[LAD] Test app for LADSPA plugins

[David Robillard]

On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 23:16 +0300, Stefan Kost wrote:
> Damon Chaplin schrieb:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been having problems with a few LADSPA plugins recently, so I've
> > written a little test app that loads all LADSPA plugins, connects the
> > ports and runs them for one cycle. (I've attached it here.)
> > 
> > I've run it on the plugin packages I have installed, using valgrind, and
> > the results are:
> > 
> > amb	crashes
> > blop	memory errors (patches sent for some of the errors)
> > calf	memory errors in Flanger & MultiChorus plugins
> > caps	memory errors in 3 plugins
> > cmt	memory errors (patches sent)
> > fil	OK
> > ladspa  memory errors in Sine plugin (mismatched free/deletes)
> > mcp	OK
> > rev	OK
> > swh	crashes
> > tap	memory errors in 5 plugins
> > vco	OK
> > 
> > Note that not all memory errors are bugs, but most are. (There's also a
> > chance that my test app is buggy, rather than the plugins.)
> > 
> > I've sent a few patches for cmt and blop, and will probably try to track
> > down the bugs in a few other packages. If others want to help
> > (especially the owners of the above packages!) that would be good.
> > 
> > Damon
> > 
> 
> This testing is great stuff. It would be cool to have a buildbot
> (http://buildbot.net) and run this regularly. Ideally test-tools would be part
> of ladspa/lv2 sdk and the plugin-packages add running the test tools as part of
> make check. Bonus points for rerunning tests on success under valgrind memcheck
> once again.

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-dr