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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# rt-mutex tester
+#
+# (C) 2006 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+import os
+import sys
+import getopt
+import shutil
+import string
+
+# Globals
+quiet = 0
+test = 0
+comments = 0
+
+sysfsprefix = "/sys/devices/system/rttest/rttest"
+statusfile = "/status"
+commandfile = "/command"
+
+# Command opcodes
+cmd_opcodes = {
+    "schedother"    : "1",
+    "schedfifo"     : "2",
+    "lock"          : "3",
+    "locknowait"    : "4",
+    "lockint"       : "5",
+    "lockintnowait" : "6",
+    "lockcont"      : "7",
+    "unlock"        : "8",
+    "lockbkl"       : "9",
+    "unlockbkl"     : "10",
+    "signal"        : "11",
+    "resetevent"    : "98",
+    "reset"         : "99",
+    }
+
+test_opcodes = {
+    "prioeq"        : ["P" , "eq" , None],
+    "priolt"        : ["P" , "lt" , None],
+    "priogt"        : ["P" , "gt" , None],
+    "nprioeq"       : ["N" , "eq" , None],
+    "npriolt"       : ["N" , "lt" , None],
+    "npriogt"       : ["N" , "gt" , None],
+    "unlocked"      : ["M" , "eq" , 0],
+    "trylock"       : ["M" , "eq" , 1],
+    "blocked"       : ["M" , "eq" , 2],
+    "blockedwake"   : ["M" , "eq" , 3],
+    "locked"        : ["M" , "eq" , 4],
+    "opcodeeq"      : ["O" , "eq" , None],
+    "opcodelt"      : ["O" , "lt" , None],
+    "opcodegt"      : ["O" , "gt" , None],
+    "eventeq"       : ["E" , "eq" , None],
+    "eventlt"       : ["E" , "lt" , None],
+    "eventgt"       : ["E" , "gt" , None],
+    }
+
+# Print usage information
+def usage():
+    print "rt-tester.py <-c -h -q -t> <testfile>"
+    print " -c    display comments after first command"
+    print " -h    help"
+    print " -q    quiet mode"
+    print " -t    test mode (syntax check)"
+    print " testfile: read test specification from testfile"
+    print " otherwise from stdin"
+    return
+
+# Print progress when not in quiet mode
+def progress(str):
+    if not quiet:
+        print str
+
+# Analyse a status value
+def analyse(val, top, arg):
+
+    intval = int(val)
+
+    if top[0] == "M":
+        intval = intval / (10 ** int(arg))
+	intval = intval % 10
+        argval = top[2]
+    elif top[0] == "O":
+        argval = int(cmd_opcodes.get(arg, arg))
+    else:
+        argval = int(arg)
+
+    # progress("%d %s %d" %(intval, top[1], argval))
+
+    if top[1] == "eq" and intval == argval:
+	return 1
+    if top[1] == "lt" and intval < argval:
+        return 1
+    if top[1] == "gt" and intval > argval:
+	return 1
+    return 0
+
+# Parse the commandline
+try:
+    (options, arguments) = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],'chqt')
+except getopt.GetoptError, ex:
+    usage()
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Parse commandline options
+for option, value in options:
+    if option == "-c":
+        comments = 1
+    elif option == "-q":
+        quiet = 1
+    elif option == "-t":
+        test = 1
+    elif option == '-h':
+        usage()
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+# Select the input source
+if arguments:
+    try:
+        fd = open(arguments[0])
+    except Exception,ex:
+        sys.stderr.write("File not found %s\n" %(arguments[0]))
+        sys.exit(1)
+else:
+    fd = sys.stdin
+
+linenr = 0
+
+# Read the test patterns
+while 1:
+
+    linenr = linenr + 1
+    line = fd.readline()
+    if not len(line):
+        break
+
+    line = line.strip()
+    parts = line.split(":")
+
+    if not parts or len(parts) < 1:
+        continue
+
+    if len(parts[0]) == 0:
+        continue
+
+    if parts[0].startswith("#"):
+	if comments > 1:
+	    progress(line)
+	continue
+
+    if comments == 1:
+	comments = 2
+
+    progress(line)
+
+    cmd = parts[0].strip().lower()
+    opc = parts[1].strip().lower()
+    tid = parts[2].strip()
+    dat = parts[3].strip()
+
+    try:
+        # Test or wait for a status value
+        if cmd == "t" or cmd == "w":
+            testop = test_opcodes[opc]
+
+            fname = "%s%s%s" %(sysfsprefix, tid, statusfile)
+            if test:
+		print fname
+                continue
+
+            while 1:
+                query = 1
+                fsta = open(fname, 'r')
+                status = fsta.readline().strip()
+                fsta.close()
+                stat = status.split(",")
+                for s in stat:
+		    s = s.strip()
+                    if s.startswith(testop[0]):
+                        # Seperate status value
+                        val = s[2:].strip()
+                        query = analyse(val, testop, dat)
+                        break
+                if query or cmd == "t":
+                    break
+
+            progress("   " + status)
+
+            if not query:
+                sys.stderr.write("Test failed in line %d\n" %(linenr))
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Issue a command to the tester
+        elif cmd == "c":
+            cmdnr = cmd_opcodes[opc]
+            # Build command string and sys filename
+            cmdstr = "%s:%s" %(cmdnr, dat)
+            fname = "%s%s%s" %(sysfsprefix, tid, commandfile)
+            if test:
+		print fname
+                continue
+            fcmd = open(fname, 'w')
+            fcmd.write(cmdstr)
+            fcmd.close()
+
+    except Exception,ex:
+    	sys.stderr.write(str(ex))
+        sys.stderr.write("\nSyntax error in line %d\n" %(linenr))
+        if not test:
+            fd.close()
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+# Normal exit pass
+print "Pass"
+sys.exit(0)
+
+