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author | Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com> | 2019-11-05 05:20:35 (GMT) |
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committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2019-11-05 17:08:35 (GMT) |
commit | a7c1e15cc46aa97cc19c9eb84fe8cad55c650bfa (patch) | |
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CTest: Rename hardware -> resources for CMake variables, command options
Only changes the user-visible effects of renaming hardware
allocation to resource allocation. Code changes are the minimum
needed to achieve that.
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/manual')
-rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/ctest.1.rst | 71 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst index 569f0f7..be1ec5d 100644 --- a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst @@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ Options See `Label and Subproject Summary`_. -``--hardware-spec-file <file>`` - Run CTest with :ref:`hardware allocation <ctest-hardware-allocation>` enabled, +``--resource-spec-file <file>`` + Run CTest with :ref:`resource allocation <ctest-resource-allocation>` enabled, using the - :ref:`hardware specification file <ctest-hardware-specification-file>` + :ref:`resource specification file <ctest-resource-specification-file>` specified in ``<file>``. When ``ctest`` is run as a `Dashboard Client`_ this sets the - ``HardwareSpecFile`` option of the `CTest Test Step`_. + ``ResourceSpecFile`` option of the `CTest Test Step`_. ``--test-load <level>`` While running tests in parallel (e.g. with ``-j``), try not to start @@ -967,10 +967,10 @@ Arguments to the command may specify some of the step settings. Configuration settings include: -``HardwareSpecFile`` +``ResourceSpecFile`` Specify a - :ref:`hardware specification file <ctest-hardware-specification-file>`. See - :ref:`ctest-hardware-allocation` for more information. + :ref:`resource specification file <ctest-resource-specification-file>`. See + :ref:`ctest-resource-allocation` for more information. ``LabelsForSubprojects`` Specify a semicolon-separated list of labels that will be treated as @@ -1281,22 +1281,22 @@ model is defined as follows: Test properties. Can contain keys for each of the supported test properties. -.. _`ctest-hardware-allocation`: +.. _`ctest-resource-allocation`: -Hardware Allocation +Resource Allocation =================== -CTest provides a mechanism for tests to specify the hardware that they need and -how much of it they need, and for users to specify the hardware availiable on +CTest provides a mechanism for tests to specify the resources that they need +in a fine-grained way, and for users to specify the resources availiable on the running machine. This allows CTest to internally keep track of which -hardware is in use and which is free, scheduling tests in a way that prevents -them from trying to claim hardware that is not available. +resources are in use and which are free, scheduling tests in a way that +prevents them from trying to claim resources that are not available. A common use case for this feature is for tests that require the use of a GPU. Multiple tests can simultaneously allocate memory from a GPU, but if too many tests try to do this at once, some of them will fail to allocate, resulting in a failed test, even though the test would have succeeded if it had the memory -it needed. By using the hardware allocation feature, each test can specify how +it needed. By using the resource allocation feature, each test can specify how much memory it requires from a GPU, allowing CTest to schedule tests in a way that running several of these tests at once does not exhaust the GPU's memory pool. @@ -1312,36 +1312,35 @@ When a test is executed, and slots from a resource are allocated to that test, tests may assume that they have exclusive use of those slots for the duration of the test's process. -The CTest hardware allocation feature consists of two inputs: +The CTest resource allocation feature consists of two inputs: -* The :ref:`hardware specification file <ctest-hardware-specification-file>`, - described below, which describes the hardware resources available on the - system, and +* The :ref:`resource specification file <ctest-resource-specification-file>`, + described below, which describes the resources available on the system. * The :prop_test:`RESOURCE_GROUPS` property of tests, which describes the - resources required by the test + resources required by the test. -When CTest runs a test, the hardware allocated to that test is passed in the +When CTest runs a test, the resources allocated to that test are passed in the form of a set of -:ref:`environment variables <ctest-hardware-environment-variables>` as +:ref:`environment variables <ctest-resource-environment-variables>` as described below. Using this information to decide which resource to connect to is left to the test writer. The ``RESOURCE_GROUPS`` property tells CTest what resources a test expects to use grouped in a way meaningful to the test. The test itself must read -the :ref:`environment variables <ctest-hardware-environment-variables>` to +the :ref:`environment variables <ctest-resource-environment-variables>` to determine which resources have been allocated to each group. For example, each group may correspond to a process the test will spawn when executed. -.. _`ctest-hardware-specification-file`: +.. _`ctest-resource-specification-file`: -Hardware Specification File +Resource Specification File --------------------------- -The hardware specification file is a JSON file which is passed to CTest, either -on the :manual:`ctest(1)` command line as ``--hardware-spec-file``, or as the -``HARDWARE_SPEC_FILE`` argument of :command:`ctest_test`. The hardware +The resource specification file is a JSON file which is passed to CTest, either +on the :manual:`ctest(1)` command line as ``--resource-spec-file``, or as the +``RESOURCE_SPEC_FILE`` argument of :command:`ctest_test`. The resource specification file must be a JSON object. All examples in this document assume -the following hardware specification file: +the following resource specification file: .. code-block:: json @@ -1378,11 +1377,11 @@ the following hardware specification file: The members are: ``local`` - A JSON array consisting of CPU sockets present on the system. Currently, only - one socket is supported. + A JSON array of resource sets present on the system. Currently, this array + is restricted to being of size 1. - Each socket is a JSON object with members whose names are equal to the - desired resource types, such as ``gpu``. These names must start with a + Each array element is a JSON object with members whose names are equal to the + desired resource types, such as ``gpus``. These names must start with a lowercase letter or an underscore, and subsequent characters can be a lowercase letter, a digit, or an underscore. Uppercase letters are not allowed, because certain platforms have case-insensitive environment @@ -1428,7 +1427,7 @@ also one cryptography chip with 4 slots. See :prop_test:`RESOURCE_GROUPS` for a description of this property. -.. _`ctest-hardware-environment-variables`: +.. _`ctest-resource-environment-variables`: Environment Variables --------------------- @@ -1449,8 +1448,8 @@ The following variables are passed to the test process: * ``CTEST_RESOURCE_GROUP_COUNT=3`` This variable will only be defined if :manual:`ctest(1)` has been given a - ``--hardware-spec-file``, or if :command:`ctest_test` has been given a - ``HARDWARE_SPEC_FILE``. If no hardware specification file has been given, + ``--resource-spec-file``, or if :command:`ctest_test` has been given a + ``RESOURCE_SPEC_FILE``. If no resource specification file has been given, this variable will not be defined. .. envvar:: CTEST_RESOURCE_GROUP_<num> @@ -1493,7 +1492,7 @@ The following variables are passed to the test process: the names of resource types may not clash in a case-insensitive environment. Because of this, for the sake of simplicity, all resource types must be listed in all lowercase in the - :ref:`hardware specification file <ctest-hardware-specification-file>` and + :ref:`resource specification file <ctest-resource-specification-file>` and in the :prop_test:`RESOURCE_GROUPS` property, and they are converted to all uppercase in the ``CTEST_RESOURCE_GROUP_<num>_<resource-type>`` environment variable. |