From: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, sbrivio@redhat.com
Cc: david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, yuhuang@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH] test: Update README.md
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:43:29 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250919014329.6007-1-yuhuang@redhat.com> (raw)
Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
---
test/README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 91ca603..e3e9d37 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Example for Debian, and possibly most Debian-based distributions:
git go iperf3 isc-dhcp-common jq libgpgme-dev libseccomp-dev linux-cpupower
lm-sensors lz4 netavark netcat-openbsd psmisc qemu-efi-aarch64
qemu-system-arm qemu-system-misc qemu-system-ppc qemu-system-x86
- qemu-system-x86 sipcalc socat strace tmux uidmap valgrind
+ sipcalc socat strace tmux uidmap valgrind
NOTE: the tests need a qemu version >= 7.2, or one that contains commit
13c6be96618c ("net: stream: add unix socket"): this change introduces support
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ The following additional packages are commonly needed:
## Regular test
-Just issue:
+Before running the tests, you need to prepare the required assets:
+
+ cd test
+ make assets
+
+Then issue:
./run
@@ -91,6 +96,28 @@ variable settings: DEBUG=1 enables debugging messages, TRACE=1 enables tracing
PCAP=1 TRACE=1 ./run
+**Note:**
+
+* It's recommended to run the commands as a non-root user.
+ Due to [Bug 967509](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967509),
+ if you switch users with `su` or `sudo`, the directory `/run/user/ID` may
+ not be created. In that case, `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` will incorrectly point to
+ `/run/user/0` instead of `/run/user/ID`, which can cause error.
+
+ **Workaround:** Log out and log back in as the intended user to ensure the
+ correct runtime directory is set up.
+
+* SELinux may prevent the tests from running correctly. To avoid this,
+ temporarily disable it by running:
+
+ setenforce 0
+
+* Some tests require a QEMU build that includes the following commits:
+
+ 60f543ad917f ("virtio-net: vhost-user: Implement internal migration")
+ 3f65357313e0 ("vhost: Add stubs for the migration state transfer
+ interface")
+
## Running selected tests
Rudimentary support to run a list of selected tests, without support for
--
2.47.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-09-19 1:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-19 1:43 Yumei Huang [this message]
2025-09-19 5:00 ` David Gibson
2025-09-19 9:58 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-22 3:03 ` Yumei Huang
2025-09-22 20:03 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-23 6:36 ` Yumei Huang
2025-09-23 7:16 ` Yumei Huang
2025-09-23 10:32 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-24 1:58 ` David Gibson
2025-09-24 1:58 ` Yumei Huang
2025-09-24 3:44 ` David Gibson
2025-09-24 4:02 ` Yumei Huang
2025-09-24 8:46 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-24 8:56 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2025-09-24 9:09 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-24 10:31 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2025-09-24 11:00 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-09-25 9:21 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2025-09-24 11:05 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-24 11:20 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-09-24 11:48 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-09-25 5:16 ` Yumei Huang
2025-09-23 7:49 ` David Gibson
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