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+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+
+# testimage.bbclass enables testing of qemu images using python unittests.
+# Most of the tests are commands run on target image over ssh.
+# To use it add testimage to global inherit and call your target image with -c testimage
+# You can try it out like this:
+# - first build a qemu core-image-sato
+# - add INHERIT += "testimage" in local.conf
+# - then bitbake core-image-sato -c testimage. That will run a standard suite of tests.
+
+# You can set (or append to) TEST_SUITES in local.conf to select the tests
+# which you want to run for your target.
+# The test names are the module names in meta/lib/oeqa/runtime.
+# Each name in TEST_SUITES represents a required test for the image. (no skipping allowed)
+# Appending "auto" means that it will try to run all tests that are suitable for the image (each test decides that on it's own).
+# Note that order in TEST_SUITES is relevant: tests are run in an order such that
+# tests mentioned in @skipUnlessPassed run before the tests that depend on them,
+# but without such dependencies, tests run in the order in which they are listed
+# in TEST_SUITES.
+#
+# A layer can add its own tests in lib/oeqa/runtime, provided it extends BBPATH as normal in its layer.conf.
+
+# TEST_LOG_DIR contains a command ssh log and may contain infromation about what command is running, output and return codes and for qemu a boot log till login.
+# Booting is handled by this class, and it's not a test in itself.
+# TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT can be used to set the maximum time in seconds the launch code will wait for the login prompt.
+
+TEST_LOG_DIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/testimage"
+
+TEST_EXPORT_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/testimage/${PN}"
+TEST_EXPORT_ONLY ?= "0"
+
+RPMTESTSUITE = "${@bb.utils.contains('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', 'rpm', 'smart rpm', '', d)}"
+
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES = "ping auto"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-minimal = "ping"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-sato = "ping ssh df connman syslog xorg scp vnc date dmesg parselogs ${RPMTESTSUITE} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', 'rpm', 'python', '', d)}"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-sato-sdk = "ping ssh df connman syslog xorg scp vnc date perl ldd gcc kernelmodule dmesg python parselogs ${RPMTESTSUITE}"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-lsb-sdk = "ping buildcvs buildiptables buildsudoku connman date df gcc kernelmodule ldd pam parselogs perl python scp ${RPMTESTSUITE} ssh syslog logrotate"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-meta-toolchain = "auto"
+
+# aarch64 has no graphics
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_remove_aarch64 = "xorg vnc"
+
+#qemumips is too slow for buildsudoku
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_remove_qemumips = "buildsudoku"
+
+TEST_SUITES ?= "${DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES}"
+
+TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT ?= "1000"
+TEST_TARGET ?= "qemu"
+TEST_TARGET_IP ?= ""
+TEST_SERVER_IP ?= ""
+
+TESTIMAGEDEPENDS = ""
+TESTIMAGEDEPENDS_qemuall = "qemu-native:do_populate_sysroot qemu-helper-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+
+TESTIMAGELOCK = "${TMPDIR}/testimage.lock"
+TESTIMAGELOCK_qemuall = ""
+
+TESTIMAGE_DUMP_DIR ?= "/tmp/oe-saved-tests/"
+
+testimage_dump_target () {
+    top -bn1
+    ps
+    free
+    df
+    # The next command will export the default gateway IP
+    export DEFAULT_GATEWAY=$(ip route | awk '/default/ { print $3}')
+    ping -c3 $DEFAULT_GATEWAY
+    dmesg
+    netstat -an
+    ip address
+    # Next command will dump logs from /var/log/
+    find /var/log/ -type f 2>/dev/null -exec echo "====================" \; -exec echo {} \; -exec echo "====================" \; -exec cat {} \; -exec echo "" \;
+}
+
+testimage_dump_host () {
+    top -bn1
+    ps -ef
+    free
+    df
+    memstat
+    dmesg
+    netstat -an
+}
+
+python do_testimage() {
+    testimage_main(d)
+}
+addtask testimage
+do_testimage[nostamp] = "1"
+do_testimage[depends] += "${TESTIMAGEDEPENDS}"
+do_testimage[lockfiles] += "${TESTIMAGELOCK}"
+
+python do_testsdk() {
+    testsdk_main(d)
+}
+addtask testsdk
+do_testsdk[nostamp] = "1"
+do_testsdk[depends] += "${TESTIMAGEDEPENDS}"
+do_testsdk[lockfiles] += "${TESTIMAGELOCK}"
+
+# get testcase list from specified file
+# if path is a relative path, then relative to build/conf/
+def read_testlist(d, fpath):
+    if not os.path.isabs(fpath):
+        builddir = d.getVar("TOPDIR", True)
+        fpath = os.path.join(builddir, "conf", fpath)
+    if not os.path.exists(fpath):
+        bb.fatal("No such manifest file: ", fpath)
+    tcs = []
+    for line in open(fpath).readlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if line and not line.startswith("#"):
+            tcs.append(line)
+    return " ".join(tcs)
+
+def get_tests_list(d, type="runtime"):
+    testsuites = []
+    testslist = []
+    manifests = d.getVar("TEST_SUITES_MANIFEST", True)
+    if manifests is not None:
+        manifests = manifests.split()
+        for manifest in manifests:
+            testsuites.extend(read_testlist(d, manifest).split())
+    else:
+        testsuites = d.getVar("TEST_SUITES", True).split()
+    if type == "sdk":
+        testsuites = (d.getVar("TEST_SUITES_SDK", True) or "auto").split()
+    bbpath = d.getVar("BBPATH", True).split(':')
+
+    # This relies on lib/ under each directory in BBPATH being added to sys.path
+    # (as done by default in base.bbclass)
+    for testname in testsuites:
+        if testname != "auto":
+            if testname.startswith("oeqa."):
+                testslist.append(testname)
+                continue
+            found = False
+            for p in bbpath:
+                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(p, 'lib', 'oeqa', type, testname + '.py')):
+                    testslist.append("oeqa." + type + "." + testname)
+                    found = True
+                    break
+            if not found:
+                bb.fatal('Test %s specified in TEST_SUITES could not be found in lib/oeqa/runtime under BBPATH' % testname)
+
+    if "auto" in testsuites:
+        def add_auto_list(path):
+            if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '__init__.py')):
+                bb.fatal('Tests directory %s exists but is missing __init__.py' % path)
+            files = sorted([f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.endswith('.py') and not f.startswith('_')])
+            for f in files:
+                module = 'oeqa.' + type + '.' + f[:-3]
+                if module not in testslist:
+                    testslist.append(module)
+
+        for p in bbpath:
+            testpath = os.path.join(p, 'lib', 'oeqa', type)
+            bb.debug(2, 'Searching for tests in %s' % testpath)
+            if os.path.exists(testpath):
+                add_auto_list(testpath)
+
+    return testslist
+
+
+def exportTests(d,tc):
+    import json
+    import shutil
+    import pkgutil
+
+    exportpath = d.getVar("TEST_EXPORT_DIR", True)
+
+    savedata = {}
+    savedata["d"] = {}
+    savedata["target"] = {}
+    savedata["host_dumper"] = {}
+    for key in tc.__dict__:
+        # special cases
+        if key != "d" and key != "target" and key != "host_dumper":
+            savedata[key] = getattr(tc, key)
+    savedata["target"]["ip"] = tc.target.ip or d.getVar("TEST_TARGET_IP", True)
+    savedata["target"]["server_ip"] = tc.target.server_ip or d.getVar("TEST_SERVER_IP", True)
+
+    keys = [ key for key in d.keys() if not key.startswith("_") and not key.startswith("BB") \
+            and not key.startswith("B_pn") and not key.startswith("do_") and not d.getVarFlag(key, "func")]
+    for key in keys:
+        try:
+            savedata["d"][key] = d.getVar(key, True)
+        except bb.data_smart.ExpansionError:
+            # we don't care about those anyway
+            pass
+
+    savedata["host_dumper"]["parent_dir"] = tc.host_dumper.parent_dir
+    savedata["host_dumper"]["cmds"] = tc.host_dumper.cmds
+
+    with open(os.path.join(exportpath, "testdata.json"), "w") as f:
+            json.dump(savedata, f, skipkeys=True, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+
+    # now start copying files
+    # we'll basically copy everything under meta/lib/oeqa, with these exceptions
+    #  - oeqa/targetcontrol.py - not needed
+    #  - oeqa/selftest - something else
+    # That means:
+    #   - all tests from oeqa/runtime defined in TEST_SUITES (including from other layers)
+    #   - the contents of oeqa/utils and oeqa/runtime/files
+    #   - oeqa/oetest.py and oeqa/runexport.py (this will get copied to exportpath not exportpath/oeqa)
+    #   - __init__.py files
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/runtime/files"))
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/utils"))
+    # copy test modules, this should cover tests in other layers too
+    for t in tc.testslist:
+        mod = pkgutil.get_loader(t)
+        shutil.copy2(mod.filename, os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/runtime"))
+    # copy __init__.py files
+    oeqadir = pkgutil.get_loader("oeqa").filename
+    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(oeqadir, "__init__.py"), os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa"))
+    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(oeqadir, "runtime/__init__.py"), os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/runtime"))
+    # copy oeqa/oetest.py and oeqa/runexported.py
+    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(oeqadir, "oetest.py"), os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa"))
+    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(oeqadir, "runexported.py"), exportpath)
+    # copy oeqa/utils/*.py
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(oeqadir, "utils")):
+        for f in files:
+            if f.endswith(".py"):
+                shutil.copy2(os.path.join(root, f), os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/utils"))
+    # copy oeqa/runtime/files/*
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(oeqadir, "runtime/files")):
+        for f in files:
+            shutil.copy2(os.path.join(root, f), os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/runtime/files"))
+
+    bb.plain("Exported tests to: %s" % exportpath)
+
+
+def testimage_main(d):
+    import unittest
+    import os
+    import oeqa.runtime
+    import time
+    import signal
+    from oeqa.oetest import loadTests, runTests
+    from oeqa.targetcontrol import get_target_controller
+    from oeqa.utils.dump import get_host_dumper
+
+    pn = d.getVar("PN", True)
+    export = oe.utils.conditional("TEST_EXPORT_ONLY", "1", True, False, d)
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True))
+    if export:
+        bb.utils.remove(d.getVar("TEST_EXPORT_DIR", True), recurse=True)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(d.getVar("TEST_EXPORT_DIR", True))
+
+    # tests in TEST_SUITES become required tests
+    # they won't be skipped even if they aren't suitable for a image (like xorg for minimal)
+    # testslist is what we'll actually pass to the unittest loader
+    testslist = get_tests_list(d)
+    testsrequired = [t for t in d.getVar("TEST_SUITES", True).split() if t != "auto"]
+
+    tagexp = d.getVar("TEST_SUITES_TAGS", True)
+
+    # we need the host dumper in test context
+    host_dumper = get_host_dumper(d)
+
+    # the robot dance
+    target = get_target_controller(d)
+
+    class TestContext(object):
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.d = d
+            self.testslist = testslist
+            self.tagexp = tagexp
+            self.testsrequired = testsrequired
+            self.filesdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(oeqa.runtime.__file__)),"files")
+            self.target = target
+            self.host_dumper = host_dumper
+            self.imagefeatures = d.getVar("IMAGE_FEATURES", True).split()
+            self.distrofeatures = d.getVar("DISTRO_FEATURES", True).split()
+            manifest = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True), d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", True) + ".manifest")
+            self.sigterm = False
+            self.origsigtermhandler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGTERM)
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.sigterm_exception)
+            try:
+                with open(manifest) as f:
+                    self.pkgmanifest = f.read()
+            except IOError as e:
+                bb.fatal("No package manifest file found. Did you build the image?\n%s" % e)
+
+        def sigterm_exception(self, signum, stackframe):
+            bb.warn("TestImage received SIGTERM, shutting down...")
+            self.sigterm = True
+            self.target.stop()
+
+    # test context
+    tc = TestContext()
+
+    # this is a dummy load of tests
+    # we are doing that to find compile errors in the tests themselves
+    # before booting the image
+    try:
+        loadTests(tc)
+    except Exception as e:
+        import traceback
+        bb.fatal("Loading tests failed:\n%s" % traceback.format_exc())
+
+    target.deploy()
+
+    try:
+        target.start()
+        if export:
+            exportTests(d,tc)
+        else:
+            starttime = time.time()
+            result = runTests(tc)
+            stoptime = time.time()
+            if result.wasSuccessful():
+                bb.plain("%s - Ran %d test%s in %.3fs" % (pn, result.testsRun, result.testsRun != 1 and "s" or "", stoptime - starttime))
+                msg = "%s - OK - All required tests passed" % pn
+                skipped = len(result.skipped)
+                if skipped:
+                    msg += " (skipped=%d)" % skipped
+                bb.plain(msg)
+            else:
+                raise bb.build.FuncFailed("%s - FAILED - check the task log and the ssh log" % pn )
+    finally:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, tc.origsigtermhandler)
+        target.stop()
+
+testimage_main[vardepsexclude] =+ "BB_ORIGENV"
+
+
+def testsdk_main(d):
+    import unittest
+    import os
+    import glob
+    import oeqa.runtime
+    import oeqa.sdk
+    import time
+    import subprocess
+    from oeqa.oetest import loadTests, runTests
+
+    pn = d.getVar("PN", True)
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True))
+
+    # tests in TEST_SUITES become required tests
+    # they won't be skipped even if they aren't suitable.
+    # testslist is what we'll actually pass to the unittest loader
+    testslist = get_tests_list(d, "sdk")
+    testsrequired = [t for t in (d.getVar("TEST_SUITES_SDK", True) or "auto").split() if t != "auto"]
+
+    tcname = d.expand("${SDK_DEPLOY}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.sh")
+    if not os.path.exists(tcname):
+        bb.fatal("The toolchain is not built. Build it before running the tests: 'bitbake <image> -c populate_sdk' .")
+
+    class TestContext(object):
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.d = d
+            self.testslist = testslist
+            self.testsrequired = testsrequired
+            self.filesdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(oeqa.runtime.__file__)),"files")
+            self.sdktestdir = sdktestdir
+            self.sdkenv = sdkenv
+            self.imagefeatures = d.getVar("IMAGE_FEATURES", True).split()
+            self.distrofeatures = d.getVar("DISTRO_FEATURES", True).split()
+            manifest = d.getVar("SDK_TARGET_MANIFEST", True)
+            try:
+                with open(manifest) as f:
+                    self.pkgmanifest = f.read()
+            except IOError as e:
+                bb.fatal("No package manifest file found. Did you build the sdk image?\n%s" % e)
+            hostmanifest = d.getVar("SDK_HOST_MANIFEST", True)
+            try:
+                with open(hostmanifest) as f:
+                    self.hostpkgmanifest = f.read()
+            except IOError as e:
+                bb.fatal("No host package manifest file found. Did you build the sdk image?\n%s" % e)
+
+    sdktestdir = d.expand("${WORKDIR}/testimage-sdk/")
+    bb.utils.remove(sdktestdir, True)
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(sdktestdir)
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output("cd %s; %s <<EOF\n./tc\nY\nEOF" % (sdktestdir, tcname), shell=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        bb.fatal("Couldn't install the SDK:\n%s" % e.output)
+
+    try:
+        targets = glob.glob(d.expand(sdktestdir + "/tc/environment-setup-*"))
+        bb.warn(str(targets))
+        for sdkenv in targets:
+            bb.plain("Testing %s" % sdkenv)
+            # test context
+            tc = TestContext()
+
+            # this is a dummy load of tests
+            # we are doing that to find compile errors in the tests themselves
+            # before booting the image
+            try:
+                loadTests(tc, "sdk")
+            except Exception as e:
+                import traceback
+                bb.fatal("Loading tests failed:\n%s" % traceback.format_exc())
+
+    
+            starttime = time.time()
+            result = runTests(tc, "sdk")
+            stoptime = time.time()
+            if result.wasSuccessful():
+                bb.plain("%s SDK(%s):%s - Ran %d test%s in %.3fs" % (pn, os.path.basename(tcname), os.path.basename(sdkenv),result.testsRun, result.testsRun != 1 and "s" or "", stoptime - starttime))
+                msg = "%s - OK - All required tests passed" % pn
+                skipped = len(result.skipped)
+                if skipped:
+                    msg += " (skipped=%d)" % skipped
+                bb.plain(msg)
+            else:
+                raise bb.build.FuncFailed("%s - FAILED - check the task log and the commands log" % pn )
+    finally:
+        bb.utils.remove(sdktestdir, True)
+
+testsdk_main[vardepsexclude] =+ "BB_ORIGENV"
+