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List:       linaro-validation
Subject:    [Linaro-validation] Is reboot necessary when andoid test timeout in lava
From:       dave.pigott () linaro ! org (Dave Pigott)
Date:       2012-06-14 8:52:27
Message-ID: C38C960F-A1DA-41A3-8614-21E988CE417E () linaro ! org
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On 12 Jun 2012, at 21:51, Alexander Sack wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:22 AM, YongQin Liu <yongqin.liu at linaro.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 6 June 2012 10:11, Zach Pfeffer <zach.pfeffer at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 5 June 2012 21:08, YongQin Liu <yongqin.liu at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > Hi, all
> > > > 
> > > > Some information:
> > > > 
> > > > 1. the boot time is about 2 minutes.
> > > > tested with panda stable build.
> > > > 
> > > > 2. the specification of timeout for each test is doing via this bp:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/lava-dispatcher/+spec/timeout-for-android-test-actions
> > > >  when this BP is completed, the timeout option is assumed that can be
> > > > specified for each test
> > > > in LAVA_TEST_PLAN and each test of LAVA_TEST_X and each test of
> > > > MONKEY_RUNNER_URL_X
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, Zach
> > > > 
> > > > > If glmark2 hangs, reboot the unit and restart on 0xbench.
> > > > 
> > > > Do you mean reboot just when glmark2 timeout, or reboot when any test
> > > > timeout?
> > > 
> > > Reboot when any test times out and start the next test in the list if
> > > there is one.
> > > 
> > OK, I see, thanks.
> > 
> > > 
> > > > And, If the android hangs at some test, lava should be able to reboot
> > > > the
> > > > image and continue the next test now.
> > > 
> > > This is working now?
> > 
> > Yes, lava will reboot the android image before do any test action if the
> > android hangs or has no response or is not on android image session.
> > 
> 
> With this already available it feels like it should be super easy to
> just reboot in between all test suites? ... what's the effort? I would
> really like to give that a try. It definitely would be much cleaner
> and as I explained before it would also ensure that test suite always
> get started while system is in a pristine "fresh boot" state.
> 

It seems to me that it should be trivial to add "command": \
"boot-linaro-android-image" to the json file between each test?

Dave


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