@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
+ def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message,
+ failure_message='Kernel panic - not syncing'):
+ """
+ Waits for messages to appear on the console, while logging the content
+
+ :param success_message: if this message appears, test succeeds
+ :param failure_message: if this message appears, test fails
+ """
+ console = self.vm.console_socket.makefile()
+ console_logger = logging.getLogger('console')
+ while True:
+ msg = console.readline()
+ console_logger.debug(msg.strip())
+ if success_message in msg:
+ break
+ if failure_message in msg:
+ fail = 'Failure message found in console: %s' % failure_message
+ self.fail(fail)
+
def test_x86_64_pc(self):
"""
:avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
@@ -41,12 +60,5 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
'-append', kernel_command_line)
self.vm.launch()
- console = self.vm.console_socket.makefile()
- console_logger = logging.getLogger('console')
- while True:
- msg = console.readline()
- console_logger.debug(msg.strip())
- if 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line in msg:
- break
- if 'Kernel panic - not syncing' in msg:
- self.fail("Kernel panic reached")
+ console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
+ self.wait_for_console_pattern(console_pattern)