[llvm-dev] Testing End-To-End Functionality of Specific Optimization

[Eli Davis via llvm-dev]

Thank you very much. I'll give it a shot!


On 01/02/2018 03:25 PM, Nemanja Ivanovic wrote:
> I am far from an expert on this since I've only ever added one or two 
> of these IIRC. But as far as I remember, for most purposes, that's all 
> you need. Add a source file, add an expected file and add the source 
> file to the CMakeLists.txt (along with any additional 
> CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS)...
> Of course, if you need anything custom, there are likely examples in 
> the test suite that you can use for guidance.
> Also, this may be of some help:
> https://llvm.org/docs/TestSuiteMakefileGuide.html
>
> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:14 PM, Eli Davis <eli at aarno-labs.com 
> <mailto:eli at aarno-labs.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ah, thank you, that makes sense.
>
>     Is there any chance you can point me toward some documentation for
>     how to add tests to the test-suite? I've found a fair bit on how
>     to run the tests, but nothing on how to add new ones. Is it just
>     as simple as adding testcase.c and testscase.reference_output in
>     the appropriate directory?
>
>     Thanks!
>
>
>     On 01/02/2018 02:50 PM, Nemanja Ivanovic wrote:
>>     Typically the "end-to-end" test cases reside in
>>     `projects/test-suite`. All the test cases there build executable
>>     binaries from source, run those and compare the output (as well
>>     as the return code) to what's expected. You should probably put
>>     your test cases in there. Please note also that there are
>>     subcategories there - there are single source file and multiple
>>     source file programs. There are those that are meant as
>>     benchmarks, unit tests, full applications, etc. I'm sure you can
>>     find an appropriate place to add your test cases to.
>>
>>     On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 8:16 PM, Eli Davis via llvm-dev
>>     <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hello!
>>
>>         I am writing an instrumentation pass using LLVM. I have unit
>>         tests using llvm-lit in the style of the tests in llvm/test
>>         to make sure the IR changes show up in the correct place. I
>>         would also like to have some end-to-end tests that start from
>>         a .c file, compile the program, run it, and check the output.
>>
>>         I imagine I could do this as a test in the same style, but
>>         I'm wondering if that's the llvm-correct way of doing it. Can
>>         anyone advise?
>>
>>         Thank you!
>>
>>         Eli
>>
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