@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ check-help:
@echo " $(MAKE) check-block Run block tests"
@echo " $(MAKE) check-tcg Run TCG tests"
@echo " $(MAKE) check-report.html Generates an HTML test report"
+ @echo " $(MAKE) check-venv Creates a Python venv for tests"
@echo " $(MAKE) check-clean Clean the tests"
@echo
@echo "Please note that HTML reports do not regenerate if the unit tests"
@@ -1017,6 +1018,30 @@ check-decodetree:
./check.sh "$(PYTHON)" "$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/decodetree.py", \
TEST, decodetree.py)
+# Python venv for running tests
+
+.PHONY: check-venv
+
+TESTS_VENV_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/tests/venv
+TESTS_VENV_REQ=$(SRC_PATH)/tests/venv-requirements.txt
+
+PYTHON_VER := $(findstring Python 3,$(shell $(PYTHON) -V))
+ifeq ($(PYTHON_VER),Python 3)
+$(TESTS_VENV_DIR): $(TESTS_VENV_REQ)
+ $(call quiet-command, \
+ $(PYTHON) -m venv --system-site-packages $@, \
+ VENV, $@)
+ $(call quiet-command, \
+ $(TESTS_VENV_DIR)/bin/python -m pip -q install -r $(TESTS_VENV_REQ), \
+ PIP, $(TESTS_VENV_REQ))
+ $(call quiet-command, touch $@)
+else
+$(TESTS_VENV_DIR):
+ $(error "venv directory for tests requires Python 3")
+endif
+
+check-venv: $(TESTS_VENV_DIR)
+
# Consolidated targets
.PHONY: check-qapi-schema check-qtest check-unit check check-clean
@@ -1030,6 +1055,7 @@ check-clean:
rm -rf $(check-unit-y) tests/*.o $(QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-y)
rm -rf $(sort $(foreach target,$(SYSEMU_TARGET_LIST), $(check-qtest-$(target)-y)) $(check-qtest-generic-y))
rm -f tests/test-qapi-gen-timestamp
+ rm -rf $(TESTS_VENV_DIR)
clean: check-clean
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Add Python module requirements, one per line, to be installed
+# in the tests/venv Python virtual environment. For more info,
+# refer to: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#id1