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259 lines
7.1 KiB
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# CLI tests
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The CLI tests are focused on testing the zstd CLI.
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They are intended to be simple tests that the CLI and arguments work as advertised.
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They are not intended to test the library, only the code in `programs/`.
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The library will get incidental coverage, but if you find yourself trying to trigger a specific condition in the library, this is the wrong tool.
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## Test runner usage
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The test runner `run.py` will run tests against the in-tree build of `zstd` and `datagen` by default. Which means that `zstd` and `datagen` must be built.
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The `zstd` binary used can be passed with `--zstd /path/to/zstd`.
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Additionally, to run `zstd` through a tool like `valgrind` or `qemu`, set the `--exec-prefix 'valgrind -q'` flag.
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Similarly, the `--datagen`, and `--zstdgrep` flags can be set to specify
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the paths to their respective binaries. However, these tools do not use
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the `EXEC_PREFIX`.
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Each test executes in its own scratch directory under `scratch/test/name`. E.g. `scratch/basic/help.sh/`. Normally these directories are removed after the test executes. However, the `--preserve` flag will preserve these directories after execution, and save the tests exit code, stdout, and stderr in the scratch directory to `exit`, `stderr`, and `stdout` respectively. This can be useful for debugging/editing a test and updating the expected output.
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### Running all the tests
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By default the test runner `run.py` will run all the tests, and report the results.
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Examples:
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```
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./run.py
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./run.py --preserve
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./run.py --zstd ../../build/programs/zstd --datagen ../../build/tests/datagen
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```
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### Running specific tests
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A set of test names can be passed to the test runner `run.py` to only execute those tests.
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This can be useful for writing or debugging a test, especially with `--preserve`.
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The test name can either be the path to the test file, or the test name, which is the path relative to the test directory.
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Examples:
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```
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./run.py basic/help.sh
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./run.py --preserve basic/help.sh basic/version.sh
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./run.py --preserve --verbose basic/help.sh
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```
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### Updating exact output
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If a test is failing because a `.stderr.exact` or `.stdout.exact` no longer matches, you can re-run the tests with `--set-exact-output` and the correct output will be written.
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Example:
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```
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./run.py --set-exact-output
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./run.py basic/help.sh --set-exact-output
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```
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## Writing a test
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Test cases are arbitrary executables, and can be written in any language, but are generally shell scripts.
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After the script executes, the exit code, stderr, and stdout are compared against the expectations.
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Each test is run in a clean directory that the test can use for intermediate files. This directory will be cleaned up at the end of the test, unless `--preserve` is passed to the test runner. Additionally, the `setup` script can prepare the directory before the test runs.
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### Calling zstd, utilities, and environment variables
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The `$PATH` for tests is prepended with the `bin/` sub-directory, which contains helper scripts for ease of testing.
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The `zstd` binary will call the zstd binary specified by `run.py` with the correct `$EXEC_PREFIX`.
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Similarly, `datagen`, `unzstd`, `zstdgrep`, `zstdcat`, etc, are provided.
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Helper utilities like `cmp_size`, `println`, and `die` are provided here too. See their scripts for details.
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Common shell script libraries are provided under `common/`, with helper variables and functions. They can be sourced with `source "$COMMON/library.sh`.
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Lastly, environment variables are provided for testing, which can be listed when calling `run.py` with `--verbose`.
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They are generally used by the helper scripts in `bin/` to coordinate everything.
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### Basic test case
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When executing your `$TEST` executable, by default the exit code is expected to be `0`. However, you can provide an alternate expected exit code in a `$TEST.exit` file.
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When executing your `$TEST` executable, by default the expected stderr and stdout are empty. However, you can override the default by providing one of three files:
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* `$TEST.{stdout,stderr}.exact`
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* `$TEST.{stdout,stderr}.glob`
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* `$TEST.{stdout,stderr}.ignore`
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If you provide a `.exact` file, the output is expected to exactly match, byte-for-byte.
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If you provide a `.glob` file, the output is expected to match the expected file, where each line is interpreted as a glob syntax. Additionally, a line containing only `...` matches all lines until the next expected line matches.
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If you provide a `.ignore` file, the output is ignored.
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#### Passing examples
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All these examples pass.
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Exit 1, and change the expectation to be 1.
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```
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exit-1.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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exit 1
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exit-1.sh.exit
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1
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```
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Check the stdout output exactly matches.
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```
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echo.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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echo "hello world"
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echo.sh.stdout.exact
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hello world
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```
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Check the stderr output using a glob.
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```
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random.sh
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---
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#!/bin/sh
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head -c 10 < /dev/urandom | xxd >&2
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random.sh.stderr.glob
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00000000: * * * * * *
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```
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Multiple lines can be matched with ...
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```
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random-num-lines.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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echo hello
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seq 0 $RANDOM
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echo world
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random-num-lines.sh.stdout.glob
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hello
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0
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...
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world
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```
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#### Failing examples
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Exit code is expected to be 0, but is 1.
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```
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exit-1.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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exit 1
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```
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Stdout is expected to be empty, but isn't.
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```
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echo.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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echo hello world
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```
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Stderr is expected to be hello but is world.
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```
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hello.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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echo world >&2
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hello.sh.stderr.exact
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hello
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```
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### Setup & teardown scripts
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Finally, test writing can be eased with setup and teardown scripts.
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Each directory in the test directory is a test-suite consisting of all tests within that directory (but not sub-directories).
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This test suite can come with 4 scripts to help test writing:
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* `setup_once`
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* `teardown_once`
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* `setup`
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* `teardown`
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The `setup_once` and `teardown_once` are run once before and after all the tests in the suite respectively.
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They operate in the scratch directory for the test suite, which is the parent directory of each scratch directory for each test case.
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They can do work that is shared between tests to improve test efficiency.
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For example, the `dictionaries/setup_once` script builds several dictionaries, for use in the `dictionaries` tests.
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The `setup` and `teardown` scripts run before and after each test case respectively, in the test case's scratch directory.
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These scripts can do work that is shared between test cases to make tests more succinct.
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For example, the `dictionaries/setup` script copies the dictionaries built by the `dictionaries/setup_once` script into the test's scratch directory, to make them easier to use, and make sure they aren't accidentally modified.
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#### Examples
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basic/setup
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#!/bin/sh
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# Create some files for testing with
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datagen > file
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datagen > file0
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datagen > file1
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basic/test.sh
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#!/bin/sh
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zstd file file0 file1
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dictionaries/setup_once
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#!/bin/sh
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set -e
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mkdir files/ dicts/
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for i in $(seq 10); do
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datagen -g1000 > files/$i
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done
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zstd --train -r files/ -o dicts/0
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dictionaries/setup
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#!/bin/sh
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# Runs in the test case's scratch directory.
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# The test suite's scratch directory that
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# `setup_once` operates in is the parent directory.
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cp -r ../files ../dicts .
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```
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