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diff --git a/tools/memory-model/scripts/README b/tools/memory-model/scripts/README index 095c7eb36f9f..fb39bd0fd1b9 100644 --- a/tools/memory-model/scripts/README +++ b/tools/memory-model/scripts/README @@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ checklitmushist.sh checklitmus.sh Check a single litmus test against its "Result:" expected result. + Not intended to for manual use. + +checktheselitmus.sh + + Check the specified list of litmus tests against their "Result:" + expected results. This takes optional parseargs.sh arguments, + followed by "--" followed by pathnames starting from the current + directory. cmplitmushist.sh @@ -43,10 +51,10 @@ initlitmushist.sh judgelitmus.sh - Given a .litmus file and its .litmus.out herd7 output, check the - .litmus.out file against the .litmus file's "Result:" comment to - judge whether the test ran correctly. Not normally run manually, - provided instead for use by other scripts. + Given a .litmus file and its herd7 output, check the output file + against the .litmus file's "Result:" comment to judge whether + the test ran correctly. Not normally run manually, provided + instead for use by other scripts. newlitmushist.sh @@ -68,3 +76,35 @@ runlitmushist.sh README This file + +Testing a change to LKMM might go as follows: + + # Populate expected results without that change, and + # runs for about an hour on an 8-CPU x86 system: + scripts/initlitmushist.sh --timeout 10m --procs 10 + # Incorporate the change: + git am -s -3 /path/to/patch # Or whatever it takes. + + # Test the new version of LKMM as follows... + + # Runs in seconds, good smoke test: + scripts/checkalllitmus.sh + + # Compares results to those produced by initlitmushist.sh, + # and runs for about an hour on an 8-CPU x86 system: + scripts/checklitmushist.sh --timeout 10m --procs 10 + + # Checks results against Result tags, runs in minutes: + scripts/checkghlitmus.sh --timeout 10m --procs 10 + +The checkghlitmus.sh should not report errors in cases where the +checklitmushist.sh script did not also report a change. However, +this check is nevertheless valuable because it can find errors in the +original version of LKMM. Note however, that given the above procedure, +an error in the original LKMM version that is fixed by the patch will +be reported both as a mismatch by checklitmushist.sh and as an error +by checkghlitmus.sh. One exception to this rule of thumb is when the +test fails completely on the original version of LKMM and passes on the +new version. In this case, checklitmushist.sh will report a mismatch +and checkghlitmus.sh will report success. This happens when the change +to LKMM introduces a new primitive for which litmus tests already existed. |