cmake ctest对于较大的CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL的奇怪行为

问题描述

我是SO的新手。 我在执行以下操作时有一个简单的单元测试代码

  1. 使用mysqrt库计算数字的平方根。
  2. 使用平方根的输出,将此结果与相同的数字相加并显示结果。

当我使用CTEST_ParaLLEL_LEVEL = 1运行代码时,所有测试用例都通过了。

但是,当我执行CTEST_ParaLLEL_LEVEL = 8时,我的测试用例由于无法在每次运行中未固定的某些输入而花费了一些时间。

99%的所有结果都通过了,但1%的失败了。

错误

mysqrt.o: file not recognized: File truncated

我已经通过使用rm * .o明确删除了目标文件,但是在运行几次后仍然会出现此错误

我不确定为什么CTEST_ParaLLEL_LEVEL = 8会出现此错误

我只附加我的CMakeList,因为某些Stack Overflow专家可以通过检查这3个CMakeLists.txt文件来理解该问题。

注意:按照堆栈溢出准则,我不会附加 sqrt addition 函数的源代码,以避免问题的长度变长。

我的文件夹结构:

SAMPLE_TEST

├── CMakeLists.txt
├── MathFunctions
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   ├── MathFunctions.h
│   └── mysqrt.cpp
└── unit_test
    ├── CMakeLists.txt
    └── step2
        ├── CMakeLists.txt
        ├── execute.cpp
        └── tutorial.cpp

SAMPLE_TEST

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
project(Tutorial)
ENABLE_TESTING()    
add_subdirectory(MathFunctions)
add_subdirectory(unit_test)

MathFunctions文件

CMakeLists.txt

add_library(MathFunctions mysqrt.cpp)
set(REF_FILES mysqrt.cpp)
add_deFinitions(-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11)
add_custom_target(build_reference_library
      DEPENDS sqrtlib
      COMMENT "Generating sqrtlib")
ADD_LIBRARY(sqrtlib OBJECT ${REF_FILES})

unit_test文件

CMakeLists.txt

set(REF_MATHLIB_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../MathFunctions)

macro(GENERATION file input)
  set(ip_generator ctest_input_${input})

  add_executable(${ip_generator}
    ${file}
    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:sqrtlib>
    )

  target_compile_options(${ip_generator} PUBLIC
    -Wall -Wextra -g -std=c++11 
    -DCTEST_INPUT=${input})


  target_link_libraries(${ip_generator} PUBLIC
    dl pthread
    )

  target_include_directories(${ip_generator} PUBLIC
    ${REF_MATHLIB_DIR}
    )

  set(INPUT_FILE0 ip0_${input}.y)
  set(INPUT_FILE0_TXT ip0_${input}.txt)

  add_custom_command(
    OUTPUT ${INPUT_FILE0}  ${INPUT_FILE0_TXT}
    COMMAND ${ip_generator} > ${INPUT_FILE0_TXT}
    MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${sqrtlib}
    COMMENT "Generating output files of for testcase")
  
  add_custom_target(gen_input_${input}
    DEPENDS ${INPUT_FILE0}
    COMMENT "Generated output files")

endmacro() 

####################

macro(EXECUTE file input)
  get_filename_component(main_base_name ${file} NAME_WE)
  set(main_base_name_mangled ${main_base_name}_${input})
  set(exe_generator ctest_ref_${input})

  add_executable(${exe_generator}
    ${file}
    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:sqrtlib>
    )

  target_compile_options(${exe_generator} PUBLIC
    -Wall -Wextra -g -std=c++11 
    -DCTEST_INPUT=${input})


  target_link_libraries(${exe_generator} PUBLIC
    dl pthread
    )

  target_include_directories(${exe_generator} PUBLIC
    ${REF_MATHLIB_DIR}
    )

  set(INPUT_FILE0 ip0_${input}.y)

  set(EXE_FILE0 exeadd_${input}.y)
  set(EXE_FILE_TXT exeadd_${input}.txt)

  add_custom_command(
    OUTPUT ${EXE_FILE0} ${EXE_FILE_TXT}
    COMMAND ${exe_generator}  > ${EXE_FILE_TXT}
    MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${INPUT_FILE0} ${sqrtlib}
    COMMENT "Generating output files of for testcase")
  
  add_custom_target(gen_execute_${input}
    DEPENDS ${EXE_FILE0}
    COMMENT "Generated output files")

    # add test to simulate
  add_test(NAME ctest_execute_${input}
      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
                               --target gen_execute_${input})

  #add_dependencies(execute_${main_base_name_mangled}   
  #gen_input)

endmacro() 

#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++#
# add test directories
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++#

set(TEST_DIRECTORIES
    step2
   )

foreach(dir ${TEST_DIRECTORIES})
  add_subdirectory(${dir})
endforeach()

step2文件

CMakeLists.txt

set(UT_IPGEN_FILES tutorial.cpp)
set(UT_EXECUTE_FILES execute.cpp)

set(input_integer_range 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 )

foreach(ip_integer ${input_integer_range})
  GENERATION(${UT_IPGEN_FILES} ${ip_integer})
  EXECUTE(${UT_EXECUTE_FILES} ${ip_integer})
endforeach(ip_integer)

结果: 第一次运行:

      Start  1: ctest_execute_1
      Start  2: ctest_execute_4
      Start  3: ctest_execute_9
      Start  4: ctest_execute_16
      Start  5: ctest_execute_25
      Start  6: ctest_execute_36
      Start  7: ctest_execute_49
      Start  8: ctest_execute_64
 1/12 Test  #4: ctest_execute_16 .................***Failed    1.14 sec
 2/12 Test  #6: ctest_execute_36 .................   Passed    1.27 sec
 3/12 Test  #7: ctest_execute_49 .................   Passed    1.32 sec
 4/12 Test  #8: ctest_execute_64 .................   Passed    1.32 sec
      Start  9: ctest_execute_81
      Start 10: ctest_execute_100
      Start 11: ctest_execute_121
      Start 12: ctest_execute_144
 5/12 Test  #1: ctest_execute_1 ..................   Passed    1.33 sec
 6/12 Test  #2: ctest_execute_4 ..................   Passed    1.33 sec
 7/12 Test  #3: ctest_execute_9 ..................   Passed    1.33 sec
 8/12 Test  #5: ctest_execute_25 .................   Passed    1.33 sec
 9/12 Test #10: ctest_execute_100 ................   Passed    0.54 sec
10/12 Test #11: ctest_execute_121 ................   Passed    0.55 sec
11/12 Test  #9: ctest_execute_81 .................   Passed    0.55 sec
12/12 Test #12: ctest_execute_144 ................   Passed    0.55 sec
92% tests passed,1 tests Failed out of 12

Total Test time (real) =   1.88 sec

The following tests Failed:
      4 - ctest_execute_16 (Failed)

第二次运行:

      Start  1: ctest_execute_1
      Start  2: ctest_execute_4
      Start  3: ctest_execute_9
      Start  4: ctest_execute_16
      Start  5: ctest_execute_25
      Start  6: ctest_execute_36
      Start  7: ctest_execute_49
      Start  8: ctest_execute_64
 1/12 Test  #6: ctest_execute_36 .................   Passed    1.31 sec
 2/12 Test  #7: ctest_execute_49 .................   Passed    1.36 sec
 3/12 Test  #8: ctest_execute_64 .................   Passed    1.36 sec
      Start  9: ctest_execute_81
      Start 10: ctest_execute_100
      Start 11: ctest_execute_121
 4/12 Test  #1: ctest_execute_1 ..................   Passed    1.37 sec
 5/12 Test  #2: ctest_execute_4 ..................   Passed    1.37 sec
 6/12 Test  #3: ctest_execute_9 ..................   Passed    1.36 sec
 7/12 Test  #4: ctest_execute_16 .................   Passed    1.36 sec
 8/12 Test  #5: ctest_execute_25 .................   Passed    1.37 sec
      Start 12: ctest_execute_144
 9/12 Test #11: ctest_execute_121 ................   Passed    0.50 sec
10/12 Test #10: ctest_execute_100 ................   Passed    0.51 sec
11/12 Test  #9: ctest_execute_81 .................   Passed    0.51 sec
12/12 Test #12: ctest_execute_144 ................   Passed    0.34 sec

100% tests passed,0 tests Failed out of 12

Total Test time (real) =   2.01 sec

解决方法

您执行的测试

COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} --target ...

可在项目的构建目录中有效运行make(或您使用的任何构建工具)。

但不能保证同一目录中make并发调用。这就是为什么在并行运行测试(设置CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL变量)时出现奇怪错误的原因。

例如所有这些测试都试图创建相同的目标文件mysqrt.o,并且这种创建绝对不是线程安全的

通过跑步

make sqrtlib

之前

ctest

您可以确定在运行测试时已经创建了目标文件,并且测试不会尝试再次创建它。 但是您仍然可以在并行测试中遇到其他冲突。


这取决于您实际上要通过测试检查的内容,但通常 test 会检查某些程序或库的行为,并且它不打算进行检查该程序的编译(构建)。因此,在测试之前 执行编译(构建)命令。

通常,遵循(实现)此工作流程进行测试很方便:

# Configure the project
cmake <source-directory>
# Build the project.
# It builds both program/library intended,and the tests themselves.
make
# run tests
ctest <params>

在这种情况下,测试可能具有以下定义:

add_test(NAME ctest_execute_${input} COMMAND ${exe_generator})

(除非您希望通过某种自动方式检查测试的输出,否则无需通过重定向到文件中显式保存此输出。ctest本身将收集测试的输出,因此您可以阅读如果需要的话。)