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+=================================
+LLVM Testing Infrastructure Guide
+=================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ TestSuiteMakefileGuide
+
+Overview
+========
+
+This document is the reference manual for the LLVM testing
+infrastructure. It documents the structure of the LLVM testing
+infrastructure, the tools needed to use it, and how to add and run
+tests.
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+In order to use the LLVM testing infrastructure, you will need all of the
+software required to build LLVM, as well as `Python <http://python.org>`_ 2.7 or
+later.
+
+LLVM testing infrastructure organization
+========================================
+
+The LLVM testing infrastructure contains two major categories of tests:
+regression tests and whole programs. The regression tests are contained
+inside the LLVM repository itself under ``llvm/test`` and are expected
+to always pass -- they should be run before every commit.
+
+The whole programs tests are referred to as the "LLVM test suite" (or
+"test-suite") and are in the ``test-suite`` module in subversion. For
+historical reasons, these tests are also referred to as the "nightly
+tests" in places, which is less ambiguous than "test-suite" and remains
+in use although we run them much more often than nightly.
+
+Regression tests
+----------------
+
+The regression tests are small pieces of code that test a specific
+feature of LLVM or trigger a specific bug in LLVM. The language they are
+written in depends on the part of LLVM being tested. These tests are driven by
+the :doc:`Lit <CommandGuide/lit>` testing tool (which is part of LLVM), and
+are located in the ``llvm/test`` directory.
+
+Typically when a bug is found in LLVM, a regression test containing just
+enough code to reproduce the problem should be written and placed
+somewhere underneath this directory. For example, it can be a small
+piece of LLVM IR distilled from an actual application or benchmark.
+
+``test-suite``
+--------------
+
+The test suite contains whole programs, which are pieces of code which
+can be compiled and linked into a stand-alone program that can be
+executed. These programs are generally written in high level languages
+such as C or C++.
+
+These programs are compiled using a user specified compiler and set of
+flags, and then executed to capture the program output and timing
+information. The output of these programs is compared to a reference
+output to ensure that the program is being compiled correctly.
+
+In addition to compiling and executing programs, whole program tests
+serve as a way of benchmarking LLVM performance, both in terms of the
+efficiency of the programs generated as well as the speed with which
+LLVM compiles, optimizes, and generates code.
+
+The test-suite is located in the ``test-suite`` Subversion module.
+
+Debugging Information tests
+---------------------------
+
+The test suite contains tests to check quality of debugging information.
+The test are written in C based languages or in LLVM assembly language.
+
+These tests are compiled and run under a debugger. The debugger output
+is checked to validate of debugging information. See README.txt in the
+test suite for more information . This test suite is located in the
+``debuginfo-tests`` Subversion module.
+
+Quick start
+===========
+
+The tests are located in two separate Subversion modules. The
+regressions tests are in the main "llvm" module under the directory
+``llvm/test`` (so you get these tests for free with the main LLVM tree).
+Use ``make check-all`` to run the regression tests after building LLVM.
+
+The more comprehensive test suite that includes whole programs in C and C++
+is in the ``test-suite`` module. See :ref:`test-suite Quickstart
+<test-suite-quickstart>` for more information on running these tests.
+
+Regression tests
+----------------
+
+To run all of the LLVM regression tests, use the master Makefile in the
+``llvm/test`` directory. LLVM Makefiles require GNU Make (read the :doc:`LLVM
+Makefile Guide <MakefileGuide>` for more details):
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % make -C llvm/test
+
+or:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % make check
+
+If you have `Clang <http://clang.llvm.org/>`_ checked out and built, you
+can run the LLVM and Clang tests simultaneously using:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % make check-all
+
+To run the tests with Valgrind (Memcheck by default), use the ``LIT_ARGS`` make
+variable to pass the required options to lit. For example, you can use:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % make check LIT_ARGS="-v --vg --vg-leak"
+
+to enable testing with valgrind and with leak checking enabled.
+
+To run individual tests or subsets of tests, you can use the ``llvm-lit``
+script which is built as part of LLVM. For example, to run the
+``Integer/BitPacked.ll`` test by itself you can run:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % llvm-lit ~/llvm/test/Integer/BitPacked.ll
+
+or to run all of the ARM CodeGen tests:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % llvm-lit ~/llvm/test/CodeGen/ARM
+
+For more information on using the :program:`lit` tool, see ``llvm-lit --help``
+or the :doc:`lit man page <CommandGuide/lit>`.
+
+Debugging Information tests
+---------------------------
+
+To run debugging information tests simply checkout the tests inside
+clang/test directory.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ % cd clang/test
+ % svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/debuginfo-tests/trunk debuginfo-tests
+
+These tests are already set up to run as part of clang regression tests.
+
+Regression test structure
+=========================
+
+The LLVM regression tests are driven by :program:`lit` and are located in the
+``llvm/test`` directory.
+
+This directory contains a large array of small tests that exercise
+various features of LLVM and to ensure that regressions do not occur.
+The directory is broken into several sub-directories, each focused on a
+particular area of LLVM.
+
+Writing new regression tests
+----------------------------
+
+The regression test structure is very simple, but does require some
+information to be set. This information is gathered via ``configure``
+and is written to a file, ``test/lit.site.cfg`` in the build directory.
+The ``llvm/test`` Makefile does this work for you.
+
+In order for the regression tests to work, each directory of tests must
+have a ``lit.local.cfg`` file. :program:`lit` looks for this file to determine
+how to run the tests. This file is just Python code and thus is very
+flexible, but we've standardized it for the LLVM regression tests. If
+you're adding a directory of tests, just copy ``lit.local.cfg`` from
+another directory to get running. The standard ``lit.local.cfg`` simply
+specifies which files to look in for tests. Any directory that contains
+only directories does not need the ``lit.local.cfg`` file. Read the :doc:`Lit
+documentation <CommandGuide/lit>` for more information.
+
+Each test file must contain lines starting with "RUN:" that tell :program:`lit`
+how to run it. If there are no RUN lines, :program:`lit` will issue an error
+while running a test.
+
+RUN lines are specified in the comments of the test program using the
+keyword ``RUN`` followed by a colon, and lastly the command (pipeline)
+to execute. Together, these lines form the "script" that :program:`lit`
+executes to run the test case. The syntax of the RUN lines is similar to a
+shell's syntax for pipelines including I/O redirection and variable
+substitution. However, even though these lines may *look* like a shell
+script, they are not. RUN lines are interpreted by :program:`lit`.
+Consequently, the syntax differs from shell in a few ways. You can specify
+as many RUN lines as needed.
+
+:program:`lit` performs substitution on each RUN line to replace LLVM tool names
+with the full paths to the executable built for each tool (in
+``$(LLVM_OBJ_ROOT)/$(BuildMode)/bin)``. This ensures that :program:`lit` does
+not invoke any stray LLVM tools in the user's path during testing.
+
+Each RUN line is executed on its own, distinct from other lines unless
+its last character is ``\``. This continuation character causes the RUN
+line to be concatenated with the next one. In this way you can build up
+long pipelines of commands without making huge line lengths. The lines
+ending in ``\`` are concatenated until a RUN line that doesn't end in
+``\`` is found. This concatenated set of RUN lines then constitutes one
+execution. :program:`lit` will substitute variables and arrange for the pipeline
+to be executed. If any process in the pipeline fails, the entire line (and
+test case) fails too.
+
+Below is an example of legal RUN lines in a ``.ll`` file:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ ; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llvm-dis > %t1
+ ; RUN: llvm-dis < %s.bc-13 > %t2
+ ; RUN: diff %t1 %t2
+
+As with a Unix shell, the RUN lines permit pipelines and I/O
+redirection to be used.
+
+There are some quoting rules that you must pay attention to when writing
+your RUN lines. In general nothing needs to be quoted. :program:`lit` won't
+strip off any quote characters so they will get passed to the invoked program.
+To avoid this use curly braces to tell :program:`lit` that it should treat
+everything enclosed as one value.
+
+In general, you should strive to keep your RUN lines as simple as possible,
+using them only to run tools that generate textual output you can then examine.
+The recommended way to examine output to figure out if the test passes is using
+the :doc:`FileCheck tool <CommandGuide/FileCheck>`. *[The usage of grep in RUN
+lines is deprecated - please do not send or commit patches that use it.]*
+
+Put related tests into a single file rather than having a separate file per
+test. Check if there are files already covering your feature and consider
+adding your code there instead of creating a new file.
+
+Extra files
+-----------
+
+If your test requires extra files besides the file containing the ``RUN:``
+lines, the idiomatic place to put them is in a subdirectory ``Inputs``.
+You can then refer to the extra files as ``%S/Inputs/foo.bar``.
+
+For example, consider ``test/Linker/ident.ll``. The directory structure is
+as follows::
+
+ test/
+ Linker/
+ ident.ll
+ Inputs/
+ ident.a.ll
+ ident.b.ll
+
+For convenience, these are the contents:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ ;;;;; ident.ll:
+
+ ; RUN: llvm-link %S/Inputs/ident.a.ll %S/Inputs/ident.b.ll -S | FileCheck %s
+
+ ; Verify that multiple input llvm.ident metadata are linked together.
+
+ ; CHECK-DAG: !llvm.ident = !{!0, !1, !2}
+ ; CHECK-DAG: "Compiler V1"
+ ; CHECK-DAG: "Compiler V2"
+ ; CHECK-DAG: "Compiler V3"
+
+ ;;;;; Inputs/ident.a.ll:
+
+ !llvm.ident = !{!0, !1}
+ !0 = metadata !{metadata !"Compiler V1"}
+ !1 = metadata !{metadata !"Compiler V2"}
+
+ ;;;;; Inputs/ident.b.ll:
+
+ !llvm.ident = !{!0}
+ !0 = metadata !{metadata !"Compiler V3"}
+
+For symmetry reasons, ``ident.ll`` is just a dummy file that doesn't
+actually participate in the test besides holding the ``RUN:`` lines.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Some existing tests use ``RUN: true`` in extra files instead of just
+ putting the extra files in an ``Inputs/`` directory. This pattern is
+ deprecated.
+
+Fragile tests
+-------------
+
+It is easy to write a fragile test that would fail spuriously if the tool being
+tested outputs a full path to the input file. For example, :program:`opt` by
+default outputs a ``ModuleID``:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ cat example.ll
+ define i32 @main() nounwind {
+ ret i32 0
+ }
+
+ $ opt -S /path/to/example.ll
+ ; ModuleID = '/path/to/example.ll'
+
+ define i32 @main() nounwind {
+ ret i32 0
+ }
+
+``ModuleID`` can unexpetedly match against ``CHECK`` lines. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ ; RUN: opt -S %s | FileCheck
+
+ define i32 @main() nounwind {
+ ; CHECK-NOT: load
+ ret i32 0
+ }
+
+This test will fail if placed into a ``download`` directory.
+
+To make your tests robust, always use ``opt ... < %s`` in the RUN line.
+:program:`opt` does not output a ``ModuleID`` when input comes from stdin.
+
+Platform-Specific Tests
+-----------------------
+
+Whenever adding tests that require the knowledge of a specific platform,
+either related to code generated, specific output or back-end features,
+you must make sure to isolate the features, so that buildbots that
+run on different architectures (and don't even compile all back-ends),
+don't fail.
+
+The first problem is to check for target-specific output, for example sizes
+of structures, paths and architecture names, for example:
+
+* Tests containing Windows paths will fail on Linux and vice-versa.
+* Tests that check for ``x86_64`` somewhere in the text will fail anywhere else.
+* Tests where the debug information calculates the size of types and structures.
+
+Also, if the test rely on any behaviour that is coded in any back-end, it must
+go in its own directory. So, for instance, code generator tests for ARM go
+into ``test/CodeGen/ARM`` and so on. Those directories contain a special
+``lit`` configuration file that ensure all tests in that directory will
+only run if a specific back-end is compiled and available.
+
+For instance, on ``test/CodeGen/ARM``, the ``lit.local.cfg`` is:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ config.suffixes = ['.ll', '.c', '.cpp', '.test']
+ if not 'ARM' in config.root.targets:
+ config.unsupported = True
+
+Other platform-specific tests are those that depend on a specific feature
+of a specific sub-architecture, for example only to Intel chips that support ``AVX2``.
+
+For instance, ``test/CodeGen/X86/psubus.ll`` tests three sub-architecture
+variants:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ ; RUN: llc -mcpu=core2 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=SSE2
+ ; RUN: llc -mcpu=corei7-avx < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=AVX1
+ ; RUN: llc -mcpu=core-avx2 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=AVX2
+
+And the checks are different:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ ; SSE2: @test1
+ ; SSE2: psubusw LCPI0_0(%rip), %xmm0
+ ; AVX1: @test1
+ ; AVX1: vpsubusw LCPI0_0(%rip), %xmm0, %xmm0
+ ; AVX2: @test1
+ ; AVX2: vpsubusw LCPI0_0(%rip), %xmm0, %xmm0
+
+So, if you're testing for a behaviour that you know is platform-specific or
+depends on special features of sub-architectures, you must add the specific
+triple, test with the specific FileCheck and put it into the specific
+directory that will filter out all other architectures.
+
+
+Substitutions
+-------------
+
+Besides replacing LLVM tool names the following substitutions are performed in
+RUN lines:
+
+``%%``
+ Replaced by a single ``%``. This allows escaping other substitutions.
+
+``%s``
+ File path to the test case's source. This is suitable for passing on the
+ command line as the input to an LLVM tool.
+
+ Example: ``/home/user/llvm/test/MC/ELF/foo_test.s``
+
+``%S``
+ Directory path to the test case's source.
+
+ Example: ``/home/user/llvm/test/MC/ELF``
+
+``%t``
+ File path to a temporary file name that could be used for this test case.
+ The file name won't conflict with other test cases. You can append to it
+ if you need multiple temporaries. This is useful as the destination of
+ some redirected output.
+
+ Example: ``/home/user/llvm.build/test/MC/ELF/Output/foo_test.s.tmp``
+
+``%T``
+ Directory of ``%t``.
+
+ Example: ``/home/user/llvm.build/test/MC/ELF/Output``
+
+``%{pathsep}``
+
+ Expands to the path separator, i.e. ``:`` (or ``;`` on Windows).
+
+
+**LLVM-specific substitutions:**
+
+``%shlibext``
+ The suffix for the host platforms shared library files. This includes the
+ period as the first character.
+
+ Example: ``.so`` (Linux), ``.dylib`` (OS X), ``.dll`` (Windows)
+
+``%exeext``
+ The suffix for the host platforms executable files. This includes the
+ period as the first character.
+
+ Example: ``.exe`` (Windows), empty on Linux.
+
+``%(line)``, ``%(line+<number>)``, ``%(line-<number>)``
+ The number of the line where this substitution is used, with an optional
+ integer offset. This can be used in tests with multiple RUN lines, which
+ reference test file's line numbers.
+
+
+**Clang-specific substitutions:**
+
+``%clang``
+ Invokes the Clang driver.
+
+``%clang_cpp``
+ Invokes the Clang driver for C++.
+
+``%clang_cl``
+ Invokes the CL-compatible Clang driver.
+
+``%clangxx``
+ Invokes the G++-compatible Clang driver.
+
+``%clang_cc1``
+ Invokes the Clang frontend.
+
+``%itanium_abi_triple``, ``%ms_abi_triple``
+ These substitutions can be used to get the current target triple adjusted to
+ the desired ABI. For example, if the test suite is running with the
+ ``i686-pc-win32`` target, ``%itanium_abi_triple`` will expand to
+ ``i686-pc-mingw32``. This allows a test to run with a specific ABI without
+ constraining it to a specific triple.
+
+To add more substituations, look at ``test/lit.cfg`` or ``lit.local.cfg``.
+
+
+Options
+-------
+
+The llvm lit configuration allows to customize some things with user options:
+
+``llc``, ``opt``, ...
+ Substitute the respective llvm tool name with a custom command line. This
+ allows to specify custom paths and default arguments for these tools.
+ Example:
+
+ % llvm-lit "-Dllc=llc -verify-machineinstrs"
+
+``run_long_tests``
+ Enable the execution of long running tests.
+
+``llvm_site_config``
+ Load the specified lit configuration instead of the default one.
+
+
+Other Features
+--------------
+
+To make RUN line writing easier, there are several helper programs. These
+helpers are in the PATH when running tests, so you can just call them using
+their name. For example:
+
+``not``
+ This program runs its arguments and then inverts the result code from it.
+ Zero result codes become 1. Non-zero result codes become 0.
+
+Sometimes it is necessary to mark a test case as "expected fail" or
+XFAIL. You can easily mark a test as XFAIL just by including ``XFAIL:``
+on a line near the top of the file. This signals that the test case
+should succeed if the test fails. Such test cases are counted separately
+by the testing tool. To specify an expected fail, use the XFAIL keyword
+in the comments of the test program followed by a colon and one or more
+failure patterns. Each failure pattern can be either ``*`` (to specify
+fail everywhere), or a part of a target triple (indicating the test
+should fail on that platform), or the name of a configurable feature
+(for example, ``loadable_module``). If there is a match, the test is
+expected to fail. If not, the test is expected to succeed. To XFAIL
+everywhere just specify ``XFAIL: *``. Here is an example of an ``XFAIL``
+line:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ ; XFAIL: darwin,sun
+
+To make the output more useful, :program:`lit` will scan
+the lines of the test case for ones that contain a pattern that matches
+``PR[0-9]+``. This is the syntax for specifying a PR (Problem Report) number
+that is related to the test case. The number after "PR" specifies the
+LLVM bugzilla number. When a PR number is specified, it will be used in
+the pass/fail reporting. This is useful to quickly get some context when
+a test fails.
+
+Finally, any line that contains "END." will cause the special
+interpretation of lines to terminate. This is generally done right after
+the last RUN: line. This has two side effects:
+
+(a) it prevents special interpretation of lines that are part of the test
+ program, not the instructions to the test case, and
+
+(b) it speeds things up for really big test cases by avoiding
+ interpretation of the remainder of the file.
+
+``test-suite`` Overview
+=======================
+
+The ``test-suite`` module contains a number of programs that can be
+compiled and executed. The ``test-suite`` includes reference outputs for
+all of the programs, so that the output of the executed program can be
+checked for correctness.
+
+``test-suite`` tests are divided into three types of tests: MultiSource,
+SingleSource, and External.
+
+- ``test-suite/SingleSource``
+
+ The SingleSource directory contains test programs that are only a
+ single source file in size. These are usually small benchmark
+ programs or small programs that calculate a particular value. Several
+ such programs are grouped together in each directory.
+
+- ``test-suite/MultiSource``
+
+ The MultiSource directory contains subdirectories which contain
+ entire programs with multiple source files. Large benchmarks and
+ whole applications go here.
+
+- ``test-suite/External``
+
+ The External directory contains Makefiles for building code that is
+ external to (i.e., not distributed with) LLVM. The most prominent
+ members of this directory are the SPEC 95 and SPEC 2000 benchmark
+ suites. The ``External`` directory does not contain these actual
+ tests, but only the Makefiles that know how to properly compile these
+ programs from somewhere else. When using ``LNT``, use the
+ ``--test-externals`` option to include these tests in the results.
+
+.. _test-suite-quickstart:
+
+``test-suite`` Quickstart
+-------------------------
+
+The modern way of running the ``test-suite`` is focused on testing and
+benchmarking complete compilers using the
+`LNT <http://llvm.org/docs/lnt>`_ testing infrastructure.
+
+For more information on using LNT to execute the ``test-suite``, please
+see the `LNT Quickstart <http://llvm.org/docs/lnt/quickstart.html>`_
+documentation.
+
+``test-suite`` Makefiles
+------------------------
+
+Historically, the ``test-suite`` was executed using a complicated setup
+of Makefiles. The LNT based approach above is recommended for most
+users, but there are some testing scenarios which are not supported by
+the LNT approach. In addition, LNT currently uses the Makefile setup
+under the covers and so developers who are interested in how LNT works
+under the hood may want to understand the Makefile based setup.
+
+For more information on the ``test-suite`` Makefile setup, please see
+the :doc:`Test Suite Makefile Guide <TestSuiteMakefileGuide>`.