From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x344.google.com (mail-wm1-x344.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::344]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6FFE3857036 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:13:37 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org C6FFE3857036 Received: by mail-wm1-x344.google.com with SMTP id k18so789044wmj.5 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 18:13:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=buihS6v6iwP27f+Nf1ydFMEyJgPurZd3cGJ1h7acRRU=; b=enEmk6MfrREW2VzINUmtTh+csUQQHuusJlE0vAJfKfS2TrlPX3sHHI649wnTSnzqGw O/nX3kZ4PVXTa2N3D2VK16pz+GNQ3/DxAdtPoGW61UzllOFrwcdZnpEd40bjLx1nZiHw 4O733BodPITAeYiP93D8OkE0clUqhv8T47Eh0duf9wuVdtQTZnGxTnv2yPSqgwm6fMzN ZCNnMNQWltWU3pRkaLocdTQQ1tDll8QNsnvBb2mowsC8mC6kzbHdgdQp3bYu67O6lv6c BvlSIPjgIh3HrBm6xqo7GpNBRK+IPD/ZCt7zoXyxZAZkUU1Jt6aFb0dsoCETkiUbAaNT 8uWg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532QNheuH+R0zWP+KT6Ls0EPDyu5d0juN0FkzA1A3aatW8rnZJKv c7Vk7+pece1LZd3wabn26ZCmNPyuCEqjDPSHJpw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwBY0r16SYtZNa+2M/rfKI3etKI7Oa8hp0ncWif6ItEva9PgsvOaL35keD4QqxQeQ9tyQo+EuX0rRi/bp8iE/0= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:6302:: with SMTP id x2mr878527wmb.121.1602638016780; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 18:13:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Matt Rice Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:13:25 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Regressions getting more common To: Luis Machado Cc: "gdb@sourceware.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:13:39 -0000 On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 5:06 PM Luis Machado via Gdb wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't know about other non-x86 architectures, but over the past year > I've been noticing more and more regressions being introduced, > unnoticed, for ARM/AArch64. This is not good and causes a lot of pain if > you have to keep tracking things manually, like we do now. > > The buildbots worked great for this very purpose, but Sergio has moved > on to other duties (thanks for all the work!) and can't maintain it > anymore. The builders are still there though, sitting mostly idle. > We have a beefy ARM/AArch64 builder, which I can maintain for others to use. > > We can do better than to declare things OK after a single round of tests > under x86, which has been the trend unfortunately. > > The subject of better CI has come up multiple times on IRC, with sad > memories of the gerrit experiment's demise. Now we're left with review > by e-mail and no broad testing. > Speaking of gerrit, I noticed that the server side git hooks, used by https://git-repo.info/ for its repo -upload/git pull-request functionality has landed in git master, and is slated to be in the next git release... https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=6c430a647cb990fc856d328733fa59e1fafadb97 Which seems like an interesting new approach for this stuff. > I think we need to discuss better validation pre-commit and possible CI > solutions for GDB. It is pretty easy to exercise x86, but it doesn't > sound fair to other architectures to have to keep cleaning up after > things that have only been validated on that architecture. > > It would be great to establish a roadmap so we can get GDB's testing to > today's standards, and maybe revisit the use of more modern patch review > tools while at it. > > What do you think?