KVM-Autotest/TODO

KVM-Autotest TODO list

raw idea

• Autotest support for executing tests in parallel
• more vhost_net test
• Add Multi-guests transfer test
• transfer test between guest(s) and extra boxs
• add more whql tests (virtio_net,virtio_blk)

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.

• Libvirt integration - Will hold on this work item for the next couple of months due to resource constraints.

lmr

TODO

• Make cache=off the default for guest images
• Multi host migration
• Add a BLOCKED status on the autotest database, that tells the user that some feature testing was left out due to a problem on its dependencies.
• Eventually get rid of all dependency on slirp/userspace networking to do any feature testing, since it is not a supported feature. Slipstreaming the kickstart in the install CD is a possibility, and it ends up being simpler than configuring an internal network thing for testing.
• Make it possible to install virtio nw driver under windows xp/2003 guests without having to resort to the msi installer

Partially done/ Blocked

• Include support for host kernel install on the KVM default control file - Using autotest standard API to get it done
  • needs to resolve bugs in boottool to full functionality

Done

• Apply network patchset (Yay!)

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
• Post-commit review of new network patches (committed on Oct 7 2010)
• Use more exceptions in utility functions:
  • Add convenience functions to kvm_subprocess.py to make running shell commands shorter
  • Add convenience functions to the VM class

Very old, possibly no longer relevant

• Add docstrings to all functions that still lack them, including the ones in stepmaker.py, stepeditor.py and kvm_tests.py
• Rename all Windows ISOs currently used to their official MSDN names
• Fill the sections "Working with step files" and "Step file creation tips" in the wiki

akong

• Using dnsmasq in unattended_install to replace userspace network with private bridge
• Bonding test
• Add a new test: check if guest transmits packets when link is up/down

Beijing QE

• pxe boot * net types
• Further migration
• Multiple nics
• multiple disks
• 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)
• Different CPU flags support
• Passthrough the perf keys of run_autotest to autotest server
• Register the virtual machine into autotest server and run benchmark through autotest server

(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)

Bugs

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