LibElfTestSuite

The libelf Test Suite

• This test suite exercises [libelf].
• The test suite is built using the Test Execution Toolkit from the Open Group.
• Source tree: trunk/test/libelf
• Make ruleset: trunk/mk/elftoolchain.tet.mk

The elfc ELF binary generator

We utilize a helper elfc to "compile" ELF objects specified using a textual description to binary form.

This tool allows us to create arbitrary ELF objects for use during testing, including malformed objects, and objects for non-native architectures.

The current input is specified using YAML (but see [#281]).

• Source: trunk/test/libelf/tset/bin/elfc.

Scaffolding generation

A helper tool "munge-ts" is used to generate the scaffolding needed by TET.

Test cases are named following a specific pattern:

• Test names follow the pattern tctestcasename_tptestpurposename().
• All test cases that use a given testcasename are grouped together in one TET 'Test Case'.
• make rules for scaffolding generation are in trunk/test/libelf/tset/Makefile.tset.
• Source: source:trunk/test/libelf/tset/bin/munge-ts.

Further reading:

• The documentation for TET.