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[1/7] tests/functional/qemu_test: Add a function for launching kernels more easily

Message ID 20240919185749.71222-2-thuth@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series tests/functional: Convert the advent calendar tests | expand

Commit Message

Thomas Huth Sept. 19, 2024, 6:57 p.m. UTC 
The task for launching a kernel is quite repetitive: Set the serial
console, set the -kernel and maybe -initrd and -dtb parameters,
launch the VM and then wait for the expected console output. So
it's easier in some tests to provide these steps via a separate
function.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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 tests/functional/qemu_test/linuxkernel.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/linuxkernel.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/linuxkernel.py
index fdd5307629..2b5b9a5fda 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/linuxkernel.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/linuxkernel.py
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@  def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message, vm=None):
                                  failure_message='Kernel panic - not syncing',
                                  vm=vm)
 
+    def launch_kernel(self, kernel, initrd=None, dtb=None, console_index=0,
+                      wait_for=None):
+        self.vm.set_console(console_index=console_index)
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel)
+        if initrd:
+                self.vm.add_args('-initrd', initrd)
+        if dtb:
+                self.vm.add_args('-dtb', dtb)
+        self.vm.launch()
+        if wait_for:
+                self.wait_for_console_pattern(wait_for)
+
     def extract_from_deb(self, deb_path, path):
         """
         Extracts a file from a deb package into the test workdir