On Fri, Dec 05, 2025 at 01:50:03PM +0100, David Marchand wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 at 13:44, Bruce Richardson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2025 at 01:37:06PM +0100, David Marchand wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 at 19:22, Bruce Richardson > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > diff --git a/app/test/test_red.c b/app/test/test_red.c > > > > index 7f38ed1469..4b17173999 100644 > > > > --- a/app/test/test_red.c > > > > +++ b/app/test/test_red.c > > > > @@ -1872,6 +1872,6 @@ test_red_all(void) > > > > > > > > #endif /* !RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS */ > > > > > > > > -REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(red_autotest, test_red); > > > > +REGISTER_FAST_TEST(red_autotest, NOHUGE_OK, ASAN_OK, test_red); > > > > REGISTER_PERF_TEST(red_perf, test_red_perf); > > > > REGISTER_PERF_TEST(red_all, test_red_all); > > > > > > The commit 50823f30f0c8 ("test: build using per-file dependencies") > > > removed some context on why some tests were not part of a testsuite. > > > -# Tests known to have issues or which don't belong in other tests lists. > > > -extra_test_names = [ > > > - 'alarm_autotest', # ee00af60170b ("test: remove strict timing > > > requirements some tests") > > > - 'red_autotest', # https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=826 > > > -] > > > > > > I would prefer we don't put an unreliable test in fast-tests. > > > > > Agreed, but for many cases for developers running these on their systems, > > it's probably worth having them in. What would you think about having > > checks in the tests themselves to detect if they are running in github CI > > and to skip themselves in that case? > > rte_red API has been left without tests for years. > I would prefer we remove the library completely rather than having to > work more on it. > > > IIRC, the issue was seen at UNH, not in GHA and it was quite random. > If the goal is just about removing a build warning, let's put this > test in a "attic" testsuite. >
Attic is it so. What about alarm autotest? I still see possibility of value in having it, but I get the fact that it is timing dependent. Attic also?

