Kernel regression testing for shipping with Fedora 32 release
Test Environment
Fedora 31 updated install
Here in this article we will show how we can help Fedora by carrying out Kernel new version regression testing on your personal platform and share the results. This will help Fedora to fix any bugs and gather details on the compatibility of the kernel with various platforms on which they are getting tested.
Procedure –
Step1: Download the kernel 5.6 version rpm’s from the below URL for testing
URL – https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1491815
Download kernel 5.6 rpms
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 21064 Apr 12 18:10 kernel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 21172 Apr 12 18:13 kernel-debug-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 137288 Apr 12 18:14 kernel-debug-modules-internal-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 2147984 Apr 12 18:15 kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 126224 Apr 12 18:15 kernel-modules-internal-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 2064628 Apr 12 18:16 kernel-modules-extra-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 13584288 Apr 12 18:18 kernel-devel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 35707088 Apr 12 18:23 kernel-debug-core-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 33745648 Apr 12 18:24 kernel-core-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 30057208 Apr 12 18:24 kernel-modules-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 71133232 Apr 12 18:32 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 13679964 Apr 12 18:58 kernel-debug-devel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 30824180 Apr 12 18:58 kernel-debug-modules-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 618067200 Apr 12 19:09 kernel-debuginfo-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 admin admin 633400636 Apr 12 19:13 kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpmStep2: Install the above downloaded RPM’s
[admin@fedtest Downloads]$ sudo dnf install kernel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-internal-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-internal-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-core-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-core-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64.rpm
...
Installed:
kernel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-core-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-debug-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64
kernel-debug-core-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-debug-devel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64
kernel-debug-modules-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-debug-modules-internal-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-devel-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-modules-extra-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64 kernel-modules-internal-5.6.3-300.fc31.x86_64
Complete!Step3: Reboot the system with Kernel 5.6 option selected
Step4: Install the required packages to run the test cases
[admin@fedtest Downloads]$ sudo dnf install gcc git python3-fedoraStep5: Clone the kernel test repository
[admin@fedtest kerneltest]$ git clone https://pagure.io/kernel-tests.git
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ ls -ltr
total 80
-rw-rw-r--. 1 admin admin 18472 Apr 12 19:43 LICENSE
-rw-rw-r--. 1 admin admin 1221 Apr 12 19:43 config.example
drwxrwxr-x. 2 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 include
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 admin admin 1445 Apr 12 19:43 fedora_submit.py
-rw-rw-r--. 1 admin admin 5629 Apr 12 19:43 documentation.txt
drwxrwxr-x. 3 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 destructive
drwxrwxr-x. 15 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 default
drwxrwxr-x. 3 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 performance
drwxrwxr-x. 5 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 minimal
drwxrwxr-x. 5 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 stress
drwxrwxr-x. 3 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 secureboot
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 admin admin 4661 Apr 12 19:43 runtests.sh
drwxrwxr-x. 2 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 utils
drwxrwxr-x. 3 admin admin 4096 Apr 12 19:43 thirdpartyStep6: You need make, libtirpc,libtirpc-devel and policycoreutils-python-utils in order to run the tests, if it is not already installed
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ sudo dnf install make libtirpc libtirpc-devel policycoreutils-python-utilsStep7: Allow testsuite to make their heap memory executable
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ sudo semanage boolean -m --on selinuxuser_execheapStep8: Configure automatic submission of the test results and your FAS username
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ cp config.example .config
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ vi .configLook for lines with “submit=” and “username=” and set these settings to “submit=authenticated” and “username=”.
Step9: Run the test case
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ sudo ./runtests.sh
Test suite called with default
./default/insert_leap_second PASS
./default/selinux-dac-controls PASS
./default/paxtest SKIP
./default/mq-memory-corruption PASS
./default/posix_timers PASS
./default/libhugetlbfs SKIP
./default/sysfs-perms PASS
./default/memfd PASS
./default/stack-randomness PASS
./default/timer-overhead PASS
./default/cachedrop PASS
./default/modsign PASS
Test suite complete PASS
Your log file is being submitted...
FAS password:
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The following information is not submitted with your log;
it is for informational purposes only.
Vulnerability status:
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit:KVM: Vulnerable
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Mitigation: PTE Inversion
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds:Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT Host state unknown
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Mitigation: PTI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Vulnerable
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort:Not affectedStep10: Run the performance test suite
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ sudo ./runtests.sh -t performance
Test suite called with performance
lib_timing.c: In function ‘touch’:
lib_timing.c:1626:9: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘psize’ [-Wimplicit-int]
1626 | static psize;
| ^~~~~
...
Calculating context switch overhead
Tue 14 Apr 2020 09:57:52 AM IST
./performance/lmbench3 PASS
Test suite complete PASS
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FAS password:
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The following information is not submitted with your log;
it is for informational purposes only.
Vulnerability status:
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit:KVM: Vulnerable
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Mitigation: PTE Inversion
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds:Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT Host state unknown
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Mitigation: PTI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Vulnerable
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort:Not affectedStep11: Turn SELinux boolean selinuxuser_execheap back to default state
[admin@fedtest kernel-tests]$ sudo semanage boolean -m --off selinuxuser_execheapFor more details and quries follow this link – https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_kernel_regression.
Please get the new kernel regresssion tested and submit the result to get it even more better.
Thank you for reading..
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