JPS62184545A - Control system for execution of test program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To evade to output the same errors for plural number of times by attaching a function to generate a test result on each sub-test, and controlling the execution of the same sub-test not to be execute if the error has been detected in the test result. CONSTITUTION:An execution administration part M checks whether the error has been detected at sub-tests Ti (i=1-n) in the previous execution from the content of a return code in a return code storing area Ri, and when no error has been detected, it starts up the sub-test Ti. In this way, the sub-test Ti executes the test, and after completing the test, generates the return code which represents the execution result of the sub-test Ti, then stores it at the area Ri, and also, returns a control to the administration part M. The administration part M executes the next sub-test increasing an (i). When the return code represents that the error has been detected at the sub-test Ti in the previous execution, the administration M increases the (i), and executes the next sub-test.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a computer system, and particularly to a test program execution control method.

[Conventional technology]

The purpose of the test program is to test whether the functions of each device making up the computer system operate correctly. Because the functionality of a device is divided into multiple smaller functions, test programs for this device typically consist of subtests that test these smaller functions.

Conventionally, when testing is performed by recycling, the execution of these subtests has been controlled in such a way that they are automatically executed regardless of the results of previously executed tests.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the conventional execution control method described above, 1. Since a certain subtest is automatically executed regardless of the previous execution result, it has the disadvantage that the same error is output.

[Means for solving problems]

In the test program execution control method of the present invention, each subtest constituting the test program generates a return code indicating whether the test result is normal or abnormal;
Next, when the subtest is called again, it is determined whether to schedule it or not depending on the content of the return code.

Therefore, the same error will not be output.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a test program execution control method according to the present invention.

The test program T is composed of subtests) Ti (i=1 to n). The execution management unit M manages these subtests Ti.
control the execution of The main storage device is provided with a return code storage area Ri (i=1 to n) corresponding to each subtest Ti, and when each subtest Ti is finished, the test result (normal or not) is stored. A return code indicating whether there is an abnormality is stored in the return code storage area Ri.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing flow of this embodiment.

First, the execution management unit M checks whether an error was detected in the previous execution of the subtest Ti in the return code storage area R4.
Check the contents of the return code in Step 10)
, if there is no error, start subtest Ti (step 20). This causes the subtest Ti to execute the test (step 21), and when the test is completed, the subtest Ti
A return code indicating the execution result is generated and stored in the return code storage area Ri (step 22), and control is returned to the execution management section M. The execution management unit M increments i (step 30) and executes the next subtest. If the return code in step 10 indicates that an error was detected in a previous execution of subtest Ti, then step 30 is entered and subtest Ti is not executed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As mentioned above, the present invention provides each subtest that makes up the test program with the function of generating test results,
Based on the test results, if there is an error, the same subtest is not executed, which has the effect of avoiding multiple outputs of the same error.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the test program execution control method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing flow of this embodiment. T...Test program, T'l+ T0n...4Tl...Subtest, RI
+R2+...+RTl...Return code storage area, X...Execution management section. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] Each subtest that makes up the test program generates a return code that indicates whether the test result is normal or abnormal, and when the subtest is called again, A test program execution control method that determines whether to schedule or not.