Re: [PATCH 0/4] python/machine: use socketpair() for console socket

[Peter Maydell]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 at 14:04, John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Like we did for the QMP socket, use socketpair() for the console socket
> so that hopefully there isn't a race condition during early boot where
> data might get dropped on the floor.
>
> "lightly tested"; passes local tests and gitlab CI. Doesn't seem to make
> anything worse.

I tried this on the s390 linux box and the test failed because
of a python exception:

__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'sock_dir'

  $ QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS=1 ./build/aarch64/tests/venv/bin/avocado run
./build/aarch64/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py:Aarch64SbsarefMachine.test_sbsaref_edk2_firmware
JOB ID     : 8392ba37b5a825ed75278f85f686364d181c01d3
JOB LOG    : 
/home/linux1/avocado/job-results/job-2023-07-20T13.41-8392ba3/job.log
 (1/1) 
./build/aarch64/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py:Aarch64SbsarefMachine.test_sbsaref_edk2_firmware:
ERROR: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'sock_dir' (3.64
s)
RESULTS    : PASS 0 | ERROR 1 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0
| CANCEL 0
JOB TIME   : 6.92 s

Backtrace etc from in the job.log:

2023-07-20 13:41:49,125 stacktrace       L0041 ERROR| Reproduced
traceback from:
/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/venv/lib/python3.8/site-package
s/avocado/core/test.py:770
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR| Traceback (most
recent call last):
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|   File
"/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/avocado/core/decorators.py",
line 90, in wrapper
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|     return
function(obj, *args, **kwargs)
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|   File
"/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py",
line 84, in test_sbsaref_edk2_firmware
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|     self.fetch_firmware()
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|   File
"/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py",
line 66, in fetch_firmware
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|     self.vm.set_console()
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|   File
"/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py",
line 348, in vm
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|     return
self.get_vm(name='default')
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|   File
"/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py",
line 354, in get_vm
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|
self._vms[name] = self._new_vm(name, *args)
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|   File
"/home/linux1/qemu/build/aarch64/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py",
line 324, in _new_vm
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR|     vm =
QEMUMachine(self.qemu_bin, base_temp_dir=self.workdir,
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0045 ERROR| TypeError:
__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'sock_dir'
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 stacktrace       L0046 ERROR|
2023-07-20 13:41:49,147 test             L0775 DEBUG| Local variables:
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> obj <class
'machine_aarch64_sbsaref.Aarch64SbsarefMachine'>:
1-./build/aarch64/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py:Aarch64SbsarefMachine.test_sbsaref_edk2_firmware
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> args <class
'tuple'>: ()
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> kwargs
<class 'dict'>: {}
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> condition
<class 'str'>: 1
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> function
<class 'function'>: <function
Aarch64SbsarefMachine.test_sbsaref_edk2_firmware at 0x3ff814d9700>
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> message
<class 'str'>: Test is not reliable
2023-07-20 13:41:49,160 test             L0778 DEBUG|  -> negate
<class 'bool'>: True

thanks
-- PMM