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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        1. Initialize the environment:
54            ```bash
55            export SOONG_ALLOW_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES=true
56            export BUILD_BROKEN_DISABLE_BAZEL=true
57            . ./build/envsetup.sh
58            ```
59        2. Select a lunch target corresponding to the architecture you want to
60           build and test:
61            * For (32-bit) Arm:
62                ```bash
63                lunch arm_krait-eng
64                ```
65            * For (64-bit only) Arm64:
66                ```bash
67                lunch armv8-eng
68                ```
69            * For (32- and 64-bit) Arm64:
70                ```bash
71                lunch arm_v7_v8-eng
72                ```
73            * For (32-bit) Intel x86:
74                ```bash
75                lunch silvermont-eng
76                ```
77        3. Set up the environment to use a pre-built ADB:
78            ```bash
79            export PATH="$(pwd)/prebuilts/runtime:$PATH"
80            export ADB="$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/prebuilts/runtime/adb"
81            ```
82    * With a full Android (AOSP) `aosp/master` tree:
83        1. Initialize the environment:
84            ```bash
85            . ./build/envsetup.sh
86            ```
87        2. Select a lunch target corresponding to the architecture you want to
88           build and test:
89            * For (32-bit) Arm:
90                ```bash
91                lunch aosp_arm-eng
92                ```
93            * For (32- and 64-bit) Arm64:
94                ```bash
95                lunch aosp_arm64-eng
96                ```
97            * For (32-bit) Intel x86:
98                ```bash
99                lunch aosp_x86-eng
100                ```
101            * For (32- and 64-bit) Intel x86-64:
102                ```bash
103                lunch aosp_x86_64-eng
104                ```
105        3. Build ADB:
106            ```bash
107            m adb
108            ```
1093. Build ART and required dependencies:
110    ```bash
111    art/tools/buildbot-build.sh --target
112    ```
113    After building it is fine to see it finish with an error like:
114    ```
115    linkerconfig E [...] variableloader.cc:83] Unable to access VNDK APEX at path: <path>: No such file or directory
116    ```
1174. Clean up the device:
118    ```bash
119    art/tools/buildbot-cleanup-device.sh
120    ```
1215. Setup the device (including setting up mount points and files in the chroot
122   directory):
123    ```bash
124    art/tools/buildbot-setup-device.sh
125    ```
1266. Populate the chroot tree on the device (including "activating" APEX packages
127   in the chroot environment):
128    ```bash
129    art/tools/buildbot-sync.sh
130    ```
1317. Run ART gtests:
132    ```bash
133    art/tools/run-gtests.sh -j4
134    ```
135    * Specific tests to run can be passed on the command line, specified by
136      their absolute paths beginning with `/apex/`:
137        ```bash
138        art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
139          /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
140          /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_dexdump_tests
141        ```
142    * Gtest options can be passed to each gtest by passing them after `--`; see
143      the following examples.
144        * To print the list of all test cases of a given gtest, use option
145          `--gtest_list_tests`:
146            ```bash
147            art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
148              /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
149              -- --gtest_list_tests
150            ```
151        * To filter the test cases to execute, use option `--gtest_filter`:
152            ```bash
153            art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
154              /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
155              -- --gtest_filter="*TestJdwp*"
156            ```
157        * To see all the options supported by a gtest, use option `--help`:
158            ```bash
159            art/tools/run-gtests.sh \
160              /apex/com.android.art/bin/art/arm64/art_cmdline_tests \
161              -- --help
162            ```
163    * Note: Some test cases of `art_runtime_tests` defined in
164    `art/runtime/gc/space/image_space_test.cc` may fail when using the full AOSP
165    tree (b/119815008).
166        * Workaround: Run `m clean-oat-host` before the build step
167        (`art/tools/buildbot-build.sh --target`) above.
168    * Note: The `-j` option of script `art/tools/run-gtests.sh` is not honored
169      yet (b/129930445). However, gtests themselves support parallel execution,
170      which can be specified via the gtest option `-j`:
171        ```bash
172        art/tools/run-gtests.sh -- -j4
173        ```
1748. Run ART run-tests:
175    * On a 64-bit target:
176        ```bash
177        art/test/testrunner/testrunner.py --target --64
178        ```
179    * On a 32-bit target:
180        ```bash
181        art/test/testrunner/testrunner.py --target --32
182        ```
1839. Run Libcore tests:
184    * On a 64-bit target:
185        ```bash
186        art/tools/run-libcore-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X64
187        ```
188    * On a 32-bit target:
189        ```bash
190        art/tools/run-libcore-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X32
191        ```
19210. Run JDWP tests:
193    * On a 64-bit target:
194        ```bash
195        art/tools/run-libjdwp-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X64
196        ```
197    * On a 32-bit target:
198        ```bash
199        art/tools/run-libjdwp-tests.sh --mode=device --variant=X32
200        ```
20111. Tear down device setup:
202    ```bash
203    art/tools/buildbot-teardown-device.sh
204    ```
20512. Clean up the device:
206    ```bash
207    art/tools/buildbot-cleanup-device.sh
208    ```
209