Software Quality Control at Belle II

Martin Ritter, Thomas Kuhr, Thomas Hauth, Timothy Gebhard, Michal Kristof, Christian Pulvermacher

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 898, October 2017

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@article{Ritter_2017,
  title         = {{Software Quality Control at Belle II}},
  author        = {Ritter, Martin and Kuhr, Thomas and Hauth, Thomas and Gebhard, Timothy and Kristof, Michal and Pulvermacher, Christian},
  year          = 2017,
  month         = 10,
  journal       = {Journal of Physics: Conference Series},
  volume        = 898,
  pages         = {072029},
  doi           = {10.1088/1742-6596/898/7/072029},
  publisher     = {{IOP} Publishing},
}

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Abstract:

Over the last seven years the software stack of the next generation B factory experiment Belle II has grown to over one million lines of C++ and Python code, counting only the part included in offline software releases. There are several thousand commits to the central repository by about 100 individual developers per year. To keep a coherent software stack of high quality that it can be sustained and used efficiently for data acquisition, simulation, reconstruction, and analysis over the lifetime of the Belle II experiment is a challenge.

A set of tools is employed to monitor the quality of the software and provide fast feedback to the developers. They are integrated in a machinery that is controlled by a buildbot master and automates the quality checks. The tools include different compilers, cppcheck, the clang static analyzer, valgrind memcheck, doxygen, a geometry overlap checker, a check for missing or extra library links, unit tests, steering file level tests, a sophisticated high-level validation suite, and an issue tracker. The technological development infrastructure is complemented by organizational means to coordinate the development.