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@@ -307,8 +307,52 @@ It is possible to debug VPP by attaching ``gdb`` before test execution by adding
If a test consists of more VPP instances then this is done for each of them.
+**Memory leak testing**
-**Eternal dependencies**
+It is possible to use VPP memory traces to diagnose if and where memory leaks happen by comparing of two traces at different point in time.
+You can do it by test like following:
+
+::
+
+ func MemLeakTest(s *NoTopoSuite) {
+ s.SkipUnlessLeakCheck() // test is excluded from usual test run
+ vpp := s.GetContainerByName("vpp").VppInstance
+ /* do your configuration here */
+ vpp.Disconnect() // no goVPP less noise
+ vpp.EnableMemoryTrace() // enable memory traces
+ traces1, err := vpp.GetMemoryTrace() // get first sample
+ s.AssertNil(err, fmt.Sprint(err))
+ vpp.Vppctl("test mem-leak") // execute some action
+ traces2, err := vpp.GetMemoryTrace() // get second sample
+ s.AssertNil(err, fmt.Sprint(err))
+ vpp.MemLeakCheck(traces1, traces2) // compare samples and generate report
+ }
+
+To get your memory leak report run following command:
+
+::
+
+ $ make test-leak TEST=MemLeakTest
+ ...
+ NoTopoSuiteSolo mem_leak_test.go/MemLeakTest [SOLO]
+ /home/matus/vpp/extras/hs-test/infra/suite_no_topo.go:113
+
+ Report Entries >>
+
+ SUMMARY: 112 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s)
+ - /home/matus/vpp/extras/hs-test/infra/vppinstance.go:624 @ 07/19/24 15:53:33.539
+
+ leak of 112 byte(s) in 1 allocation(s) from:
+ #0 clib_mem_heap_alloc_aligned + 0x31
+ #1 _vec_alloc_internal + 0x113
+ #2 _vec_validate + 0x81
+ #3 leak_memory_fn + 0x4f
+ #4 0x7fc167815ac3
+ #5 0x7fc1678a7850
+ << Report Entries
+ ------------------------------
+
+**External dependencies**
* Linux tools ``ip``, ``brctl``
* Standalone programs ``wget``, ``iperf3`` - since these are downloaded when Docker image is made,