[PATCH v3 1/1] testsuite: add parameter to emit bitbake dependency graph

[PATCH v3 1/1] testsuite: add parameter to emit bitbake dependency graph

['Felix Moessbauer' via isar-users]

When running with this avocado parameter, bitbake is called with "-g"
prior to executing the build. By that, a dependency graph of what
bitbake will execute is dumped that tremendously helps in identifying
what we test. This further helps developers to strip down tests to the
features that should be tested by locating unwanted tasks that are
pulled in via transitive dependencies.

The feature is modeled as a test function itself, so it can later be
extended to write parser-only tests or graph analysis tests.

Signed-off-by: Felix Moessbauer <felix.moessbauer@siemens.com>
---
Changes since v2:
- do not reconfigure job if not explicitly requested
- if reconfiguring, also pass kwargs
- copy out the pn-tasklist as well

Changes since v1:
- working version. v1 was the wrong commit. Sorry

Felix

 testsuite/README.md    |  3 +++
 testsuite/cibase.py    | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 testsuite/cibuilder.py |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/testsuite/README.md b/testsuite/README.md
index 3b2be5af..7c11bfb8 100644
--- a/testsuite/README.md
+++ b/testsuite/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ $ avocado run ../testsuite/citest.py -t dev --max-parallel-tasks=1
 
 ```
 $ avocado run ../testsuite/citest.py -t single --max-parallel-tasks=1 -p machine=qemuamd64 -p distro=bullseye
+# Generate bitbake dependency graph as well
+# The output will be in build_dir/{task-depends-<testname>.dot, pn-buildlist-<testname>}
+$ avocado run ../testsuite/citest.py -t single --max-parallel-tasks=1 -p machine=qemuamd64 -p distro=bullseye -p depgraph=1
 ```
 
 ## Fast build test
diff --git a/testsuite/cibase.py b/testsuite/cibase.py
index 0a006a21..e59653a2 100755
--- a/testsuite/cibase.py
+++ b/testsuite/cibase.py
@@ -17,10 +17,29 @@ class CIBaseTest(CIBuilder):
     def perform_build_test(self, targets, should_fail=False, **kwargs):
         self.configure(**kwargs)
 
+        if bool(int(self.params.get('depgraph', default=0))):
+            self.generate_dependency_graph(targets, reconfigure=False, **kwargs)
+
         self.log.info("Starting build...")
 
         self.bitbake(targets, should_fail=should_fail, **kwargs)
 
+    def generate_dependency_graph(self,
+                                  targets,
+                                  should_fail=False,
+                                  reconfigure=True,
+                                  **kwargs):
+        """Debug helper to better understand test task graphs."""
+        if reconfigure:
+            self.configure(**kwargs)
+
+        self.log.info("Generating dependency graph...")
+
+        self.bitbake(targets, should_fail=should_fail,
+                     bitbake_extra_args=["-g"], **kwargs)
+        self.move_in_build_dir('task-depends.dot', f"task-depends-{self.name}.dot")
+        self.move_in_build_dir('pn-buildlist', f"pn-buildlist-{self.name}")
+
     def perform_wic_partition_test(self, targets, wic_deploy_parts, **kwargs):
         self.configure(wic_deploy_parts=wic_deploy_parts, **kwargs)
         self.bitbake(targets, **kwargs)
diff --git a/testsuite/cibuilder.py b/testsuite/cibuilder.py
index 366f6a1f..46bfc546 100755
--- a/testsuite/cibuilder.py
+++ b/testsuite/cibuilder.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class CIBuilder(Test):
             shutil.move(self.build_dir + '/' + src, self.build_dir + '/' + dst)
 
     def bitbake(self, target, bitbake_cmd=None, should_fail=False,
-                sig_handler=None, **kwargs):
+                sig_handler=None, bitbake_extra_args=[], **kwargs):
         self.check_init()
         self.log.info("===================================================")
         self.log.info(f"Building {str(target)}")
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ class CIBuilder(Test):
         if sig_handler:
             cmdline.append('-S')
             cmdline.append(sig_handler)
+        if bitbake_extra_args:
+            cmdline.extend(bitbake_extra_args)
         if isinstance(target, list):
             cmdline.extend(target)
         else:
-- 
2.51.0

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Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] testsuite: add parameter to emit bitbake dependency graph

[Anton Mikanovich]

17/12/2025 14:33, 'Felix Moessbauer' via isar-users wrote:
> When running with this avocado parameter, bitbake is called with "-g"
> prior to executing the build. By that, a dependency graph of what
> bitbake will execute is dumped that tremendously helps in identifying
> what we test. This further helps developers to strip down tests to the
> features that should be tested by locating unwanted tasks that are
> pulled in via transitive dependencies.
>
> The feature is modeled as a test function itself, so it can later be
> extended to write parser-only tests or graph analysis tests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Moessbauer <felix.moessbauer@siemens.com>
Applied to next, thanks.

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