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1# ART Chroot-Based On-Device Testing
2
3This file documents the use of a chroot environment in on-device testing of the
4Android Runtime (ART). Using a chroot allows tests to run a standalone ART from
5a locally built source tree on a device running (almost any) system image and
6does not interfere with the Runtime installed in the device's system partition.
7
8## Introduction
9
10The Android Runtime (ART) supports testing in a chroot-based environment, by
11setting up a chroot directory in a `ART_TEST_CHROOT` directory located under
12`/data/local` (e.g. `ART_TEST_CHROOT=/data/local/art-test-chroot`) on a device,
13installing ART and all other required artifacts there, and having tests use `adb
14shell chroot $ART_TEST_CHROOT <command>` to execute commands on the device
15within this environment.
16
17This way to run tests using a "standalone ART" ("guest system") only affects
18files in the data partition (the system partition and other partitions are left
19untouched) and is as independent as possible from the Android system ("host
20system") running on the device. This has some benefits:
21
22* no need to build and flash a whole device to do ART testing (or "overwriting"
23  an existing ART by syncing the system partition);
24* the possibility to use a smaller AOSP Android manifest
25  ([`master-art`](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest/+/refs/heads/master-art/default.xml))
26  to build ART and the required dependencies for testing;
27* no instability due to updating/replacing ART on the system partition (a
28  functional Android Runtime is necessary to properly boot a device);
29* the possibility to have several standalone ART instances (one per directory,
30  e.g. `/data/local/art-test-chroot1`, `/data/local/art-test-chroot2`, etc.).
31
32Note that using this chroot-based approach requires root access to the device
33(i.e. be able to run `adb root` successfully).
34
35## Quick User Guide
36
370. Unset variables which are not used with the chroot-based approach (if they
38   were set previously):
39   ```bash
40   unset ART_TEST_ANDROID_ROOT
41   unset CUSTOM_TARGET_LINKER
42   unset ART_TEST_ANDROID_ART_ROOT
43   unset ART_TEST_ANDROID_RUNTIME_ROOT
44   unset ART_TEST_ANDROID_I18N_ROOT
45   unset ART_TEST_ANDROID_TZDATA_ROOT
46   ```
471. Set the chroot directory in `ART_TEST_CHROOT`:
48    ```bash
49    export ART_TEST_CHROOT=/data/local/art-test-chroot
50    ```
512. Set lunch target and ADB:
52    * With a minimal `aosp/master-art` tree:
53        ```bash
54        export SOONG_ALLOW_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES=true
55        . ./build/envsetup.sh
56        lunch armv8-eng  # or arm_krait-eng for 32-bit ARM
57        export PATH="$(pwd)/prebuilts/runtime:$PATH"
58        export ADB="$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/prebuilts/runtime/adb"
59        ```
60    * With a full Android (AOSP) `aosp/master` tree:
61        ```bash
62        . ./build/envsetup.sh
63        lunch aosp_arm64-eng  # or aosp_arm-eng for 32-bit ARM
64        m adb
65        ```
663. Build ART and required dependencies:
67    ```bash
68    art/tools/buildbot-build.sh --target
69    ```
70    After building it is fine to see it finish with an error like:
71    ```
72    linkerconfig E [...] variableloader.cc:83] Unable to access VNDK APEX at path: <path>: No such file or directory
73    ```
744. Clean up the device:
75    ```bash
76    art/tools/buildbot-cleanup-device.sh
77    ```
785. Setup the device (including setting up mount points and files in the chroot
79   directory):
80    ```bash
81    art/tools/buildbot-setup-device.sh
82    ```
836. Populate the chroot tree on the device (including "activating" APEX packages
84   in the chroot environment):
85    ```bash
86    art/tools/buildbot-sync.sh
87    ```
887. Run ART gtests:
89    ```bash
90    art/tools/run-gtests.sh -j4
91    ```
92    * Specific tests to run can be passed on the command line, specified by
93      their absolute paths beginning with `/apex/`:
94        ```bash
95        art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
96          /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
97          /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_dexdump_tests
98        ```
99    * Gtest options can be passed to each gtest by passing them after `--`; see
100      the following examples.
101        * To print the list of all test cases of a given gtest, use option
102          `--gtest_list_tests`:
103            ```bash
104            art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
105              /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
106              -- --gtest_list_tests
107            ```
108        * To filter the test cases to execute, use option `--gtest_filter`:
109            ```bash
110            art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
111              /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
112              -- --gtest_filter="*TestJdwp*"
113            ```
114        * To see all the options supported by a gtest, use option `--help`:
115            ```bash
116            art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
117              /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
118              -- --help
119            ```
120    * Note: Some test cases of `art_runtime_tests` defined in
121    `art/runtime/gc/space/image_space_test.cc` may fail when using the full AOSP
122    tree (b/119815008).
123        * Workaround: Run `m clean-oat-host` before the build step
124        (`art/tools/buildbot-build.sh --target`) above.
125    * Note: The `-j` option of script `art/tools/run-gtests.sh` is not honored
126      yet (b/129930445). However, gtests themselves support parallel execution,
127      which can be specified via the gtest option `-j`:
128        ```bash
129        art/tools/run-gtests.sh -- -j4
130        ```
1318. Run ART run-tests:
132    * On a 64-bit target:
133        ```bash
134        art/test/testrunner/testrunner.py --target --64
135        ```
136    * On a 32-bit target:
137        ```bash
138        art/test/testrunner/testrunner.py --target --32
139        ```
1409. Run Libcore tests:
141    * On a 64-bit target:
142        ```bash
143        art/tools/run-libcore-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X64
144        ```
145    * On a 32-bit target:
146        ```bash
147        art/tools/run-libcore-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X32
148        ```
14910. Run JDWP tests:
150    * On a 64-bit target:
151        ```bash
152        art/tools/run-libjdwp-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X64
153        ```
154    * On a 32-bit target:
155        ```bash
156        art/tools/run-libjdwp-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X32
157        ```
15811. Tear down device setup:
159    ```bash
160    art/tools/buildbot-teardown-device.sh
161    ```
16212. Clean up the device:
163    ```bash
164    art/tools/buildbot-cleanup-device.sh
165    ```
166