Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/12] iotests: add testing shim for script-style python tests

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

On 6/20/19 1:26 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> On 20.06.19 19:09, Max Reitz wrote:
>> On 20.06.19 03:03, John Snow wrote:
>>> Because the new-style python tests don't use the iotests.main() test
>>> launcher, we don't turn on the debugger logging for these scripts
>>> when invoked via ./check -d.
>>>
>>> Refactor the launcher shim into new and old style shims so that they
>>> share environmental configuration.
>>>
>>> Two cleanup notes: debug was not actually used as a global, and there
>>> was no reason to create a class in an inner scope just to achieve
>>> default variables; we can simply create an instance of the runner with
>>> the values we want instead.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> I don’t quite get how script_main() works (yes, both my Pythonfu and my
>> Googlefu are that bad), but it works and looks good, so have a
> 
> Oh, it doesn’t work (well, not automagically).  I just assumed seeing
> the log output means it’s working.  Seeing that the test needs to call
> iotests.script_main() explicitly does clear up my confusion.
> 
> All OK with me.
> 
> Max
> 

Yes. I should convert the others to opt-in to the new format so that
copy-paste in the future will get us the right paradigm.

Tests just need to be refactored to have a single point of entry so it
can be passed as a closure to the test runner.

If this seems like a good change I will do that as a follow-up series
with only the churn.

--js