Re: [Autotest] [PATCH 12/19] KVM test: Add new module kvm_test_utils.py

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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:58:01AM +0300, Uri Lublin wrote:
> On 09/14/2009 08:26 AM, Yolkfull Chow wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:12:05PM +0300, Michael Goldish wrote:
>>> This module is meant to reduce code size by performing common test procedures.
>>> Generally, code here should look like test code.
>
>>> +def wait_for_login(vm, nic_index=0, timeout=240):
>>> +    """
>>> +    Try logging into a VM repeatedly.  Stop on success or when timeout expires.
>>> +
>>> +    @param vm: VM object.
>>> +    @param nic_index: Index of NIC to access in the VM.
>>> +    @param timeout: Time to wait before giving up.
>>> +    @return: A shell session object.
>>> +    """
>>> +    logging.info("Waiting for guest to be up...")
>>> +    session = kvm_utils.wait_for(lambda: vm.remote_login(nic_index=nic_index),
>>> +                                 timeout, 0, 2)
>>> +    if not session:
>>> +        raise error.TestFail("Could not log into guest")
>>
>> Hi Michael, I think we should also add a parameter 'vm_name' for
>> wait_for_login(). On the assumption that we boot more than one VMs, it's
>> hard to know which guest failed to login according to message above.
>> What do you think? :-)
>>
>
> The VM object ("vm" parameter) "knows" its own name.
> It is a good idea to add that name to log/error messages, since we do 
> want to run different tests (VMs) in parallel (although the logs should 
> be also saved in different directories/files).
>

Yes, I did ignore that we could use 'vm.name'
instead of adding a parameter for wait_for_login(). Therefore those
log/error messages could be added something like this:

if not session:
    raise error.TestFail("Could not log into guest %s" vm.name)

Thanks for pointing out that. :-)

> Regards,
>     Uri.

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