[tor-dev] GSOC Proposal - Improving test coverage for tor

[Qingping Hou]

Hi Punit,

Unit test for individual functions are written in C (see src/test in 
Tor repo). Chutney + Stem is probably more suitable for integration 
test.

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QP

On Sun 09 Mar 2014 03:48:03 PM EDT, Punit wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am Punit Singh, and I have been working on Chutney for the past one
> week. I have already expressed my interest [1] in participating in
> GSOC this year for the project - Improving test coverage in tor.
>
> I have made some changes to the code base of Chutney, including
> completing some TODO tasks. The code can be found here. [2]
>
> I am currently in the process of completing the proposal for the project.
>
> Here are the things I have done -
>
> 1. I am now able to understand the code base of Chutney.
> 2. I have read parts of the Tor specification [3], not the complete
> document.
> 3. I have computed the test coverage of tor, and have seen that some
> parts of the code are totally untested. [4]
> 4. I know about unit tests and integration tests, how to write them,
> how to write testable code, and so on.
>
> I wanted some pointers as to how should I choose which function to
> write unit test for (with reference to the application requirement),
> and how should I go about writing the unit test (I know that I have to
> script individual clients using Stem, I just needed some guidance how
> to execute individual functions in the C code from Stem).
>
> I am really interested as well as enthusiastic to work on this. I just
> need a little guidance.
>
> Please correct me if I am thinking in the wrong direction.
>
> Thanks,
> Punit
>
> References -
> [1]
> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006317.html
> [2] https://github.com/punitkoura/chutney
>     Branch : changes
> [3]
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git?a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f=tor-spec.txt
> [4] command.c
>     circuitmax.c
>     circuituse.c
>     compat_libevent.c
>     connection.c
>     connection_edge.c
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