Re: [PATCH 3/6] Acceptance Tests: use the job work directory for created VMs

[Wainer dos Santos Moschetta]

On 2/11/21 7:01 PM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> The QEMUMachine uses a base temporary directory for all temporary
> needs.  By setting it to the Avocado's workdir, it's possible to
> keep the temporary files during debugging sessions much more
> easily by setting the "--keep-tmp" command line option.
>
> Reference: 
> https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/85.0/api/test/avocado.html#avocado.Test.workdir
> Reference: 
> https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/85.0/config/index.html#run-keep-tmp
> Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
> ---
>   tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

The changes look good to me, so:

Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>

But I got confused, the patch's subject states "use the job work 
directory" while the documentation of `workdir` says it is a "writable 
directory that exists during the entire test execution (...)". In the 
end is it a job or test work directory?

- Wainer

> diff --git a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py 
> b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
> index bf54e419da..b7ab836455 100644
> --- a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
> +++ b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
> @@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ class Test(avocado.Test):
>   
>       def _new_vm(self, *args):
>           self._sd = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="avo_qemu_sock_")
> -        vm = QEMUMachine(self.qemu_bin, sock_dir=self._sd.name)
> +        vm = QEMUMachine(self.qemu_bin, base_temp_dir=self.workdir,
> +                         sock_dir=self._sd.name)
>           if args:
>               vm.add_args(*args)
>           return vm