[PATCH v4] app/test: add support for skipping tests

[Bruce Richardson]

+stable on CC, to allow it be considered for possible backport. It's a
change to the unit test app, so not affecting any ABI or any end-user app.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:02:07AM -0400, Patrick Robb wrote:
>    On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 4:03 PM Patrick Robb <[1]probb at iol.unh.edu>
>    wrote:
> 
>    Hello,
>    Yes, backporting would be ideal from a CI perspective because without
>    it we can't run arm64 testing on LTS tests. But I know there are other
>    considerations which also have to be weighed.
>    David also has a patch[1] which should resolve the underlying issue
>    which introduces the failures on the unit test we want to skip. If that
>    patch is accepted, and backported, fixing our original problem with
>    unit testing on our arm testbeds, that's another solution, at least for
>    this specific unit test issue.
>    It would still be nice to have this feature in case we need it
>    otherwise.
>    [1] [2]https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230821085806.30626
>    13-4-david.marchand at redhat.com/
> 
>    Hi. just to close the loops on this, yes David's aforementioned patch
>    did resolve the unit test failure which was preventing us from running
>    fast-tests on our arm64 test beds. But, it is not (yet, at least)
>    backported for LTS releases.
>    Even if it were, having Bruce's patch here backported would mean the CI
>    testing approach could be common across releases in situations where
>    testcases have to be skipped.
>    Anyways, whether it's possible or "worth it" is ultimately down to the
>    community's bandwidth, but I didn't want to let the conversation lapse
>    without an update, and raising what the benefits would be.
>    In any case, thanks again Bruce for the rework, it's a great addition.
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:probb at iol.unh.edu
>    2. https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230821085806.3062613-4-david.marchand@redhat.com/