This documentation is intended to assist contributors to pgBackRest by outlining some basic steps and guidelines for contributing to the project. Coding standards to follow are defined in CODING.md. At a minimum, unit tests must be written and run and the documentation generated before submitting a Pull Request; see the Testing section below for details.
This example is based on Ubuntu 18.04, but it should work on many versions of Debian and Ubuntu.
pgbackrest-dev => Install development tools
sudo apt-get install rsync git devscripts build-essential valgrind lcov autoconf \
autoconf-archive libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libpq-dev pkg-config \
libxml-checker-perl libyaml-perl libdbd-pg-perl liblz4-dev liblz4-tool \
zstd libzstd-dev bzip2 libbz2-dev
Some unit tests and all the integration test require Docker. Running in containers allows us to simulate multiple hosts, test on different distributions and versions of PostgreSQL, and use sudo without affecting the host system.
pgbackrest-dev => Install Docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh
sudo usermod -aG docker `whoami`
This clone of the pgBackRest repository is sufficient for experimentation. For development, create a fork and clone that instead.
pgbackrest-dev => Clone pgBackRest repository
git clone https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.git
If Docker is not installed, then the available tests can be listed using --vm-none.
pgbackrest-dev => List tests that don't require a container
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm=none --dry-run
--- output ---
P00 INFO: test begin - log level info
P00 INFO: builds required: bin
--> P00 INFO: 69 tests selected
P00 INFO: P1-T01/69 - vm=none, module=common, test=error
[filtered 66 lines of output]
P00 INFO: P1-T68/69 - vm=none, module=performance, test=type
P00 INFO: P1-T69/69 - vm=none, module=performance, test=storage
--> P00 INFO: DRY RUN COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
Once a test has been selected it can be run by specifying the module and test. The --dev option sets several flags that are appropriate for development rather than test. Most importantly, it reuses object files from the previous test run to speed testing. The --vm-out option displays the test output.
pgbackrest-dev => Run a test
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm=none --dev --vm-out --module=common --test=wait
--- output ---
P00 INFO: test begin - log level info
P00 INFO: check code autogenerate
P00 INFO: cleanup old data
P00 INFO: builds required: none
P00 INFO: 1 test selected
P00 INFO: P1-T1/1 - vm=none, module=common, test=wait
run 1 - waitNew(), waitMore, and waitFree()
l0018 expect AssertError: assertion 'waitTime <= 999999000' failed
run 1/1 ------------- l0021 0ms wait
l0025 new wait
l0026 check remaining time
l0027 check wait time
l0028 check sleep time
l0029 check sleep prev time
l0030 no wait more
l0033 new wait = 0.2 sec
l0034 check remaining time
l0035 check wait time
l0036 check sleep time
l0037 check sleep prev time
l0038 check begin time
l0044 lower range check
l0045 upper range check
l0047 free wait
l0052 new wait = 1.1 sec
l0053 check wait time
l0054 check sleep time
l0055 check sleep prev time
l0056 check begin time
l0062 lower range check
l0063 upper range check
l0065 free wait
TESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
P00 INFO: P1-T1/1 - vm=none, module=common, test=wait
P00 INFO: tested modules have full coverage
P00 INFO: writing C coverage report
P00 INFO: TESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
An entire module can be run by using only the --module option.
pgbackrest-dev => Run a module
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm=none --dev --module=postgres
--- output ---
P00 INFO: test begin - log level info
P00 INFO: check code autogenerate
P00 INFO: cleanup old data
P00 INFO: builds required: none
P00 INFO: 2 tests selected
P00 INFO: P1-T1/2 - vm=none, module=postgres, test=client
P00 INFO: P1-T2/2 - vm=none, module=postgres, test=interface
P00 INFO: tested modules have full coverage
P00 INFO: writing C coverage report
P00 INFO: TESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
Build a container to run tests. The vm must be pre-configured but a variety are available. The vm names are all three character abbreviations, e.g. u18 for Ubuntu 18.04.
pgbackrest-dev => Build a VM
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm-build --vm=u18
--- output ---
P00 INFO: test begin - log level info
P00 INFO: Using cached pgbackrest/test:u18-base-20200924A image (d95d53e642fc1cea4a2b8e935ea7d9739f7d1c46) ...
P00 INFO: Building pgbackrest/test:u18-test image ...
P00 INFO: Build Complete
pgbackrest-dev => Run a Test
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm=u18 --dev --module=mock --test=archive --run=2
--- output ---
P00 INFO: test begin - log level info
P00 INFO: check code autogenerate
P00 INFO: cleanup old data and containers
P00 INFO: builds required: bin, bin host
P00 INFO: bin dependencies have changed for u18, rebuilding...
P00 INFO: build bin for u18 (/home/vagrant/test/bin/u18)
P00 INFO: bin dependencies have changed for none, rebuilding...
P00 INFO: build bin for none (/home/vagrant/test/bin/none)
P00 INFO: 1 test selected
P00 INFO: P1-T1/1 - vm=u18, module=mock, test=archive, run=2
P00 INFO: no code modules had all tests run required for coverage
P00 INFO: TESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
Options can be added to a command or multiple commands. Options can be configuration file only, command-line only or valid for both. Once an option is added, config.auto.*, define.auto.* and parse.auto.* files will automatically be generated by the build system.
To add an option, two files need be to be modified:
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src/build/config/config.yaml -
doc/xml/reference.xml
These files are discussed in the following sections.
There is a detailed comment at the top of this file on the configuration definitions which one can refer to in determining how to define the rules for the option.
Command-line only options are options where CFGDEF_SECTION rule is not defined. There are two sections to be updated when adding a command-line only option, each of which is marked by the comment Command-line only options.
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Section 1: Find the first section with the
Command-line only optionscomment. This section defines and exports the constant for the actual option. -
Section 2: Find the second section with the
Command-line only optionscomment. This is where the rules for the option are defined.
The steps for how to update these sections are detailed below.
Section 1
Copy the two lines ("use constant"/"push") of an existing option and paste them where the option would be in alphabetical order and rename it to the same name as the new option name. For example CFGOPT_DRY_RUN, defined as "dry-run".
Section 2
To better explain this section, CFGOPT_ONLINE will be used as an example:
&CFGOPT_ONLINE =>
{
&CFGDEF_TYPE => CFGDEF_TYPE_BOOLEAN,
&CFGDEF_NEGATE => true,
&CFGDEF_DEFAULT => true,
&CFGDEF_COMMAND =>
{
&CFGCMD_BACKUP => {},
&CFGCMD_STANZA_CREATE => {},
&CFGCMD_STANZA_UPGRADE => {},
}
},
Note that CFGDEF_SECTION is not present thereby making this a command-line only option. Each line is explained below:
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CFGOPT_ONLINE- the name of the option as defined in Section 1 -
CFGDEF_TYPE- the type of the option. Valid types are:CFGDEF_TYPE_BOOLEAN,CFGDEF_TYPE_HASH,CFGDEF_TYPE_INTEGER,CFGDEF_TYPE_LIST,CFGDEF_TYPE_PATH,CFGDEF_TYPE_SIZE,CFGDEF_TYPE_STRING, andCFGDEF_TYPE_TIME -
CFGDEF_NEGATE- being a command-line only boolean option, this rule would automatically default to false so it must be defined if the option is negatable. Ask yourself if negation makes sense, for example, would a --dry-run option make sense as --no-dry-run? If the answer is no, then this rule can be omitted as it would automatically default to false. Any boolean option that cannot be negatable, must be a command-line only and not a configuration file option as all configuration boolean options must be negatable. -
CFGDEF_DEFAULT- sets a default for the option if the option is not provided when the command is run. The default can be global or it can be specified for a specific command in theCFGDEF_COMMANDsection. For example, if it was desirable for the default to be false for theCFGCMD_STANZA_CREATEthen CFGDEF_NEGATE => would be set totruein each command listed except forCFGCMD_STANZA_CREATEwhere it would befalseand it would not be specified (as it is here) in the global section (meaning global for all commands listed). -
CFGDEF_COMMAND- list each command for which the option is valid. If a command is not listed, then the option is not valid for the command and an error will be thrown if it attempted to be used for that command.
All options must be documented or the system will error during the build. To add an option, find the command section identified by command id="COMMAND" section where COMMAND is the name of the command (e.g. expire) or, if the option is used by more than one command and the definition for the option is the same for all of the commands, the operation-general title="General Options" section.
To add an option, add the following to the <option-list> section; if it does not exist, then wrap the following in <option-list> </option-list>. This example uses the boolean option force of the restore command. Simply replace that with your new option and the appropriate summary, text and example.
<option id="force" name="Force">
<summary>Force a restore.</summary>
<text>By itself this option forces the <postgres/> data and tablespace paths to be completely overwritten. In combination with <br-option>--delta</br-option> a timestamp/size delta will be performed instead of using checksums.</text>
<example>y</example>
</option>
IMPORTANT: currently a period (.) is required to end the
summarysection.
For testing, it is recommended that Vagrant and Docker be used; instructions are provided in the README.md file of the pgBackRest test directory. A list of all possible test combinations can be viewed by running:
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --dry-run
WARNING: currently the
BACKREST_USERinContainerTest.pmmust exist, or the test suite will fail with a string concatenation error.
If using a RHEL system, the CPAN XML parser is required for running test.pl and doc.pl. Instructions for installing Docker and the XML parse can be found in the README.md file of the pgBackRest doc directory in the section "The following is a sample CentOS/RHEL 7 configuration that can be used for building the documentation". NOTE that the Install latex (for building PDF) is not required since testing of the docs need only be run for HTML output.
While some files are automatically generated during make, others are generated by running the test harness as follows:
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --gen-only
Prior to any submission, the html version of the documentation should also be run.
pgbackrest/doc/doc.pl --out=html
NOTE:
ERROR: [028]regarding cache is invalid is OK; it just means there have been changes and the documentation will be built from scratch. In this case, be patient as the build could take 20 minutes or more depending on your system.
The goal of unit testing is to have 100 percent coverage. Two files will usually be involved in this process:
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define.yaml - defines the number of tests to be run for each module and test file. There is a comment at the top of the file that provides more information about this file.
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src/module/somefileTest.c - where "somefile" is the path and name of the test file where the unit tests are located for the code being updated (e.g.
src/module/command/expireTest.c).
Each module is separated by a line of asterisks (*) and each test within is separated by a line of dashes (-). In the example below, the module is command and the unit test is check. The number of calls to testBegin() in a unit test file will dictate the number following total:, in this case 2. Under coverage:, the list of files that will be tested must be listed followed by the coverage level, which should always be full.
# ********************************************************************************************************************************
- name: command
test:
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- name: check
total: 2
coverage:
command/check/common: full
command/check/check: full
Assuming that a test file already exists, new unit tests will either go in a new testBegin() section or be added to an existing section.
Unit test files are organized in the test/src/module directory with the same directory structure as the source code being tested. For example, if new code is added to src/command/expire.c then test/src/module/command/expireTest.c will need to be updated.
// *****************************************************************************************************************************
if (testBegin("expireBackup()"))
Setting up the command to be run
If configuration options are required then a string list with the command and options must be defined and passed to the function harnessCfgLoad(). For example, the following will set up a test to run pgbackrest --repo-path=test/test-0/repo info command:
String *repoPath = strNewFmt("%s/repo", testPath()); // create a string defining the repo path on the test system
StringList *argList = strLstNew(); // create an empty string list
strLstAdd(argList, strNewFmt("--repo-path=%s/", strZ(repoPath))); // add the --repo-path option as a formatted string
strLstAddZ(argList, "info"); // add the command
harnessCfgLoad(cfgCmdExpire, argList); // load the command and option list into the test harness
TEST_RESULT_STR_Z(infoRender(), "No stanzas exist in the repository.\n", "text - no stanzas"); // run the test
Tests are run via macros. All test macros expect the first parameter to be the function to call that is being tested. With the exception of TEST_RESULT_VOID, the second parameter is the expected result, and with the exception of TEST_ERROR, the third parameter is a short description of the test. The most common macros are:
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TEST_RESULT_STR- Test the actual value of the string returned by the function. -
TEST_RESULT_UINT/TEST_RESULT_INT- Test for an unsigned integer / integer. -
TEST_RESULT_BOOL- Test a boolean return value. -
TEST_RESULT_PTR/TEST_RESULT_PTR_NE- Test a pointer: useful for testing if the pointer isNULLor not equal (NE) toNULL. -
TEST_RESULT_VOID- The function being tested returns avoid. This is then usually followed by tests that ensure other actions occurred (e.g. a file was written to disk). -
TEST_ERROR/TEST_ERROR_FMT- Test for that a specific error code was raised with specific wording.
Storing a file
Sometimes it is necessary to store a file to the test directory. The following demonstrates that. It is not necessary to wrap the storagePutNP in TEST_RESULT_VOID, but doing so allows a short description to be displayed when running the tests (in this case "store a corrupt backup.info file").
String *content = strNew("bad content");
TEST_RESULT_VOID(
storagePutP(
storageNewWriteP(storageTest, strNewFmt("%s/backup/demo/backup.info", strZ(repoPath))), harnessInfoChecksum(content)),
"store a corrupt backup.info file");
Testing a log message
If a function being tested logs something with LOG_WARN, LOG_INFO or other LOG_ macro, then the logged message must be cleared before the end of the test by using the harnessLogResult() function.
harnessLogResult(
"P00 WARN: WAL segment '000000010000000100000001' was not pushed due to error [25] and was manually skipped: error");
Unit tests are run, and coverage of the code being tested is provided, by running the following. This example would run the test set from the define.yaml section detailed above.
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm-out --dev --module=command --test=check --coverage-only
Because no test run is specified and --coverage-only has been requested, a coverage report will be generated and written to the local file system under the pgBackRest directory test/result/coverage (or test/coverage prior to version 2.25) and will highlight code that has not been tested.
Sometimes it is useful to look at files that were generated during the test. The default for running any test is that, at the start/end of the test, the test harness will clean up all files and directories created. To override this behavior, a single test run must be specified and the option --no-cleanup provided. Again, continuing with the check command, we see in define.yaml above that there are two tests. Below, test one will be run and nothing will be cleaned up so that the files and directories in test/test-0 can be inspected.
pgbackrest/test/test.pl --vm-out --dev --module=command --test=check --coverage-only --run=1 --no-cleanup