Re: [PATCH] test: Update README.md

[David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>]

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On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 09:43:29AM +0800, Yumei Huang wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>

We may well want further updates, but this is a strict improvement on
what we have now.

> ---
>  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
> 

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