kvmtool is often used for prototyping new features, and a developer might
not want to install it system-wide. Add a KVMTOOL environment variable to
make it easier for tests to use a binary not in $PATH.
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx>
---
run_tests.sh | 1 +
scripts/arch-run.bash | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index acaaadbb879b..d38954be9093 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The following environment variables are used:
TIMEOUT Timeout duration for the timeout(1) command
CHECK Overwrites the 'check' unit test parameter (see
docs/unittests.txt)
+ KVMTOOL Path to kvmtool binary for ARCH-run
EOF
}
diff --git a/scripts/arch-run.bash b/scripts/arch-run.bash
index 34f633cade01..5d840b72f8cb 100644
--- a/scripts/arch-run.bash
+++ b/scripts/arch-run.bash
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ search_kvmtool_binary ()
{
local kvmtoolcmd kvmtool
- for kvmtoolcmd in lkvm vm lkvm-static; do
+ for kvmtoolcmd in ${KVMTOOL:-lkvm vm lkvm-static}; do
if $kvmtoolcmd --help 2>/dev/null| grep -q 'The most commonly used'; then
kvmtool="$kvmtoolcmd"
break
--
2.47.1
