Re: [PATCH 06/10] tests/avocado/kvm_xen_guest.py: cope with asset RW requirements

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 8/12/23 20:09, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> Some of these tests actually require the root filesystem image,
> obtained through Avocado's asset feature and kept in a common cache
> location, to be writable.
>
> This makes a distinction between the tests that actually have this
> requirement and those who don't.  The goal is to be as safe as
> possible, avoiding causing cache misses (because the assets get
> modified and thus need to be dowloaded again) while avoid copying the
> root filesystem backing file whenever possible.

Having cache assets modified is a design issue. We should assume
the cache directory as read-only.

> This also allow these tests to be run in parallel with newer Avocado
> versions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
> ---
>   tests/avocado/kvm_xen_guest.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)