KVM-Autotest/TODO

KVM-Autotest TODO list

raw idea

• more vhost_net test
• add 'Multi-guests'/'guest to external boxs' transfer test
• port some whql tests to autotest(virtio_net,virtio_blk)
• add multiple queue support
• support of customed qemu cmdline

general

Note: This session is for major, multi-person items. We'll update the status weekly based on the status of the subtasks attributed to persons.

mgoldish

• Make WHQL tests run on our internal server
• Enable "guest-load" for a VMs before/while tests are running (e.g. migration of a VM, while a movie is playing on it)
  • This may just be a matter of moving useful code from tests to kvm_test_utils.py to make it reusable

amos

• Turn tsc_drift into a kvm unit test.
• Extend performance tests (framework & cases)
• Push redhat internal kvm subtests to upstream (had completed the 1th plan)
• Improve network subtests, especial stress tests

jason

• Port network tests into windows
• Profiler of pidstat
• guest->guest guest->host netperf support
• More readable test result of netperf

yolkfull

• Run netperf test between two guests
• Migration with/without workload(dbench,lmbench etc)
• Verify SMBIOS/DMI data (UUID, for example)
• Disk serial number (for IDE, SCSI, VirtIO drives)

RH Beijing QE

• cpuflags.py (shuang)
• qmp_command.py (fyang)
• qmp_event_notification.py (fyang)
• Further migration
• Multiple nics
• Test block device cancellation path using device mapper to generate errors ( after we had a crash in de_write_dma_cb)
• Extend pci_assignable to support other PCI devices (USB, video cards, TV card etc)
• Passthrough the perf keys of run_autotest to autotest server

Pradeep

• SLES support -
  • Owner - Onkar n Mahajan (currently working)
  • Expected delivery to community - 1-Dec-2011

• virtio-blk disk serial # test (extend physical_resource_check test)
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• enhance virtio-blk hotplug test
  • virsh based attach-disk/detach disk
  • enumerate cloud scenarios (live add, reboot after, shutdown, etc.)
  • migration after live add
  • Owner -
  • Expected delivery to community- 1-Oct-2011

• Add use QED image format during tests.
  • Owner -
  • Expected delivery to community- 1-Dec-2011

• virsh stream.
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• pci-multi function testing (>32 virtio devices, disk and network)
  • test out max number of virtio blk and nic devices
  • Owner -
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• virtfs patch inclusion to autotest.
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• Windows support (ping, file_transfer, ... network tests needs to be added)
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• Svirt - sVirt is a community effort aimed at integrating Mandatory Access Control (MAC) security and Linux-based virtualization (KVM, lguest et al).
  • Owner - Onkar N Mahajan (currently working)
  • Expected delivery to community- 1-Nov-2011

• "Migration + other task with parallel "
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• Network rate limiting
  • Owner -
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• Fix old autoetst patches/bugs
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• Include libvirt_cim in autotest
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• Power Support
  • Owner - IBM
  • Expected Delivery to the community - Oct. 2011

Bugs

• Please open bugs on the [autotest defect tracking system]