[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 14/18] run_tests: Add KVMTOOL environment variable for kvmtool binary path

[Andrew Jones]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 04:43:12PM +0000, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> 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 at arm.com>
> ---
>  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

Let's had the help text that search_qemu_binary() has with this patch
pointing out that a binary can be specified with KVMTOOL.

Thanks,
drew

> -- 
> 2.47.1
> 
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