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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# group: rw quick
+# Exercize QEMU generated ACPI/SMBIOS tables using biosbits,
+# https://biosbits.org/
+#
+# 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/>.
+#
+#
+# Author:
+#  Ani Sinha <ani@anisinha.ca>
+
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name
+# pylint: disable=consider-using-f-string
+
+"""
+This is QEMU ACPI/SMBIOS avocado tests using biosbits.
+Biosbits is available originally at https://biosbits.org/.
+This test uses a fork of the upstream bits and has numerous fixes
+including an upgraded acpica. The fork is located here:
+https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/biosbits-bits .
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tarfile
+import tempfile
+import time
+import zipfile
+from typing import (
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Sequence,
+)
+from avocado import skipIf
+from avocado_qemu import QemuBaseTest
+from qemu.machine import QEMUMachine
+
+class QEMUBitsMachine(QEMUMachine):
+    """
+    A QEMU VM, with isa-debugcon enabled and bits iso passed
+    using -cdrom to QEMU commandline.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self,
+                 binary: str,
+                 args: Sequence[str] = (),
+                 wrapper: Sequence[str] = (),
+                 name: Optional[str] = None,
+                 base_temp_dir: str = "/var/tmp",
+                 debugcon_log: str = "debugcon-log.txt",
+                 debugcon_addr: str = "0x403",
+                 sock_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+                 qmp_timer: Optional[float] = None):
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+
+        if name is None:
+            name = "qemu-bits-%d" % os.getpid()
+        if sock_dir is None:
+            sock_dir = base_temp_dir
+        super().__init__(binary, args, wrapper=wrapper, name=name,
+                         base_temp_dir=base_temp_dir,
+                         sock_dir=sock_dir, qmp_timer=qmp_timer)
+        self.debugcon_log = debugcon_log
+        self.debugcon_addr = debugcon_addr
+        self.base_temp_dir = base_temp_dir
+
+    @property
+    def _base_args(self) -> List[str]:
+        args = super()._base_args
+        args.extend([
+            '-chardev',
+            'file,path=%s,id=debugcon' %os.path.join(self.base_temp_dir,
+                                                     self.debugcon_log),
+            '-device',
+            'isa-debugcon,iobase=%s,chardev=debugcon' %self.debugcon_addr,
+        ])
+        return args
+
+    def base_args(self):
+        """return the base argument to QEMU binary"""
+        return self._base_args
+
+@skipIf(os.getenv('GITLAB_CI'), 'Running on GitLab')
+class AcpiBitsTest(QemuBaseTest):
+    """
+    ACPI and SMBIOS tests using biosbits.
+
+    :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
+    :avocado: tags=acpi
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._vm = None
+        self._workDir = None
+        self._baseDir = None
+
+        # following are some standard configuration constants
+        self._bitsInternalVer = 2020
+        self._bitsCommitHash = 'b972c69d' # commit hash must match
+                                          # the artifact tag below
+        self._bitsTag = "qemu-bits-09272022" # this is the latest bits
+                                             # release as of today.
+        self._bitsArtSHA1Hash = '6915ad4781de0d80d1a099438a4cb4bd9e12df70'
+        self._bitsArtURL = ("https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/"
+                            "biosbits-bits/-/jobs/artifacts/%s/"
+                            "download?job=qemu-bits-build" %self._bitsTag)
+        self._debugcon_addr = '0x403'
+        self._debugcon_log = 'debugcon-log.txt'
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    def copy_bits_config(self):
+        """ copies the bios bits config file into bits.
+        """
+        config_file = 'bits-cfg.txt'
+        bits_config_dir = os.path.join(self._baseDir, 'acpi-bits',
+                                       'bits-config')
+        target_config_dir = os.path.join(self._workDir,
+                                         'bits-%d' %self._bitsInternalVer,
+                                         'boot')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(bits_config_dir))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(target_config_dir))
+        self.assertTrue(os.access(os.path.join(bits_config_dir,
+                                               config_file), os.R_OK))
+        shutil.copy2(os.path.join(bits_config_dir, config_file),
+                     target_config_dir)
+        logging.info('copied config file %s to %s',
+                     config_file, target_config_dir)
+
+    def copy_test_scripts(self):
+        """copies the python test scripts into bits. """
+
+        bits_test_dir = os.path.join(self._baseDir, 'acpi-bits',
+                                     'bits-tests')
+        target_test_dir = os.path.join(self._workDir,
+                                       'bits-%d' %self._bitsInternalVer,
+                                       'boot', 'python')
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(bits_test_dir))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(target_test_dir))
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(bits_test_dir):
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(bits_test_dir, filename)) and \
+               filename.endswith('.py'):
+                shutil.copy2(os.path.join(bits_test_dir, filename),
+                             target_test_dir)
+                logging.info('copied test file %s to %s',
+                             filename, target_test_dir)
+
+                # now remove the pyc test file if it exists, otherwise the
+                # changes in the python test script won't be executed.
+                testfile_pyc = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + '.pyc'
+                if os.access(os.path.join(target_test_dir, testfile_pyc),
+                             os.F_OK):
+                    os.remove(os.path.join(target_test_dir, testfile_pyc))
+                    logging.info('removed compiled file %s',
+                                 os.path.join(target_test_dir, testfile_pyc))
+
+    def fix_mkrescue(self, mkrescue):
+        """ grub-mkrescue is a bash script with two variables, 'prefix' and
+            'libdir'. They must be pointed to the right location so that the
+            iso can be generated appropriately. We point the two variables to
+            the directory where we have extracted our pre-built bits grub
+            tarball.
+        """
+        grub_x86_64_mods = os.path.join(self._workDir, 'grub-inst-x86_64-efi')
+        grub_i386_mods = os.path.join(self._workDir, 'grub-inst')
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(grub_x86_64_mods))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(grub_i386_mods))
+
+        new_script = ""
+        with open(mkrescue, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as filehandle:
+            orig_script = filehandle.read()
+            new_script = re.sub('(^prefix=)(.*)',
+                                r'\1"%s"' %grub_x86_64_mods,
+                                orig_script, flags=re.M)
+            new_script = re.sub('(^libdir=)(.*)', r'\1"%s/lib"' %grub_i386_mods,
+                                new_script, flags=re.M)
+
+        with open(mkrescue, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as filehandle:
+            filehandle.write(new_script)
+
+    def generate_bits_iso(self):
+        """ Uses grub-mkrescue to generate a fresh bits iso with the python
+            test scripts
+        """
+        bits_dir = os.path.join(self._workDir,
+                                'bits-%d' %self._bitsInternalVer)
+        iso_file = os.path.join(self._workDir,
+                                'bits-%d.iso' %self._bitsInternalVer)
+        mkrescue_script = os.path.join(self._workDir,
+                                       'grub-inst-x86_64-efi', 'bin',
+                                       'grub-mkrescue')
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.access(mkrescue_script,
+                                  os.R_OK | os.W_OK | os.X_OK))
+
+        self.fix_mkrescue(mkrescue_script)
+
+        logging.info('calling grub-mkrescue to generate the biosbits iso ...')
+
+        try:
+            if os.getenv('V'):
+                subprocess.check_call([mkrescue_script, '-o',
+                                      iso_file, bits_dir],
+                                      stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+            else:
+                subprocess.check_call([mkrescue_script, '-o',
+                                      iso_file, bits_dir],
+                                      stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                                      stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+        except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            self.skipTest("Error while generating the bits iso. "
+                          "Pass V=1 in the environment to get more details. "
+                          + str(e))
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.access(iso_file, os.R_OK))
+
+        logging.info('iso file %s successfully generated.', iso_file)
+
+    def setUp(self): # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
+        super().setUp('qemu-system-')
+        self._baseDir = os.getenv('AVOCADO_TEST_BASEDIR')
+        # workdir could also be avocado's own workdir in self.workdir.
+        # At present, I prefer to maintain my own working directory in /tmp
+        # since I do not want to mess up with directories maintained by avocado.
+        self._workDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='acpi-bits-',
+                                         suffix='.tmp')
+        logging.info('working dir: %s', self._workDir)
+
+        prebuiltDir = os.path.join(self._workDir, 'prebuilt')
+        if not os.path.isdir(prebuiltDir):
+            os.mkdir(prebuiltDir, mode=0o775)
+
+        bits_zip_file = os.path.join(prebuiltDir, 'bits-%d-%s.zip'
+                                     %(self._bitsInternalVer,
+                                       self._bitsCommitHash))
+        grub_tar_file = os.path.join(prebuiltDir,
+                                     'bits-%d-%s-grub.tar.gz'
+                                     %(self._bitsInternalVer,
+                                       self._bitsCommitHash))
+
+        bitsLocalArtLoc = self.fetch_asset(self._bitsArtURL,
+                                           asset_hash=self._bitsArtSHA1Hash)
+        logging.info("downloaded bits artifacts to %s", bitsLocalArtLoc)
+
+        # extract the bits artifact in the temp working directory
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(bitsLocalArtLoc, 'r') as zref:
+            zref.extractall(prebuiltDir)
+
+        # extract the bits software in the temp working directory
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(bits_zip_file, 'r') as zref:
+            zref.extractall(self._workDir)
+
+        with tarfile.open(grub_tar_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as tarball:
+            tarball.extractall(self._workDir)
+
+        self.copy_test_scripts()
+        self.copy_bits_config()
+        self.generate_bits_iso()
+
+    def parse_log(self):
+        """parse the log generated by running bits tests and
+           check for failures.
+        """
+        debugconf = os.path.join(self._workDir, self._debugcon_log)
+        log = ""
+        with open(debugconf, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as filehandle:
+            log = filehandle.read()
+
+        if os.getenv('V'):
+            print('\nlogs from biosbits follows:')
+            print('==========================================\n')
+            print(log)
+            print('==========================================\n')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """
+           Lets do some cleanups.
+        """
+        if self._vm:
+            self.assertFalse(not self._vm.is_running)
+        logging.info('removing the work directory %s', self._workDir)
+        shutil.rmtree(self._workDir)
+        super().tearDown()
+
+    def test_acpi_smbios_bits(self):
+        """The main test case implementaion."""
+
+        iso_file = os.path.join(self._workDir,
+                                'bits-%d.iso' %self._bitsInternalVer)
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.access(iso_file, os.R_OK))
+
+        self._vm = QEMUBitsMachine(binary=self.qemu_bin,
+                                   base_temp_dir=self._workDir,
+                                   debugcon_log=self._debugcon_log,
+                                   debugcon_addr=self._debugcon_addr)
+
+        self._vm.add_args('-cdrom', '%s' %iso_file)
+
+        args = " ".join(str(arg) for arg in self._vm.base_args()) + \
+            " " + " ".join(str(arg) for arg in self._vm.args)
+
+        logging.info("launching QEMU vm with the following arguments: %s",
+                     args)
+
+        self._vm.launch()
+        # biosbits has been configured to run all the specified test suites
+        # in batch mode and then automatically initiate a vm shutdown.
+        # sleep for maximum of one minute
+        max_sleep_time = time.monotonic() + 60
+        while self._vm.is_running() and time.monotonic() < max_sleep_time:
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+        self.assertFalse(time.monotonic() > max_sleep_time,
+                         'The VM seems to have failed to shutdown in time')
+
+        self.parse_log()
