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<center><h1>LLVM Test Suite Guide<br></h1></center>
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<h2><a name="overview">Overview</a><hr></h2>
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This document is the reference manual for the LLVM test suite. It
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documents the structure of the LLVM test suite, the tools needed to
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use it, and how to add and run tests.
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<h2><a name="Requirements">Requirements</a><hr></h2>
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In order to use the LLVM test suite, you will need all of the software
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required to build LLVM, plus the following:
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<dl compact>
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<dt><A HREF="http://www.qmtest.com">QMTest</A>
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<dd>
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The LLVM test suite uses QMTest to organize and run tests.
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<p>
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<dt><A HREF="http://www.python.org">Python</A>
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<dd>
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You will need a python interpreter that works with QMTest.
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Python will need zlib and SAX support enabled.
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<p>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="quick">Quick Start</a><hr></h2>
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To run all of the tests in LLVM, use the Master Makefile in llvm/test:
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<p>
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<tt>
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cd test
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<br>
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make
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</tt>
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<p>
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To run only the code fragment tests (i.e. those that do basic testing of
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LLVM), run the tests organized by QMTest:
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<p>
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<tt>
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cd test
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<br>
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make qmtest
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</tt>
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<p>
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To run only the tests that compile and execute whole programs, run the
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Programs tests:
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<p>
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<tt>
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cd test/Programs
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<br>
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make
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</tt>
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<p>
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<h2><a name="org">LLVM Test Suite Organization</a><hr></h2>
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The LLVM test suite contains two major types of tests:
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<ul>
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<li>Code Fragments<br>
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Code fragments are small pieces of code that test a specific
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feature of LLVM or trigger a specific bug in LLVM. They are
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usually written in LLVM assembly language, but can be
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written in other languages if the test targets a particular language
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front end.
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<p>
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Code fragments are not complete programs, and they are never executed
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to determine correct behavior.
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<p>
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The tests in the llvm/test/Features and llvm/test/Regression directories
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contain code fragments.
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<li>Whole Programs<br>
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Whole Programs are pieces of code which can be compiled and
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linked into a stand-alone program that can be executed. These programs
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are generally written in high level languages such as C or C++, but
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sometimes they are written straight in LLVM assembly.
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<p>
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These programs are compiled and then executed using several different
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methods (native compiler, LLVM C backend, LLVM JIT, LLVM native code
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generation, etc). The output of these programs is compared to ensure
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that LLVM is compiling the program correctly.
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<p>
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In addition to compiling and executing programs, whole program tests
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serve as a way of benchmarking LLVM performance, both in terms of the
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efficiency of the programs generated as well as the speed with which
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LLVM compiles, optimizes, and generates code.
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<p>
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The test/Programs directory contains all tests which compile and
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benchmark whole programs.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="tree">LLVM Test Suite Tree</a><hr></h2>
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The LLVM test suite is broken up into the following directory
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hierarchy:
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<ul>
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<li> Features<br>
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This directory contains sample codes that test various features
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of the LLVM language. These pieces of sample code are run
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through various assembler, disassembler, and optimizer passes.
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<p>
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<li>Regression<br>
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This directory contains regression tests for LLVM. When a bug
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is found in LLVM, a regression test containing just enough
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code to reproduce the problem should be written and placed
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somewhere underneath this directory. In most cases, this
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will be a small piece of LLVM assembly language code, often
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distilled from an actual application or benchmark.
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<p>
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<li>Programs<br>
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The Programs directory contains programs that can be compiled
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with LLVM and executed. These programs are compiled using the
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native compiler and various LLVM backends. The output from the
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program compiled with the native compiler is assumed correct;
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the results from the other programs are compared to the native
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program output and pass if they match.
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<p>
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In addition for testing correctness, the Programs directory
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also performs timing tests of various LLVM optimizations.
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It also records compilation times for the compilers and the
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JIT. This information can be used to compare the
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effectiveness of LLVM's optimizations and code generation.
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<p>
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The Programs directory is subdivided into several smaller
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subdirectories:
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<ul>
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<li>SingleSource<br>
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The SingleSource directory contains test programs that
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are only a single source file in size. These are
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usually small benchmark programs or small programs that
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calculate a particular value. Several such programs are grouped
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together in each directory.
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<p>
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<li>MultiSource<br>
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The MultiSource directory contains subdirectories which contain
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entire programs with multiple source files. Large benchmarks and
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whole applications go here.
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<p>
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<li>External<br>
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The External directory contains Makefiles for building
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code that is external to (i.e. not distributed with)
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LLVM. The most prominent member of this directory is
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the SPEC 2000 benchmark suite. The presence and location
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of these external programs is configured by the LLVM
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<tt>configure</tt> script.
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</ul>
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<p>
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<li>QMTest<br>
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This directory contains the QMTest information files. Inside this
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directory are QMTest administration files and the Python code that
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implements the LLVM test and database classes.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="qmstructure">QMTest Structure</a><hr></h2>
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The LLVM test suite is partially driven by QMTest and partially
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driven by GNU Make. Specifically, the Features and Regression tests
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are all driven by QMTest. The Programs directory is currently
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driven by a set of Makefiles.
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<p>
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The QMTest system needs to have several pieces of information
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available; these pieces of configuration information are known
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collectively as the "context" in QMTest parlance. Since the context
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for LLVM is relatively large, the master Makefile in llvm/test
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sets it for you.
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<p>
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The LLVM database class makes the directory tree underneath llvm/test a
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QMTest test database. For each directory that contains tests driven by
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QMTest, it knows what type of test the source file is and how to run it.
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<p>
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Hence, the QMTest namespace is essentially what you see in
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llvm/test/Feature and llvm/test/Regression, but there is some magic that
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the database class performs (as described below).
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<p>
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The QMTest namespace is currently composed of the following tests and
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test suites:
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<ul>
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<li>Feature<br>
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These are the feature tests found in llvm/test/Feature. They are broken
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up into the following categories:
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<ul>
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<li>ad<br>
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Assembler/Disassembler tests. These tests verify that a piece of
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LLVM assembly language can be assembled into bytecode and then
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disassembled into the original assembly language code.
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It does this several times to ensure that assembled
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output can be disassembled and disassembler output can
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be assembled. It also verifies that the give assembly language file
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can be assembled correctly.
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<p>
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<li>opt<br>
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Optimizer tests. These tests verify that two of the
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optimizer passes completely optimize a program (i.e.
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after a single pass, they cannot optimize a program
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any further).
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<p>
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<li>mc<br>
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Machine code tests. These tests verify that the LLVM assembly
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language file can be translated into native assembly code.
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<p>
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<li>cc<br>
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C code tests. These tests verify that the specified LLVM assembly
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code can be converted into C source code using the C backend.
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</ul>
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<p>
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The LLVM database class looks at every file in llvm/test/Feature and
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creates a fake test hierarchy containing
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Feature.<testtype>.<testname>.
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So, if you add an LLVM assembly language file to llvm/test/Feature, it
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actually creates 5 news test: assembler/disassembler, assembler,
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optimizer, machine code, and C code.
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<li>Regression<br>
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These are the regression tests. There is one suite for each directory
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in llvm/test/Regression.
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<p>
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If you add a new directory to llvm/test/Regression, you will need to
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modify llvm/test/QMTest/llvmdb.py so that it knows what sorts of tests
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are in it and how to run them.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="progstructure">Programs Structure</a><hr></h2>
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As mentioned previously, the Programs tree in llvm/test provides three types
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of tests: MultiSource, SingleSource, and External. Each tree is then
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subdivided into several categories, including applications, benchmarks,
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regression tests, code that is strange grammatically, etc. These
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organizations should be relatively self explanatory.
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<p>
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In addition to the regular Programs tests, the Programs tree also provides a
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mechanism for compiling the programs in different ways. If the variable TEST
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is defined on the gmake command line, the test system will include a Makefile
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named TEST.<value of TEST variable>.Makefile. This Makefile can modify
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build rules that yield different results.
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<p>
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For example, the LLVM nightly tester uses TEST.nightly.Makefile to create the
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nightly test reports. To run the nightly tests, run <tt>gmake
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TEST=nightly</tt>.
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<p>
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There are several TEST Makefiles available in the tree. Some of them are
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designed for internal LLVM research and will not work outside of the LLVM
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research group. They may still be valuable, however, as a guide to writing
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your own TEST Makefile for any optimization or analysis passes that you
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develop with LLVM.
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<h2><a name="run">Running the LLVM Tests</a><hr></h2>
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First, all tests are executed within the LLVM object directory tree. They
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<i>are not</i> executed inside of the LLVM source tree. This is because
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the test suite creates temporary files during execution.
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<p>
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The master Makefile in llvm/test is capable of running both the
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QMTest driven tests and the Programs tests. By default, it will run
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all of the tests.
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<p>
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To run only the QMTest driven tests, run <tt>make qmtest</tt> at the
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command line in llvm/tests. To run a specific qmtest, suffix the test name
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with ".t" when running make.
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<p>
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For example, to run the Regression.LLC tests, type
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<tt>make Regression.LLC.t</tt> in llvm/tests.
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<p>
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Note that the Makefiles in llvm/test/Features and llvm/test/Regression
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are gone. You must now use QMTest from the llvm/test directory to run them.
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<p>
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To run the Programs test, cd into the llvm/test/Programs directory
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and type <tt>make</tt>. Alternatively, you can type <tt>make
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TEST=<type> test</tt> to run one of the specialized tests in
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llvm/test/Programs/TEST.<type>.Makefile. For example, you could run
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the nightly tester tests using the following commands:
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<p>
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<tt>
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cd llvm/test/Programs
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<br>
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make TEST=nightly test
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</tt>
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<p>
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Regardless of which test you're running, the results are printed on standard
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output and standard error. You can redirect these results to a file if you
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choose.
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<p>
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Some tests are known to fail. Some are bugs that we have not fixed yet;
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others are features that we haven't added yet (or may never add). In QMTest,
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the result for such tests will be XFAIL (eXpected FAILure). In this way, you
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can tell the difference between an expected and unexpected failure.
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<p>
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The Programs tests have no such feature as of this time. If the test passes,
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only warnings and other miscellaneous output will be generated. If a test
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fails, a large <program> FAILED message will be displayed. This will
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help you separate benign warnings from actual test failures.
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