diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/testrunner.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/testrunner.py
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+# Class for actual tests running.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Virtuozzo International GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import os
+import random
+from pathlib import Path
+import datetime
+import time
+import difflib
+import subprocess
+import collections
+import contextlib
+import json
+import termios
+import sys
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from contextlib import AbstractContextManager
+from typing import List, Optional, Iterator, Any
+
+from testenv import TestEnv
+
+
+def silent_unlink(path: Path) -> None:
+    try:
+        path.unlink()
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
+def file_diff(file1: str, file2: str) -> List[str]:
+    with open(file1) as f1, open(file2) as f2:
+        # We want to ignore spaces at line ends. There are a lot of mess about
+        # it in iotests.
+        # TODO: fix all tests to not produce extra spaces, fix all .out files
+        # and use strict diff here!
+        seq1 = [line.rstrip() for line in f1]
+        seq2 = [line.rstrip() for line in f2]
+        return list(difflib.unified_diff(seq1, seq2, file1, file2))
+
+
+# We want to save current tty settings during test run,
+# since an aborting qemu call may leave things screwed up.
+@contextmanager
+def savetty() -> Iterator[None]:
+    isterm = sys.stdin.isatty()
+    if isterm:
+        fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
+        attr = termios.tcgetattr(0)
+
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        if isterm:
+            termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, attr)
+
+
+class LastElapsedTime(AbstractContextManager['LastElapsedTime']):
+    """ Cache for elapsed time for tests, to show it during new test run
+
+    Use get() in any time. But, if use update you should then call save(),
+    or use update() inside with-block.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, cache_file: str, env: TestEnv) -> None:
+        self.env = env
+        self.cache_file = cache_file
+
+        try:
+            with open(cache_file) as f:
+                self.cache = json.load(f)
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            self.cache = {}
+
+    def get(self, test: str,
+            default: Optional[float] = None) -> Optional[float]:
+        if test not in self.cache:
+            return default
+
+        if self.env.imgproto not in self.cache[test]:
+            return default
+
+        return self.cache[test][self.env.imgproto].get(self.env.imgfmt,
+                                                       default)
+
+    def update(self, test: str, elapsed: float) -> None:
+        d = self.cache.setdefault(test, {})
+        d = d.setdefault(self.env.imgproto, {})
+        d[self.env.imgfmt] = elapsed
+
+    def save(self) -> None:
+        with open(self.cache_file, 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(self.cache, f)
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> 'LastElapsedTime':
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
+        self.save()
+
+
+TestResult = collections.namedtuple(
+    'TestResult',
+    ['status', 'description', 'elapsed', 'diff', 'casenotrun'],
+    defaults=('', '', '', ''))
+
+
+class TestRunner(AbstractContextManager['TestRunner']):
+    def __init__(self, env: TestEnv, makecheck: bool = False) -> None:
+        self.env = env
+        self.test_run_env = self.env.get_env()
+        if 'MALLOC_PERTURB_' not in os.environ and \
+                'MALLOC_PERTURB_' not in self.test_run_env:
+            x = random.randrange(1, 255)
+            self.test_run_env['MALLOC_PERTURB_'] = str(x)
+
+        self.makecheck = makecheck
+
+        self.last_elapsed = LastElapsedTime('.last-elapsed-cache', env)
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> 'TestRunner':
+        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+        self._stack = contextlib.ExitStack()
+        self._stack.enter_context(self.env)
+        self._stack.enter_context(self.last_elapsed)
+        self._stack.enter_context(savetty())
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
+        self._stack.close()
+
+    def test_print_one_line(self, test: str, starttime: str,
+                            endtime: Optional[str] = None, status: str = '...',
+                            lasttime: Optional[float] = None,
+                            thistime: Optional[str] = None,
+                            description: str = '',
+                            test_field_width: Optional[int] = None,
+                            end: str = '\n') -> None:
+        """ Print short test info before/after test run """
+        test = os.path.basename(test)
+
+        if test_field_width is None:
+            test_field_width = 8
+
+        if self.makecheck and status != '...':
+            if status and status != 'pass':
+                status = f' [{status}]'
+            else:
+                status = ''
+
+            print(f'  TEST   iotest-{self.env.imgfmt}: {test}{status}')
+            return
+
+        if lasttime:
+            lasttime_s = f' (last: {lasttime}s)'
+        else:
+            lasttime_s = ''
+        if thistime:
+            thistime = f'{thistime:.1f}s'
+        else:
+            thistime = '...'
+
+        if endtime:
+            endtime = f'[{endtime}]'
+        else:
+            endtime = ''
+
+        if status == 'pass':
+            col = '\033[32m'
+        elif status == 'fail':
+            col = '\033[1m\033[31m'
+        elif status == 'not run':
+            col = '\033[33m'
+        else:
+            col = ''
+
+        col_end = '\033[0m'
+
+        print(f'{test:{test_field_width}} {col}{status:10}{col_end} '
+              f'[{starttime}] {endtime:13}{thistime:5} {lasttime_s:14} '
+              f'{description}', end=end)
+
+    def find_reference(self, test: str) -> str:
+        if self.env.cachemode == 'none':
+            ref = f'{test}.out.nocache'
+            if os.path.isfile(ref):
+                return ref
+
+        ref = f'{test}.out.{self.env.imgfmt}'
+        if os.path.isfile(ref):
+            return ref
+
+        ref = f'{test}.{self.env.qemu_default_machine}.out'
+        if os.path.isfile(ref):
+            return ref
+
+        return f'{test}.out'
+
+    def do_run_test(self, test: str) -> TestResult:
+        f_test = Path(test)
+        f_bad = Path(f_test.name + '.out.bad')
+        f_notrun = Path(f_test.name + '.notrun')
+        f_casenotrun = Path(f_test.name + '.casenotrun')
+        f_reference = Path(self.find_reference(test))
+
+        if not f_test.exists():
+            return TestResult(status='fail',
+                              description=f'No such test file: {f_test}')
+
+        if not os.access(str(f_test), os.X_OK):
+            sys.exit(f'Not executable: {f_test}')
+
+        if not f_reference.exists():
+            return TestResult(status='fail',
+                              description='No qualified output '
+                                          f'(expected {f_reference})')
+
+        for p in (f_bad, f_notrun, f_casenotrun):
+            silent_unlink(p)
+
+        args = [str(f_test.resolve())]
+        if self.env.debug:
+            args.append('-d')
+
+        with f_test.open() as f:
+            try:
+                if f.readline() == '#!/usr/bin/env python3':
+                    args.insert(0, self.env.python)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:  # binary test? for future.
+                pass
+
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env.update(self.test_run_env)
+
+        t0 = time.time()
+        with f_bad.open('w') as f:
+            ret = subprocess.run(args, cwd=str(f_test.parent), env=env,
+                                 stdout=f, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                                 check=False).returncode
+        elapsed = round(time.time() - t0, 1)
+
+        if ret != 0:
+            return TestResult(status='fail', elapsed=elapsed,
+                              description=f'failed, exit status {ret}',
+                              diff=file_diff(str(f_reference), str(f_bad)))
+
+        if f_notrun.exists():
+            return TestResult(status='not run', elapsed=elapsed,
+                              description=f_notrun.read_text().strip())
+
+        casenotrun = None
+        if f_casenotrun.exists():
+            casenotrun = f_casenotrun.read_text()
+
+        diff = file_diff(str(f_reference), str(f_bad))
+        if diff:
+            return TestResult(status='fail', elapsed=elapsed,
+                              description='output mismatch (see {f_bad})',
+                              diff=diff, casenotrun=casenotrun)
+        else:
+            f_bad.unlink()
+            self.last_elapsed.update(test, elapsed)
+            return TestResult(status='pass', elapsed=elapsed,
+                              casenotrun=casenotrun)
+
+    def run_test(self, test: str,
+                 test_field_width: Optional[int] = None) -> TestResult:
+        last_el = self.last_elapsed.get(test)
+        start = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')
+
+        self.test_print_one_line(test=test, starttime=start, lasttime=last_el,
+                                 end='\r', test_field_width=test_field_width)
+
+        res = self.do_run_test(test)
+
+        end = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')
+        self.test_print_one_line(test=test, status=res.status,
+                                 starttime=start, endtime=end,
+                                 lasttime=last_el, thistime=res.elapsed,
+                                 description=res.description,
+                                 test_field_width=test_field_width)
+
+        if res.casenotrun:
+            print(res.casenotrun)
+
+        return res
+
+    def run_tests(self, tests: List[str]) -> None:
+        n_run = 0
+        failed = []
+        notrun = []
+        casenotrun = []
+
+        if not self.makecheck:
+            self.env.print_env()
+            print()
+
+        test_field_width = max(len(os.path.basename(t)) for t in tests) + 2
+
+        for t in tests:
+            name = os.path.basename(t)
+            res = self.run_test(t, test_field_width=test_field_width)
+
+            assert res.status in ('pass', 'fail', 'not run')
+
+            if res.casenotrun:
+                casenotrun.append(t)
+
+            if res.status != 'not run':
+                n_run += 1
+
+            if res.status == 'fail':
+                failed.append(name)
+                if self.makecheck:
+                    self.env.print_env()
+                if res.diff:
+                    print('\n'.join(res.diff))
+            elif res.status == 'not run':
+                notrun.append(name)
+
+        if notrun:
+            print('Not run:', ' '.join(notrun))
+
+        if casenotrun:
+            print('Some cases not run in:', ' '.join(casenotrun))
+
+        if failed:
+            print('Failures:', ' '.join(failed))
+            print(f'Failed {len(failed)} of {n_run} iotests')
+        else:
+            print(f'Passed all {n_run} iotests')
