[Toaster] [review-request][PATCH 0/3] Capture failed build data earlier

[Smith, Elliot]

Please ignore this, as I've sent a v2.

Elliot

On 29 January 2016 at 10:29, Elliot Smith <elliot.smith at intel.com> wrote:

> Toaster is unable to capture builds on the command line which fail before
> the BuildStarted event; and Toaster-triggered builds which fail before
> BuildStarted are recorded, but have no log available. This means that
> failed builds are represented inconsistently and without log data.
>
> We can capture failed builds earlier to fix this as follows:
>
> * Add an event to bitbake which fires just before each cooker command runs.
> This is necessary so that we can get at the command-line arguments passed
> to cooker before the command fails.
>
> * Capture the buildTargets() command event (before the buildTargets()
> command
> runs) and use this as the marker for the start of the build.
>
> * Modify toasterui so that the Build object is constructed when
> buildTargets()
> occurs, using its command-line target arguments to add Target objects to
> the
> build.
>
> * If the BuildStarted event is fired, add additional data to the build
> about its layers etc. (so we effectively split construction of the Build
> object into two pieces).
>
> Note that we can't use any earlier event (like ParseStarted) as the point
> to construct a Build object and its Targets, because buildTargets() is the
> first time we have access to the target list.
>
> To test:
>
> 1. Start Toaster.
> 2. Create a project using master as the release.
> 3. Run a build for a non-existent target, such as "zzz".
> 4. Check that the build failure is captured, and that a log is available
> for it.
> 5. From the same prompt where you started Toaster, run a command-line build
> for the same non-existent target "zzz".
> 6. Check that the build is caught by Toaster, and that a log is available.
>
> Changes since 27e5318 (contrib/toaster-next) are in
> git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib, elliot/toaster/failed_builds-8440
>
> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=elliot/toaster/failed_builds-8440
>
> Related bug: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8440
>
> Elliot Smith (3):
>   command: fire CommandExecution event before a command runs
>   toaster: remove build_name from Build properties
>   toaster: create Build object earlier in bitbake processing
>
>  bitbake/lib/bb/command.py            |  7 ++++
>  bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py | 73
> +++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py          | 10 +++--
>  bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py       | 27 ++++++-------
>  4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>
> --
> Elliot Smith
> Software Engineer
> Intel OTC
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Elliot Smith
Software Engineer
Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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