Re: QA: Monitor Linux log messages as port of release (candidate) testing

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Guenter,


Am 07.09.21 um 14:53 schrieb Guenter Roeck:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 10:40:31AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:

> > Thank you for testing release candidates and releases [1]. Is your test
> > setup documented somewhere?
> Not really, except its source is available at github:
> 	https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test

Thank you.

> > If not happening already, could the Linux messages (at least up to log level
> > warning) also be monitored? For example, in Linux 5.14, a new warning snuck
> > in by cefc7ca462 (ACPI: PRM: implement OperationRegion handler for the
> > PlatformRtMechanism subtype) [2], which could have been caught early on, and
> > fixed before the release.
> >
> > The test summaries would then also notify about possible behavior change.
>
> Logs are available and can be examined at kerneltests.org/builders.

Sorry for being blind. Under *qemu-tests*, looking at build #1831 [1], 
clicking on *stdio* [2] under *Steps and Logfiles*, I do not see any 
Linux logs.

> Reports are generated manually, so it would be way too much effort to add
> build warnings to those. Besides, logs are way too noisy to be useful in a
> summary e-mail.

Just to avoid misunderstandings, it’s about the Linux run-time logs.

> Also, Geert's build reports already provide build warnings and errors.
> The same applies to reports sent by 0-day. Indeed, I do see at least
> one 0-day report against commit cefc7ca46235.

How can I find that report?

> What would be the point of adding yet another report of build
> warnings on top of that ?
If the functionality already exists, great. But to be clear, it’s about 
the runtime logs.


Kind regards,

Paul


[1]: https://kerneltests.org/builders/hwmon-x86_64-master/builds/1831
[2]: 
https://kerneltests.org/builders/qemu-x86_64-master/builds/1831/steps/qemubuildcommand/logs/stdio