add vpp debugging support to test framework

improve test documentation

Change-Id: Ia9678aa2532ecb4cb33736aedb4a31aa3f2a3f93
Signed-off-by: Klement Sekera <ksekera@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index c90679e8e20..63cee2036b4 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,58 @@
-PYTHON_VENV_PATH=$(PYTHON_PATH)/virtualenv
+.PHONY: verify-python-path
 
-test: clean
+verify-python-path:
+ifndef VPP_PYTHON_PREFIX
+	$(error VPP_PYTHON_PREFIX is not set)
+endif
+
+PYTHON_VENV_PATH=$(VPP_PYTHON_PREFIX)/virtualenv
+
+test: wipe verify-python-path
 	@virtualenv $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)
 	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install scapy"
 	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install pexpect"
 	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && cd $(WS_ROOT)/vpp-api/python && python setup.py install"
 	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && python run_tests.py discover -p test_$(TEST)\"*.py\""
 
-retest: clean
+retest: wipe verify-python-path
 	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && python run_tests.py discover -p test_$(TEST)\"*.py\""
 
-.PHONY: clean doc
+.PHONY: wipe doc
 
-clean:
+wipe: verify-python-path
 	@rm -f /dev/shm/vpp-unittest-*
 	@rm -rf /tmp/vpp-unittest-*
 
-doc:
+doc: verify-python-path
 	@virtualenv $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)
 	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install sphinx"
-	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && make -C doc html"
+	@bash -c "source $(PYTHON_VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && make -C doc WS_ROOT=$(WS_ROOT) BR=$(BR) NO_VPP_PAPI=1 html"
+
+wipe-doc:
+	@make -C doc wipe BR=$(BR)
+
+help:
+	@echo "Running tests:"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo " test                - build and run functional tests"
+	@echo " test-debug          - build and run functional tests (debug build)"
+	@echo " retest              - run functional tests"
+	@echo " retest-debug        - run functional tests (debug build)"
+	@echo " wipe-test           - wipe (temporary) files generated by unit tests"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Arguments controlling test runs:"
+	@echo " V=[0|1|2]            - set test verbosity level"
+	@echo " DEBUG=<type>         - set VPP debugging kind"
+	@echo "    DEBUG=core        - detect coredump and load it in gdb on crash"
+	@echo "    DEBUG=gdb         - allow easy debugging by printing VPP PID "
+	@echo "                        and waiting for user input before running "
+	@echo "                        and tearing down a testcase"
+	@echo "    DEBUG=gdbserver   - run gdb inside a gdb server, otherwise "
+	@echo "                        same as above"
+	@echo " STEP=[yes|no]        - ease debugging by stepping through a testcase "
+	@echo " TEST=<name>          - only run specific test"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Creating test documentation"
+	@echo " test-doc            - generate documentation for test framework"
+	@echo " wipe-test-doc       - wipe documentation for test framework"
+	@echo ""