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A: Use language-appropriate constructs, like GTest for C++. You can define a new file if need be, such as:
(in a BUILD.gn file)
executable("unittests") { output_name = "scenic_unittests" testonly = true sources = ["some_test.cc"], deps = [":some_dep"], }
A: An unbroken chain of dependencies that roll up to a config file under //<layer>/packages/tests/, such as //garnet/packages/tests/.
For example:
//garnet/lib/ui/scenic/tests:unittests
is an executable, listed under the “tests” stanza of
//garnet/bin/ui:scenic_tests
which is a package, which is itself listed in the “packages” stanza of
//garnet/packages/tests/scenic
a file that defines what test binaries go into a system image.
Think of it as a blueprint file: a (transitive) manifest that details which tests to try build and run.
Typically, one just adds a new test to an existing binary, or a new test binary to an existing package.
A: Start a QEMU instance on your workstation, and then manually invoke the unit test binary.
First, start QEMU with fx run.
In the QEMU shell, run /system/test/scenic_unittests. The filename is taken from the value of “output_name” from the executable's build rule. All test binaries live either in the /system/test directory if they are built with deprecated_system_image = true, or in /pkgfs/packages/<package_name>/0/test if they are defined in a package.
Note Well! The files are loaded into the QEMU instance at startup. So after rebuilding a test, you'll need to shutdown and re-start the QEMU instance to see the rebuilt test. To exit QEMU, dm shutdown.
A: Either manual invocation, like in QEMU, or fx run-test to a running device.
Note that the booted device may not contain your binary at startup, but fx run-test will build the test binary, ship it over to the device, and run it, while piping the output back to your workstation terminal. Slick!
Make sure your device is running (hit Ctrl-D to boot an existing image) and connected to your workstation. If your target device is a QEMU emulator, then it needs networking to receive the test package. Start your emulator with fx run -N.
From your workstation, fx run-test scenic_unittests. The argument to run-test is the name of the test program as defined in BUILD.gn, for instance: tests = [ { name = "scenic_unittests" } ].
You can automatically rebuild, install, and run your tests on every source file change with fx -i. For instance: fx -i run-test scenic_unittests.
A: The output is directed to your terminal.
There does exist a way to write test output into files (including a summary JSON file), which is how CQ bots collect the test output for automated runs.
A: To temporary prevent a particular test to being run as part of a test suite, you can mark it as disabled. Disabled tests are defined by having their name prefixed with DISABLED_. One way to find them is therefore simply git grep DISABLED_.
If running the test outputs YOU HAVE 1 DISABLED TEST, you can also pass the following flags to find out which test is disabled: /system/test/scenic_unittests --gtest_list_tests --gtest_filter=*DISABLED_*.
To force-run disabled tests: /system/test/scenic_unittests --gtest_also_run_disabled_tests.
Alternatively, you may also want to disable a full test binary within a package containing several test binaries. To do this, edit the BUILD.gn as follows: tests = [ { name = "scenic_unittests", disabled = true } ]. As a result, scenic_unittests will be put in a disabled sub-directory of /system/test or /pkgfs/packages/<package_name>/0/test, and will not be run by the CQ system.
A: Upload your patch to Gerrit and do a CQ dry run.
A: Clicking on CQ dry run (aka +1) will take a properly defined unit test and run it on multiple bots, one for each build target (x86-64 versus arm64, release versus debug). Each job will have an output page showing all the tests that ran.
