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-rw-r--r--docs/devel/testing/main.rst12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py7
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing/main.rst b/docs/devel/testing/main.rst
index 11f05c0006..0662766b5c 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing/main.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing/main.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,18 @@ parser (either fixing a bug or extending/modifying the syntax). To do this:
 
   ``qapi-schema += foo.json``
 
+The reference output can be automatically updated to match the latest QAPI
+code generator by running the tests with the QEMU_TEST_REGENERATE environment
+variable set.
+
+.. code::
+
+   QEMU_TEST_REGENERATE=1 make check-qapi-schema
+
+The resulting changes must be reviewed by the author to ensure they match
+the intended results before adding the updated reference output to the
+same commit that alters the generator code.
+
 .. _tracetool-tests:
 
 Tracetool tests
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
index 4be930228c..cf7fb8a6df 100755
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def test_and_diff(test_name, dir_name, update):
     if actual_out == expected_out and actual_err == expected_err:
         return 0
 
-    print("%s %s" % (test_name, 'UPDATE' if update else 'FAIL'),
+    print("%s: %s" % (test_name, 'UPDATE' if update else 'FAIL'),
           file=sys.stderr)
     out_diff = difflib.unified_diff(expected_out, actual_out, outfp.name)
     err_diff = difflib.unified_diff(expected_err, actual_err, errfp.name)
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ def test_and_diff(test_name, dir_name, update):
     sys.stdout.writelines(err_diff)
 
     if not update:
+        print(("\n%s: set QEMU_TEST_REGENERATE=1 to recreate reference output" +
+               "if the QAPI schema generator was intentionally changed") % test_name,
+              file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
 
     try:
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ def main(argv):
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', action='store', default='',
                         help="directory containing tests")
     parser.add_argument('-u', '--update', action='store_true',
-                        default='QAPI_TEST_UPDATE' in os.environ,
+                        default='QEMU_TEST_REGENERATE' in os.environ,
                         help="update expected test results")
     parser.add_argument('tests', nargs='*', metavar='TEST', action='store')
     args = parser.parse_args()