README.md
1 Skia Infrastructure
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4 This directory contains infrastructure elements.
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7 Tasks and Jobs
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10 Files in this directory define a DAG of tasks which run at every Skia commit. A
11 task is a small, self-contained unit which runs via Swarming on a machine in the
12 pool. Tasks may be chained together, eg. one task to compile test binaries and
13 another to actually run them.
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15 Jobs are collections of related tasks which help define sub-sections of the DAG,
16 for example, to be used as try jobs. Each job is defined as an entry point into
17 the DAG.
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19 The tasks.json file in this directory is the master list of tasks and jobs for
20 the repo. Note that tasks.json is NEVER edited by hand but generated via
21 gen_task.go and the input files enumerated below. The
22 [Task Scheduler](https://skia.googlesource.com/buildbot/+/master/task_scheduler/README.md)
23 reads the tasks.json file at each commit to determine which jobs to run. For
24 convenience, gen_tasks.go is provided to generate tasks.json and also to test it
25 for correct syntax and detecting cycles and orphaned tasks. Always edit
26 gen_tasks.go or one of the following input JSON files, rather than tasks.json
27 itself:
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29 * android_map.json - Maps human-friendly names of Android devices to their
30 device codename and desired OS version. Edit this file when adding a new
31 type of Android device or updating the desired OS version.
32 * cfg.json - Basic configuration information for gen_tasks.go.
33 * gpu_map.json - Maps human-friendly names of GPUs to an appropriate Swarming
34 dimension, typically the PCI ID of the GPU. Edit this file when adding a
35 new GPU.
36 * jobs.json - The master list of all jobs to run. Edit this to add or remove
37 bots.
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39 Whenever gen_tasks.go, any of the above JSON files, or assets are changed, you
40 need to run gen_tasks.go to regenerate tasks.json:
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42 $ go run infra/bots/gen_tasks.go
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44 Or:
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46 $ cd infra/bots; make train
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48 There is also a test mode which performs sanity-checks and verifies that
49 tasks.json is unchanged:
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51 $ go run infra/bots/gen_tasks.go --test
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53 Or:
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55 $ cd infra/bots; make test
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58 Recipes
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61 Recipes are the framework used by Skia's infrastructure to perform work inside
62 of Swarming tasks. The main elements are:
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64 * recipes.py - Used for running and testing recipes.
65 * recipes - These are the entry points for each type of task, eg. compiling
66 or running tests.
67 * recipe_modules - Shared modules which are used by recipes.
68 * .recipe_deps - Recipes and modules may depend on modules from other repos.
69 The recipes.py script automatically syncs those dependencies in this
70 directory.
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73 Isolate Files
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76 These files determine which parts of the repository are transferred to the bot
77 when a Swarming task is triggered. The
78 [Isolate tool](https://github.com/luci/luci-py/tree/master/appengine/isolate/doc)
79 hashes each file and will upload any new/changed files. Bots maintain a cache so
80 that they can efficiently download only the files they don't have.
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83 Assets
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86 Artifacts used by the infrastructure are versioned here, along with scripts for
87 recreating/uploading/downloading them. See the README in that directory for more
88 information. Any time an asset used by the bots changes, you need to re-run
89 gen_tasks.go.
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92 Tools
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95 Assorted other infrastructure-related tools, eg. isolate and CIPD binaries.
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98 CT
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101 Helpers for running Skia tasks in Cluster Telemetry.
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