Adding this as a feature would add some ugly code logic for something that only affects 2 tests out of the thousands that we have. Instead, MR !4500 enables one to filter out that test. So: make -f gmakefile test s='snes_tutorials-ex19_' i='\!*logviewmemory' VALGRIND=1 does every ex19 test *except* for the problematic test. I might be able to figure out a better way of hard-coding runtime behavior per test, but I think for now this offers a general-purpose workaround. If you still don't like that, you could just create a local modification to `config/gmakegentest.py`: if self.petsc_arch.find('valgrind') >= 0: self.conf['PETSCTEST_VALGRIND']=1 to self.conf['PETSCTEST_VALGRIND']=1 This means that the `logviewmemory` test would never be run, but that might be OK for your needs. Scott On 2021-10-25 09:22, Pierre Jolivet did write:

Hello, I think I’m asking too much of test harness, but is there a way to automatically deactivate a test when running with VALGRIND=1 without having to play around with PETSC_RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND in the code? I see the variable PETSCTEST_VALGRIND, but it seems rather static and set depending on PETSC_ARCH. So even if there is src/snes/tutorials/ex19.c: requires: defined(PETSC_USE_LOG) !defined(PETSCTEST_VALGRIND), Running make -f gmakefile test s='snes*logviewmemory' VALGRIND=1 on my machine (without valgrind in the PETSC_ARCH) gets the test going.

Thanks, Pierre

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