[Linaro-validation] Is reboot necessary when andoid test timeout in lava

[YongQin Liu]

On 13 June 2012 04:51, Alexander Sack <asac at linaro.org> 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.
>
> This is the BP that just reboot when the test timeout.
If you like to reboot each time, I think you can just add the reboot source
into the job.py file of lava-dispathcer branch and have a try.
It should be easy to do I think.

Thanks,
Yongqin Liu
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