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From: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, sbrivio@redhat.com
Cc: david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, yuhuang@redhat.com,
	rjones@redhat.com, berrange@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] test: Update README.md
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:01:08 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250928010108.5912-1-yuhuang@redhat.com> (raw)

Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
---
 test/README.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 91ca603..0df7533 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 +96,32 @@ variable settings: DEBUG=1 enables debugging messages, TRACE=1 enables tracing
 
     PCAP=1 TRACE=1 ./run
 
+**Note:**
+
+* Don't run the tests as root, the whole point of passt is not to run as root.
+
+* If you switch users before running the tests, you may hit "Permission denied"
+  error. It's probably 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, and `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` points to the /run/user directory of
+  the previous user rather than the target user.
+
+  **Workaround:** Log out and log back in as the intended user to ensure the
+  correct runtime directory is set up. Or use `machinectl shell --uid=$user`.
+
+* SELinux may prevent the tests from running correctly. To avoid this,
+  temporarily disable it by running:
+
+        setenforce 0
+
+* Some tests require a QEMU version >= 10.0.0, or a 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


             reply	other threads:[~2025-09-28  1:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-28  1:01 Yumei Huang [this message]
2025-09-29  3:49 ` David Gibson
2025-09-29 22:23 ` Stefano Brivio

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