From: Maxime Ripard Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:24:41 +0000 (+0200) Subject: drm/doc: ci: Require more context for flaky tests X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=51c2385f608b08025600dd8015c43a8811c714c6;p=linux.git drm/doc: ci: Require more context for flaky tests Flaky tests can be very difficult to reproduce after the facts, which will make it even harder to ever fix. Let's document the metadata we agreed on to provide more context to anyone trying to address these fixes. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/CAPj87rPbJ1V1-R7WMTHkDat2A4nwSd61Df9mdGH2PR=ZzxaU=Q@mail.gmail.com/ Acked-by: Daniel Vetter Acked-by: Helen Koike Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20231025142441.745947-1-mripard@kernel.org --- diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst b/Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst index 469b6fb65c306..792428a2bfdc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst @@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ Lists the tests that for a given driver on a specific hardware revision are known to behave unreliably. These tests won't cause a job to fail regardless of the result. They will still be run. +Each new flake entry must be associated with a link to the email reporting the +bug to the author of the affected driver, the board name or Device Tree name of +the board, the first kernel version affected, and an approximation of the +failure rate. + +They should be provided under the following format:: + + # Bug Report: $LORE_OR_PATCHWORK_URL + # Board Name: broken-board.dtb + # Version: 6.6-rc1 + # Failure Rate: 100 + flaky-test + drivers/gpu/drm/ci/${DRIVER_NAME}-${HW_REVISION}-skips.txt -----------------------------------------------------------