From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/515 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rich Felker Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Revitalizing testing! Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:25:45 -0400 Message-ID: <20111023212545.GD132@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319405729 19216 80.91.229.12 (23 Oct 2011 21:35:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:35:29 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-516-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Sun Oct 23 23:35:24 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@lo.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by lo.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RI5hT-00018f-Fr for gllmg-musl@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:35:23 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 22346 invoked by uid 550); 23 Oct 2011 21:35:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 22335 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2011 21:35:21 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:515 Archived-At: Hi everyone, Since GSoC ended with some partial successes on Luka's libc testing project "cluts", I'd like to look towards picking up testing where that left off and "finishing" cluts. In addition to the remaining tasks on the GSoC project proposal (http://openwall.info/wiki/musl/unit-tests), I have a few new areas I'd like to focus attention on: 1. Deriving from the musl git history as list of specific corner cases that were problematic/buggy at some point in time, and ensuring that an existing test covers the case, or else writing a new test. 2. Pulling in tests from glibc, gnulib, and autoconf - this involves paying special attention to determining which tests are actually valid. 3. Naming in plain English the assertion that each test is testing. For example, "Cond var is immediately destroyable as soon as pthread_cond_broadcast returns from unblocking all waiters." 4. And of course, integrating the test framework and results reporting so we can automate regression testing and compare the results with other libcs. Since this is no longer a student project for which I'm the mentor, I'm also prepared to contribute tests myself and take on part of the work involved, but I'd really like a dedicated maintainer for cluts - either Luka (if you're willing) or someone else familiar with musl and the testing project. Please reply here or discuss it on IRC if you're interested in taking on maintaining the project. Greetings from the GSoC Mentor Summit, Rich