The test fails occasionally, see e.g.: https://gitlab.com/thuth/qemu/-/jobs/4196177756#L489 https://gitlab.com/thuth/qemu/-/jobs/4623296271#L290
It also fails on my laptop in ca. 50% of all runs. Thus disable it by default by using the QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS environment variable to fence it (which we also already use in flaky qtests). While we're at it, also document this variable in docs/devel/testing.rst. Message-Id: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> --- docs/devel/testing.rst | 5 +++++ tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst index fb651eae11..b6ad21bed1 100644 --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst @@ -1384,6 +1384,11 @@ variable as shown on the code snippet below to skip the test: def test(self): do_something() +QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Some tests are not working reliably and thus are disabled by default. +Set this environment variable to enable them. + Uninstalling Avocado ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py b/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py index cce6ef9f65..a794245e7e 100644 --- a/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py +++ b/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import os -from avocado import skip from avocado import skipUnless from avocado.utils import archive @@ -76,6 +75,7 @@ def fetch_firmware(self): "sbsa-ref", ) + @skipUnless(os.getenv('QEMU_TEST_FLAKY_TESTS'), 'Test is not reliable') def test_sbsaref_edk2_firmware(self): """ :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a57 -- 2.39.3
