. This pattern
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should be as specific as possible so that a false positive is not
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matched.
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matchCount: How many times the regex in matchPattern should match. A value
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of 0 is acceptable.
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teardown: The list of commands to clean up after the test is completed.
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The environment should be returned to the same state as when
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this test was started: qdiscs deleted, actions flushed, etc.
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This list can be empty.
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Each command can be a string to be executed, or a list consisting
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of a string which is a command to be executed, followed by 1 or
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more acceptable exit codes for this command.
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If only a string is given for the command, then an exit code of 0
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will be expected.
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SETUP/TEARDOWN ERRORS
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---------------------
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If an error is detected during the setup/teardown process, execution of the
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tests will immediately stop with an error message and the namespace in which
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the tests are run will be destroyed. This is to prevent inaccurate results
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in the test cases. tdc will output a series of TAP results for the skipped
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tests.
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Repeated failures of the setup/teardown may indicate a problem with the test
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case, or possibly even a bug in one of the commands that are not being tested.
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It's possible to include acceptable exit codes with the setup/teardown command
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so that it doesn't halt the script for an error that doesn't matter. Turn the
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individual command into a list, with the command being first, followed by all
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acceptable exit codes for the command.
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Example:
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A pair of setup commands. The first can have exit code 0, 1 or 255, the
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second must have exit code 0.
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"setup": [
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[
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"$TC actions flush action gact",
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0,
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1,
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255
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],
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"$TC actions add action reclassify index 65536"
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],
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