10 The LLDB test suite consists of three different kinds of test:
12 * **Unit tests**: written in C++ using the googletest unit testing library.
13 * **Shell tests**: Integration tests that test the debugger through the command
14 line. These tests interact with the debugger either through the command line
15 driver or through ``lldb-test`` which is a tool that exposes the internal
16 data structures in an easy-to-parse way for testing. Most people will know
17 these as *lit tests* in LLVM, although lit is the test driver and ShellTest
18 is the test format that uses ``RUN:`` lines. `FileCheck
19 <https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.html>`_ is used to verify
21 * **API tests**: Integration tests that interact with the debugger through the
22 SB API. These are written in Python and use LLDB's ``dotest.py`` testing
23 framework on top of Python's `unittest2
24 <https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html>`_.
26 All three test suites use ``lit`` (`LLVM Integrated Tester
27 <https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/lit.html>`_ ) as the test driver. The test
28 suites can be run as a whole or separately.
34 Unit tests are located under ``lldb/unittests``. If it's possible to test
35 something in isolation or as a single unit, you should make it a unit test.
37 Often you need instances of the core objects such as a debugger, target or
38 process, in order to test something meaningful. We already have a handful of
39 tests that have the necessary boiler plate, but this is something we could
40 abstract away and make it more user friendly.
45 Shell tests are located under ``lldb/test/Shell``. These tests are generally
46 built around checking the output of ``lldb`` (the command line driver) or
47 ``lldb-test`` using ``FileCheck``. Shell tests are generally small and fast to
48 write because they require little boilerplate.
50 ``lldb-test`` is a relatively new addition to the test suite. It was the first
51 tool that was added that is designed for testing. Since then it has been
52 continuously extended with new subcommands, improving our test coverage. Among
53 other things you can use it to query lldb for symbol files, for object files
56 Obviously shell tests are great for testing the command line driver itself or
57 the subcomponents already exposed by lldb-test. But when it comes to LLDB's
58 vast functionality, most things can be tested both through the driver as well
59 as the Python API. For example, to test setting a breakpoint, you could do it
60 from the command line driver with ``b main`` or you could use the SB API and do
61 something like ``target.BreakpointCreateByName`` [#]_.
63 A good rule of thumb is to prefer shell tests when what is being tested is
64 relatively simple. Expressivity is limited compared to the API tests, which
65 means that you have to have a well-defined test scenario that you can easily
66 match with ``FileCheck``.
68 Another thing to consider are the binaries being debugged, which we call
69 inferiors. For shell tests, they have to be relatively simple. The
70 ``dotest.py`` test framework has extensive support for complex build scenarios
71 and different variants, which is described in more detail below, while shell
72 tests are limited to single lines of shell commands with compiler and linker
75 On the same topic, another interesting aspect of the shell tests is that there
76 you can often get away with a broken or incomplete binary, whereas the API
77 tests almost always require a fully functional executable. This enables testing
78 of (some) aspects of handling of binaries with non-native architectures or
81 Finally, the shell tests always run in batch mode. You start with some input
82 and the test verifies the output. The debugger can be sensitive to its
83 environment, such as the platform it runs on. It can be hard to express
84 that the same test might behave slightly differently on macOS and Linux.
85 Additionally, the debugger is an interactive tool, and the shell test provide
86 no good way of testing those interactive aspects, such as tab completion for
92 API tests are located under ``lldb/test/API``. They are run with the
93 ``dotest.py``. Tests are written in Python and test binaries (inferiors) are
94 compiled with Make. The majority of API tests are end-to-end tests that compile
95 programs from source, run them, and debug the processes.
97 As mentioned before, ``dotest.py`` is LLDB's testing framework. The
98 implementation is located under ``lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite``. We have
99 several extensions and custom test primitives on top of what's offered by
100 `unittest2 <https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html>`_. Those can be
102 `lldbtest.py <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbtest.py>`_.
104 Below is the directory layout of the `example API test
105 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/tree/main/lldb/test/API/sample_test>`_.
106 The test directory will always contain a python file, starting with ``Test``.
107 Most of the tests are structured as a binary being debugged, so there will be
108 one or more source files and a ``Makefile``.
114 ├── TestSampleTest.py
117 Let's start with the Python test file. Every test is its own class and can have
118 one or more test methods, that start with ``test_``. Many tests define
119 multiple test methods and share a bunch of common code. For example, for a
120 fictive test that makes sure we can set breakpoints we might have one test
121 method that ensures we can set a breakpoint by address, on that sets a
122 breakpoint by name and another that sets the same breakpoint by file and line
123 number. The setup, teardown and everything else other than setting the
124 breakpoint could be shared.
126 Our testing framework also has a bunch of utilities that abstract common
127 operations, such as creating targets, setting breakpoints etc. When code is
128 shared across tests, we extract it into a utility in ``lldbutil``. It's always
129 worth taking a look at `lldbutil
130 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbutil.py>`_
131 to see if there's a utility to simplify some of the testing boiler plate.
132 Because we can't always audit every existing test, this is doubly true when
133 looking at an existing test for inspiration.
135 It's possible to skip or `XFAIL
136 <https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/dejagnu-1.3/html_node/dejagnu_6.html>`_
137 tests using decorators. You'll see them a lot. The debugger can be sensitive to
138 things like the architecture, the host and target platform, the compiler
139 version etc. LLDB comes with a range of predefined decorators for these
144 @expectedFailureAll(archs=["aarch64"], oslist=["linux"]
146 Another great thing about these decorators is that they're very easy to extend,
147 it's even possible to define a function in a test case that determines whether
148 the test should be run or not.
152 @expectedFailure(checking_function_name)
154 In addition to providing a lot more flexibility when it comes to writing the
155 test, the API test also allow for much more complex scenarios when it comes to
156 building inferiors. Every test has its own ``Makefile``, most of them only a
157 few lines long. A shared ``Makefile`` (``Makefile.rules``) with about a
158 thousand lines of rules takes care of most if not all of the boiler plate,
159 while individual make files can be used to build more advanced tests.
161 Here's an example of a simple ``Makefile`` used by the example test.
166 CFLAGS_EXTRAS := -std=c99
168 include Makefile.rules
170 Finding the right variables to set can be tricky. You can always take a look at
171 `Makefile.rules <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/make/Makefile.rules>`_
172 but often it's easier to find an existing ``Makefile`` that does something
173 similar to what you want to do.
175 Another thing this enables is having different variants for the same test
176 case. By default, we run every test for two debug info formats, once with
177 DWARF from the object files and another with a dSYM on macOS or split
178 DWARF (DWO) on Linux. But there are many more things we can test
179 that are orthogonal to the test itself. On GreenDragon we have a matrix bot
180 that runs the test suite under different configurations, with older host
181 compilers and different DWARF versions.
183 As you can imagine, this quickly lead to combinatorial explosion in the number
184 of variants. It's very tempting to add more variants because it's an easy way
185 to increase test coverage. It doesn't scale. It's easy to set up, but increases
186 the runtime of the tests and has a large ongoing cost.
188 The test variants are most useful when developing a larger feature (e.g. support
189 for a new DWARF version). The test suite contains a large number of fairly
190 generic tests, so running the test suite with the feature enabled is a good way
191 to gain confidence that you haven't missed an important aspect. However, this
192 genericness makes them poor regression tests. Because it's not clear what a
193 specific test covers, a random modification to the test case can make it start
194 (or stop) testing a completely different part of your feature. And since these
195 tests tend to look very similar, it's easy for a simple bug to cause hundreds of
196 tests to fail in the same way.
198 For this reason, we recommend using test variants only while developing a new
199 feature. This can often be done by running the test suite with different
200 arguments -- without any modifications to the code. You can create a focused
201 test for any bug found that way. Often, there will be many tests failing, but a
202 lot of then will have the same root cause. These tests will be easier to debug
203 and will not put undue burden on all other bots and developers.
205 In conclusion, you'll want to opt for an API test to test the API itself or
206 when you need the expressivity, either for the test case itself or for the
207 program being debugged. The fact that the API tests work with different
208 variants mean that more general tests should be API tests, so that they can be
209 run against the different variants.
211 Guidelines for API tests
212 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
214 API tests are expected to be fast, reliable and maintainable. To achieve this
215 goal, API tests should conform to the following guidelines in addition to normal
216 good testing practices.
218 **Don't unnecessarily launch the test executable.**
219 Launching a process and running to a breakpoint can often be the most
220 expensive part of a test and should be avoided if possible. A large part
221 of LLDB's functionality is available directly after creating an `SBTarget`
222 of the test executable.
224 The part of the SB API that can be tested with just a target includes
225 everything that represents information about the executable and its
226 debug information (e.g., `SBTarget`, `SBModule`, `SBSymbolContext`,
227 `SBFunction`, `SBInstruction`, `SBCompileUnit`, etc.). For test executables
228 written in languages with a type system that is mostly defined at compile
229 time (e.g., C and C++) there is also usually no process necessary to test
230 the `SBType`-related parts of the API. With those languages it's also
231 possible to test `SBValue` by running expressions with
232 `SBTarget.EvaluateExpression` or the ``expect_expr`` testing utility.
234 Functionality that always requires a running process is everything that
235 tests the `SBProcess`, `SBThread`, and `SBFrame` classes. The same is true
236 for tests that exercise breakpoints, watchpoints and sanitizers.
237 Languages such as Objective-C that have a dependency on a runtime
238 environment also always require a running process.
240 **Don't unnecessarily include system headers in test sources.**
241 Including external headers slows down the compilation of the test executable
242 and it makes reproducing test failures on other operating systems or
243 configurations harder.
245 **Avoid specifying test-specific compiler flags when including system headers.**
246 If a test requires including a system header (e.g., a test for a libc++
247 formatter includes a libc++ header), try to avoid specifying custom compiler
248 flags if possible. Certain debug information formats such as ``gmodules``
249 use a cache that is shared between all API tests and that contains
250 precompiled system headers. If you add or remove a specific compiler flag
251 in your test (e.g., adding ``-DFOO`` to the ``Makefile`` or ``self.build``
252 arguments), then the test will not use the shared precompiled header cache
253 and expensively recompile all system headers from scratch. If you depend on
254 a specific compiler flag for the test, you can avoid this issue by either
255 removing all system header includes or decorating the test function with
256 ``@no_debug_info_test`` (which will avoid running all debug information
257 variants including ``gmodules``).
259 **Test programs should be kept simple.**
260 Test executables should do the minimum amount of work to bring the process
261 into the state that is required for the test. Simulating a 'real' program
262 that actually tries to do some useful task rarely helps with catching bugs
263 and makes the test much harder to debug and maintain. The test programs
264 should always be deterministic (i.e., do not generate and check against
267 **Identifiers in tests should be simple and descriptive.**
268 Often test programs need to declare functions and classes which require
269 choosing some form of identifier for them. These identifiers should always
270 either be kept simple for small tests (e.g., ``A``, ``B``, ...) or have some
271 descriptive name (e.g., ``ClassWithTailPadding``, ``inlined_func``, ...).
272 Never choose identifiers that are already used anywhere else in LLVM or
273 other programs (e.g., don't name a class ``VirtualFileSystem``, a function
274 ``llvm_unreachable``, or a namespace ``rapidxml``) as this will mislead
275 people ``grep``'ing the LLVM repository for those strings.
277 **Prefer LLDB testing utilities over directly working with the SB API.**
278 The ``lldbutil`` module and the ``TestBase`` class come with a large amount
279 of utility functions that can do common test setup tasks (e.g., starting a
280 test executable and running the process to a breakpoint). Using these
281 functions not only keeps the test shorter and free of duplicated code, but
282 they also follow best test suite practices and usually give much clearer
283 error messages if something goes wrong. The test utilities also contain
284 custom asserts and checks that should be preferably used (e.g.
285 ``self.assertSuccess``).
287 **Prefer calling the SB API over checking command output.**
288 Avoid writing your tests on top of ``self.expect(...)`` calls that check
289 the output of LLDB commands and instead try calling into the SB API. Relying
290 on LLDB commands makes changing (and improving) the output/syntax of
291 commands harder and the resulting tests are often prone to accepting
292 incorrect test results. Especially improved error messages that contain
293 more information might cause these ``self.expect`` calls to unintentionally
294 find the required ``substrs``. For example, the following ``self.expect``
295 check will unexpectedly pass if it's ran as the first expression in a test:
299 self.expect("expr 2 + 2", substrs=["0"])
301 When running the same command in LLDB the reason for the unexpected success
302 is that '0' is found in the name of the implicitly created result variable:
308 ^ The '0' substring is found here.
310 A better way to write the test above would be using LLDB's testing function
311 ``expect_expr`` will only pass if the expression produces a value of 0:
315 self.expect_expr("2 + 2", result_value="0")
317 **Prefer using specific asserts over the generic assertTrue/assertFalse.**.
318 The ``self.assertTrue``/``self.assertFalse`` functions should always be your
319 last option as they give non-descriptive error messages. The test class has
320 several expressive asserts such as ``self.assertIn`` that automatically
321 generate an explanation how the received values differ from the expected
322 ones. Check the documentation of Python's ``unittest`` module to see what
323 asserts are available. LLDB also has a few custom asserts that are tailored
324 to our own data types.
326 +-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
327 | **Assert** | **Description** |
328 +-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
329 | ``assertSuccess`` | Assert that an ``lldb.SBError`` is in the "success" state. |
330 +-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
331 | ``assertState`` | Assert that two states (``lldb.eState*``) are equal. |
332 +-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
333 | ``assertStopReason`` | Assert that two stop reasons (``lldb.eStopReason*``) are equal. |
334 +-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
336 If you can't find a specific assert that fits your needs and you fall back
337 to a generic assert, make sure you put useful information into the assert's
338 ``msg`` argument that helps explain the failure.
342 # Bad. Will print a generic error such as 'False is not True'.
343 self.assertTrue(expected_string in list_of_results)
344 # Good. Will print expected_string and the contents of list_of_results.
345 self.assertIn(expected_string, list_of_results)
347 **Do not use hard-coded line numbers in your test case.**
349 Instead, try to tag the line with some distinguishing pattern, and use the function line_number() defined in lldbtest.py which takes
350 filename and string_to_match as arguments and returns the line number.
352 As an example, take a look at test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_conditions/main.c which has these
357 return c(val); // Find the line number of c's parent call here.
363 return val + 3; // Find the line number of function "c" here.
365 The Python test case TestBreakpointConditions.py uses the comment strings to find the line numbers during setUp(self) and use them
366 later on to verify that the correct breakpoint is being stopped on and that its parent frame also has the correct line number as
367 intended through the breakpoint condition.
369 **Take advantage of the unittest framework's decorator features.**
371 These features can be use to properly mark your test class or method for platform-specific tests, compiler specific, version specific.
373 As an example, take a look at test/API/lang/c/forward/TestForwardDeclaration.py which has these lines:
375 .. code-block:: python
379 @skipIf(compiler=no_match("clang"))
380 @skipIf(compiler_version=["<", "8.0"])
381 @expectedFailureAll(oslist=["windows"])
382 def test_debug_names(self):
383 """Test that we are able to find complete types when using DWARF v5
384 accelerator tables"""
385 self.do_test(dict(CFLAGS_EXTRAS="-gdwarf-5 -gpubnames"))
387 This tells the test harness that unless we are running "linux" and clang version equal & above 8.0, the test should be skipped.
389 **Class-wise cleanup after yourself.**
391 TestBase.tearDownClass(cls) provides a mechanism to invoke the platform-specific cleanup after finishing with a test class. A test
392 class can have more than one test methods, so the tearDownClass(cls) method gets run after all the test methods have been executed by
395 The default cleanup action performed by the packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbtest.py module invokes the "make clean" os command.
397 If this default cleanup is not enough, individual class can provide an extra cleanup hook with a class method named classCleanup ,
398 for example, in test/API/terminal/TestSTTYBeforeAndAfter.py:
400 .. code-block:: python
403 def classCleanup(cls):
404 """Cleanup the test byproducts."""
405 cls.RemoveTempFile("child_send1.txt")
408 The 'child_send1.txt' file gets generated during the test run, so it makes sense to explicitly spell out the action in the same
409 TestSTTYBeforeAndAfter.py file to do the cleanup instead of artificially adding it as part of the default cleanup action which serves to
410 cleanup those intermediate and a.out files.
417 On Windows any invocations of python should be replaced with python_d, the
418 debug interpreter, when running the test suite against a debug version of
423 On NetBSD you must export ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib`` in your environment.
424 This is due to lack of the ``$ORIGIN`` linker feature.
426 Running the Full Test Suite
427 ```````````````````````````
429 The easiest way to run the LLDB test suite is to use the ``check-lldb`` build
432 By default, the ``check-lldb`` target builds the test programs with the same
433 compiler that was used to build LLDB. To build the tests with a different
434 compiler, you can set the ``LLDB_TEST_COMPILER`` CMake variable.
436 It is possible to customize the architecture of the test binaries and compiler
437 used by appending ``-A`` and ``-C`` options respectively to the CMake variable
438 ``LLDB_TEST_USER_ARGS``. For example, to test LLDB against 32-bit binaries
439 built with a custom version of clang, do:
443 $ cmake -DLLDB_TEST_USER_ARGS="-A i386 -C /path/to/custom/clang" -G Ninja
446 Note that multiple ``-A`` and ``-C`` flags can be specified to
447 ``LLDB_TEST_USER_ARGS``.
449 Running a Single Test Suite
450 ```````````````````````````
452 Each test suite can be run separately, similar to running the whole test suite
455 * Use ``check-lldb-unit`` to run just the unit tests.
456 * Use ``check-lldb-api`` to run just the SB API tests.
457 * Use ``check-lldb-shell`` to run just the shell tests.
459 You can run specific subdirectories by appending the directory name to the
460 target. For example, to run all the tests in ``ObjectFile``, you can use the
461 target ``check-lldb-shell-objectfile``. However, because the unit tests and API
462 tests don't actually live under ``lldb/test``, this convenience is only
463 available for the shell tests.
465 Running a Single Test
466 `````````````````````
468 The recommended way to run a single test is by invoking the lit driver with a
469 filter. This ensures that the test is run with the same configuration as when
470 run as part of a test suite.
474 $ ./bin/llvm-lit -sv tools/lldb/test --filter <test>
477 Because lit automatically scans a directory for tests, it's also possible to
478 pass a subdirectory to run a specific subset of the tests.
482 $ ./bin/llvm-lit -sv tools/lldb/test/Shell/Commands/CommandScriptImmediateOutput
485 For the SB API tests it is possible to forward arguments to ``dotest.py`` by
486 passing ``--param`` to lit and setting a value for ``dotest-args``.
490 $ ./bin/llvm-lit -sv tools/lldb/test --param dotest-args='-C gcc'
493 Below is an overview of running individual test in the unit and API test suites
494 without going through the lit driver.
496 Running a Specific Test or Set of Tests: API Tests
497 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````
499 In addition to running all the LLDB test suites with the ``check-lldb`` CMake
500 target above, it is possible to run individual LLDB tests. If you have a CMake
501 build you can use the ``lldb-dotest`` binary, which is a wrapper around
502 ``dotest.py`` that passes all the arguments configured by CMake.
504 Alternatively, you can use ``dotest.py`` directly, if you want to run a test
505 one-off with a different configuration.
507 For example, to run the test cases defined in TestInferiorCrashing.py, run:
511 $ ./bin/lldb-dotest -p TestInferiorCrashing.py
516 $ python dotest.py --executable <path-to-lldb> -p TestInferiorCrashing.py ../packages/Python/lldbsuite/test
518 If the test is not specified by name (e.g. if you leave the ``-p`` argument
519 off), all tests in that directory will be executed:
524 $ ./bin/lldb-dotest functionalities/data-formatter
528 $ python dotest.py --executable <path-to-lldb> functionalities/data-formatter
530 Many more options that are available. To see a list of all of them, run:
534 $ python dotest.py -h
537 Running a Specific Test or Set of Tests: Unit Tests
538 ```````````````````````````````````````````````````
540 The unit tests are simple executables, located in the build directory under ``tools/lldb/unittests``.
542 To run them, just run the test binary, for example, to run all the Host tests:
546 $ ./tools/lldb/unittests/Host/HostTests
549 To run a specific test, pass a filter, for example:
553 $ ./tools/lldb/unittests/Host/HostTests --gtest_filter=SocketTest.DomainListenConnectAccept
556 Running the Test Suite Remotely
557 ```````````````````````````````
559 Running the test-suite remotely is similar to the process of running a local
560 test suite, but there are two things to have in mind:
562 1. You must have the lldb-server running on the remote system, ready to accept
563 multiple connections. For more information on how to setup remote debugging
564 see the Remote debugging page.
565 2. You must tell the test-suite how to connect to the remote system. This is
566 achieved using the ``--platform-name``, ``--platform-url`` and
567 ``--platform-working-dir`` parameters to ``dotest.py``. These parameters
568 correspond to the platform select and platform connect LLDB commands. You
569 will usually also need to specify the compiler and architecture for the
572 Currently, running the remote test suite is supported only with ``dotest.py`` (or
573 dosep.py with a single thread), but we expect this issue to be addressed in the
576 Running tests in QEMU System Emulation Environment
577 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````
579 QEMU can be used to test LLDB in an emulation environment in the absence of
580 actual hardware. `QEMU based testing <https://lldb.llvm.org/use/qemu-testing.html>`_
581 page describes how to setup an emulation environment using QEMU helper scripts
582 found under llvm-project/lldb/scripts/lldb-test-qemu. These scripts currently
583 work with Arm or AArch64, but support for other architectures can be added easily.
585 Debugging Test Failures
586 -----------------------
588 On non-Windows platforms, you can use the ``-d`` option to ``dotest.py`` which
589 will cause the script to print out the pid of the test and wait for a while
590 until a debugger is attached. Then run ``lldb -p <pid>`` to attach.
592 To instead debug a test's python source, edit the test and insert
593 ``import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`` at the point you want to start debugging. In
594 addition to pdb's debugging facilities, lldb commands can be executed with the
595 help of a pdb alias. For example ``lldb bt`` and ``lldb v some_var``. Add this
596 line to your ``~/.pdbrc``:
600 alias lldb self.dbg.HandleCommand("%*")
602 Debugging Test Failures on Windows
603 ``````````````````````````````````
605 On Windows, it is strongly recommended to use Python Tools for Visual Studio
606 for debugging test failures. It can seamlessly step between native and managed
607 code, which is very helpful when you need to step through the test itself, and
608 then into the LLDB code that backs the operations the test is performing.
610 A quick guide to getting started with PTVS is as follows:
613 #. Create a Visual Studio Project for the Python code.
614 #. Go to File -> New -> Project -> Python -> From Existing Python Code.
615 #. Choose llvm/tools/lldb as the directory containing the Python code.
616 #. When asked where to save the .pyproj file, choose the folder ``llvm/tools/lldb/pyproj``. This is a special folder that is ignored by the ``.gitignore`` file, since it is not checked in.
617 #. Set test/dotest.py as the startup file
618 #. Make sure there is a Python Environment installed for your distribution. For example, if you installed Python to ``C:\Python35``, PTVS needs to know that this is the interpreter you want to use for running the test suite.
619 #. Go to Tools -> Options -> Python Tools -> Environment Options
620 #. Click Add Environment, and enter Python 3.5 Debug for the name. Fill out the values correctly.
621 #. Configure the project to use this debug interpreter.
622 #. Right click the Project node in Solution Explorer.
623 #. In the General tab, Make sure Python 3.5 Debug is the selected Interpreter.
624 #. In Debug/Search Paths, enter the path to your ninja/lib/site-packages directory.
625 #. In Debug/Environment Variables, enter ``VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\``.
626 #. If you want to enabled mixed mode debugging, check Enable native code debugging (this slows down debugging, so enable it only on an as-needed basis.)
627 #. Set the command line for the test suite to run.
628 #. Right click the project in solution explorer and choose the Debug tab.
629 #. Enter the arguments to dotest.py.
630 #. Example command options:
635 # Path to debug lldb.exe
636 --executable D:/src/llvmbuild/ninja/bin/lldb.exe
637 # Directory to store log files
638 -s D:/src/llvmbuild/ninja/lldb-test-traces
639 -u CXXFLAGS -u CFLAGS
640 # If a test crashes, show JIT debugging dialog.
641 --enable-crash-dialog
642 # Path to release clang.exe
643 -C d:\src\llvmbuild\ninja_release\bin\clang.exe
644 # Path to the particular test you want to debug.
647 D:\src\llvm\tools\lldb\packages\Python\lldbsuite\test
651 --arch=i686 --executable D:/src/llvmbuild/ninja/bin/lldb.exe -s D:/src/llvmbuild/ninja/lldb-test-traces -u CXXFLAGS -u CFLAGS --enable-crash-dialog -C d:\src\llvmbuild\ninja_release\bin\clang.exe -p TestPaths.py D:\src\llvm\tools\lldb\packages\Python\lldbsuite\test --no-multiprocess
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