CSIT-1135: Scripts for VPP per-patch testing

+ Scripts do not rely on (other) bootstraps.
+ Perf verify bootstrap is also the new style sript now.
+ Scripts are divided to functions for better re-use.
+ Functions are sourced from small number of large "library" files.
- Still using jumpavg from pipy.
- Perpatch has specific simplified parsing (instead of the PAL one).
- Bash style document is in a separate Change.

Change-Id: If88fa528ce155ea86b614e3d77c0550b91bbdf11
Signed-off-by: Vratko Polak <vrpolak@cisco.com>

10 files changed, 1413 insertions, 396 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap-verify-perf.sh b/bootstrap-verify-perf.sh
index c72d6ec7dd..afcfd1eca9 100755
--- a/bootstrap-verify-perf.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-verify-perf.sh
@@ -12,400 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -xo pipefail
+set -exuo pipefail
 
-# FUNCTIONS
-function warn () {
-    # Prints the message to standard error.
-    echo "$@" >&2
-}
-
-function die () {
-    # Prints the message to standard error end exit with error code specified
-    # by first argument.
-    status="$1"
-    shift
-    warn "$@"
-    exit "$status"
-}
-
-function help () {
-    # Displays help message.
-    die 1 "Usage: `basename $0` csit-[dpdk|vpp|ligato]-[2n-skx|3n-skx|3n-hsw]"
-}
-
-function cancel_all () {
-    # Trap function to get into consistent state.
-    python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/topo_cleanup.py -t $1 || {
-        die 1 "Failure during execution of topology cleanup script!"
-    }
-    python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/topo_reservation.py -c -t $1 || {
-        die 1 "Failure during execution of topology un-reservation script!"
-    }
-}
-
-# VARIABLES
-# Space separated list of available testbeds, described by topology files
-TOPOLOGIES_3N_HSW=(topologies/available/lf_3n_hsw_testbed1.yaml
-                   topologies/available/lf_3n_hsw_testbed2.yaml
-                   topologies/available/lf_3n_hsw_testbed3.yaml)
-TOPOLOGIES_2N_SKX=(topologies/available/lf_2n_skx_testbed21.yaml
-                   topologies/available/lf_2n_skx_testbed24.yaml)
-TOPOLOGIES_3N_SKX=(topologies/available/lf_3n_skx_testbed31.yaml
-                   topologies/available/lf_3n_skx_testbed32.yaml)
-
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-export PYTHONPATH=${SCRIPT_DIR}
-
-RESERVATION_DIR="/tmp/reservation_dir"
-DOWNLOAD_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/download_dir"
-ARCHIVE_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/archive"
-
-mkdir -p ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} || {
-    die 1 "Failed to create download dir!"
-}
-mkdir -p ${ARCHIVE_DIR} || {
-    die 1 "Failed to create archive dir!"
-}
-
-# Get test code.
-TEST_CODE=${JOB_NAME-}
-if [[ -z ${TEST_CODE} ]]; then
-    TEST_CODE=${1}
-    shift
-fi
-
-# TOPOLOGY SELECTION
-case "$TEST_CODE" in
-    *2n-skx*)
-        TOPOLOGIES=${TOPOLOGIES_2N_SKX[@]}
-        TOPOLOGIES_TAGS="2_node_*_link_topo"
-        ;;
-    *3n-skx*)
-        TOPOLOGIES=${TOPOLOGIES_3N_SKX[@]}
-        TOPOLOGIES_TAGS="3_node_*_link_topo"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        # Fallback to 3-node Haswell by default (backward compatibility)
-        TOPOLOGIES=${TOPOLOGIES_3N_HSW[@]}
-        TOPOLOGIES_TAGS="3_node_*_link_topo"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-if [[ -z "${TOPOLOGIES}" ]]; then
-    die 1 "No applicable topology found!"
-fi
-
-cd ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-case "$TEST_CODE" in
-    *hc2vpp*)
-        DUT="hc2vpp"
-        ;;
-    *vpp*)
-        DUT="vpp"
-
-        case "$TEST_CODE" in
-            csit-vpp-*)
-                # Use downloaded packages with specific version
-                if [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *daily* ]] || \
-                   [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *weekly* ]] || \
-                   [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *timed* ]];
-                then
-                    echo Downloading latest VPP packages from NEXUS...
-                    bash ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/download_install_vpp_pkgs.sh \
-                        --skip-install || {
-                        die 1 "Failed to get VPP packages!"
-                    }
-                else
-                    echo Downloading VPP packages of specific version from NEXUS...
-                    DPDK_STABLE_VER=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/DPDK_STABLE_VER)
-                    VPP_STABLE_VER=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/VPP_STABLE_VER_UBUNTU)
-                    bash ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/download_install_vpp_pkgs.sh \
-                        --skip-install --vpp ${VPP_STABLE_VER} --dkms ${DPDK_STABLE_VER} || {
-                        die 1 "Failed to get VPP packages!"
-                    }
-                fi
-                ;;
-            vpp-csit-*)
-                # Use local built packages.
-                mv ../${DUT}*.deb ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/
-                ;;
-            *)
-                die 1 "Unable to identify job type from: ${TEST_CODE}!"
-                ;;
-        esac
-        ;;
-    *ligato*)
-        DUT="kubernetes"
-
-        case "$TEST_CODE" in
-            csit-*)
-                # Use downloaded packages with specific version
-                if [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *daily* ]] || \
-                   [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *weekly* ]] || \
-                   [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *timed* ]];
-                then
-                    echo Downloading latest VPP packages from NEXUS...
-                    bash ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/download_install_vpp_pkgs.sh \
-                        --skip-install || {
-                        die 1 "Failed to get VPP packages!"
-                    }
-                else
-                    echo Downloading VPP packages of specific version from NEXUS...
-                    DPDK_STABLE_VER=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/DPDK_STABLE_VER)
-                    VPP_STABLE_VER=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/VPP_STABLE_VER_UBUNTU)
-                    bash ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/download_install_vpp_pkgs.sh \
-                        --skip-install --vpp ${VPP_STABLE_VER} --dkms ${DPDK_STABLE_VER} || {
-                        die 1 "Failed to get VPP packages!"
-                    }
-                fi
-                ;;
-            vpp-csit-*)
-                # Use local builded packages.
-                mv ../${DUT}*.deb ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/
-                ;;
-            *)
-                die 1 "Unable to identify job type from: ${TEST_CODE}!"
-                ;;
-        esac
-        # Extract VPP API to specific folder
-        dpkg -x ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/vpp_*.deb /tmp/vpp || {
-            die 1 "Failed to extract ${DUT} package!"
-        }
-
-        LIGATO_REPO_URL="https://github.com/ligato/"
-        VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER)
-        DOCKER_DEB="docker-ce_18.03.0~ce-0~ubuntu_amd64.deb"
-
-        # Clone & checkout stable vnf-agent
-        cd ../..
-        git clone -b ${VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER} --single-branch \
-            ${LIGATO_REPO_URL}/vpp-agent vpp-agent || {
-            die 1 "Failed to run: git clone ${LIGATO_REPO_URL}/vpp-agent!"
-        }
-        cd vpp-agent
-
-        # Install Docker
-        wget -q https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/xenial/pool/stable/amd64/${DOCKER_DEB} || {
-            die 1 "Failed to download Docker package!"
-        }
-
-        sudo dpkg -i ${DOCKER_DEB} || {
-            die 1 "Failed to install Docker!"
-        }
-
-        # Pull ligato/dev_vpp_agent docker image and re-tag as local
-        sudo docker pull ligato/dev-vpp-agent:${VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER} || {
-            die 1 "Failed to pull Docker image!"
-        }
-
-        sudo docker tag ligato/dev-vpp-agent:${VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER}\
-            dev_vpp_agent:latest || {
-            die 1 "Failed to tag Docker image!"
-        }
-
-        # Start dev_vpp_agent container as daemon
-        sudo docker run --rm -itd --name agentcnt dev_vpp_agent bash || {
-            die 1 "Failed to run Docker image!"
-        }
-
-        # Copy latest vpp api into running container
-        sudo docker cp /tmp/vpp/usr/share/vpp/api agentcnt:/usr/share/vpp || {
-            die 1 "Failed to copy files Docker image!"
-        }
-
-        for f in ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/*; do
-            sudo docker cp $f agentcnt:/opt/vpp-agent/dev/vpp/build-root/ || {
-                die 1 "Failed to copy files Docker image!"
-            }
-        done
-
-        # Recompile vpp-agent
-        sudo docker exec -i agentcnt \
-            script -qec '. ~/.bashrc; cd /go/src/github.com/ligato/vpp-agent && make generate && make install' || {
-            die 1 "Failed to build vpp-agent in Docker image!"
-        }
-        # Save container state
-        sudo docker commit `sudo docker ps -q` dev_vpp_agent:latest || {
-            die 1 "Failed to commit state of Docker image!"
-        }
-
-        # Build prod_vpp_agent docker image
-        cd docker/prod/ &&\
-            sudo docker build --tag prod_vpp_agent --no-cache . || {
-                die 1 "Failed to build Docker image!"
-            }
-        # Export Docker image
-        sudo docker save prod_vpp_agent | gzip > prod_vpp_agent.tar.gz || {
-            die 1 "Failed to save Docker image!"
-        }
-        DOCKER_IMAGE="$( readlink -f prod_vpp_agent.tar.gz | tr '\n' ' ' )"
-        rm -r ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/vpp*
-        mv ${DOCKER_IMAGE} ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/
-        ;;
-    *dpdk*)
-        DUT="dpdk"
-
-        DPDK_REPO='https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/'
-        # Use downloaded packages with specific version
-        if [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *daily* ]] || \
-           [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *weekly* ]] || \
-           [[ "$TEST_CODE" == *timed* ]];
-        then
-            echo "Downloading latest DPDK packages from repo..."
-            DPDK_STABLE_VER=$(wget --no-check-certificate --quiet -O - ${DPDK_REPO} | \
-                grep -v '2015' | grep -Eo 'dpdk-[^\"]+xz' | tail -1)
-        else
-            echo "Downloading DPDK packages of specific version from repo..."
-            DPDK_STABLE_VER='dpdk-18.05.tar.xz'
-        fi
-        if [[ ! -f ${DPDK_STABLE_VER} ]]; then
-            wget --no-check-certificate ${DPDK_REPO}${DPDK_STABLE_VER} || {
-                die 1 "Failed to get DPDK package from ${DPDK_REPO}!"
-            }
-        fi
-        ;;
-    *)
-        die 1 "Unable to identify DUT type from: ${TEST_CODE}!"
-        ;;
-esac
-cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}
-
-if [[ ! "$(ls -A ${DOWNLOAD_DIR})" ]]; then
-    die 1 "No artifacts downloaded!"
-fi
-
-# ENVIRONMENT PREPARATION
-rm -rf env
-
-pip install virtualenv || {
-    die 1 "Failed to install virtual env!"
-}
-virtualenv --system-site-packages env || {
-    die 1 "Failed to create virtual env!"
-}
-source env/bin/activate || {
-    die 1 "Failed to activate virtual env!"
-}
-pip install -r requirements.txt || {
-    die 1 "Failed to install requirements to virtual env!"
-}
-
-# We iterate over available topologies and wait until we reserve topology.
-while :; do
-    for TOPOLOGY in ${TOPOLOGIES};
-    do
-        python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/topo_reservation.py -t ${TOPOLOGY}
-        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            WORKING_TOPOLOGY=${TOPOLOGY}
-            echo "Reserved: ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}"
-            # On script exit we clean testbed.
-            trap "cancel_all ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}" EXIT
-            break
-        fi
-    done
-
-    if [ -n "${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}" ]; then
-        # Exit the infinite while loop if we made a reservation.
-        break
-    fi
-
-    # Wait ~3minutes before next try.
-    SLEEP_TIME=$[ ( $RANDOM % 20 ) + 180 ]s
-    echo "Sleeping ${SLEEP_TIME}"
-    sleep ${SLEEP_TIME}
-done
-
-# Clean testbed before execution.
-python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/topo_cleanup.py -t ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY} || {
-    die 1 "Failed to cleanup topologies!"
-}
-
-# CSIT EXECUTION
-PYBOT_ARGS="--outputdir ${ARCHIVE_DIR} --loglevel TRACE --variable TOPOLOGY_PATH:${WORKING_TOPOLOGY} --suite tests.${DUT}.perf"
-
-# NIC SELECTION
-# All topologies NICs
-TOPOLOGIES_NICS=($(grep -hoPR "model: \K.*" topologies/available/* | sort -u))
-# Selected topology NICs
-TOPOLOGY_NICS=($(grep -hoPR "model: \K.*" ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY} | sort -u))
-# All topologies NICs - Selected topology NICs
-EXCLUDE_NICS=($(comm -13 <(printf '%s\n' "${TOPOLOGY_NICS[@]}") <(printf '%s\n' "${TOPOLOGIES_NICS[@]}")))
-
-case "$TEST_CODE" in
-    # Select specific performance tests based on jenkins job type variable.
-    *ndrpdr-weekly* )
-        TEST_TAG_ARRAY=(ndrpdrAND64bAND1c
-                        ndrpdrAND78bAND1c)
-        ;;
-    *mrr-daily* | *mrr-weekly* )
-        TEST_TAG_ARRAY=(mrrAND64bAND1c
-                        mrrAND64bAND2c
-                        mrrAND64bAND4c
-                        mrrAND78bAND1c
-                        mrrAND78bAND2c
-                        mrrAND78bAND4c
-                        mrrANDimixAND1cANDvhost
-                        mrrANDimixAND2cANDvhost
-                        mrrANDimixAND4cANDvhost
-                        mrrANDimixAND1cANDmemif
-                        mrrANDimixAND2cANDmemif
-                        mrrANDimixAND4cANDmemif)
-        ;;
-    * )
-        if [[ -z "$TEST_TAG_STRING" ]]; then
-            # If nothing is specified, we will run pre-selected tests by
-            # following tags. Items of array will be concatenated by OR in Robot
-            # Framework.
-            TEST_TAG_ARRAY=(mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND64bANDip4base
-                            mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND78bANDip6base
-                            mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND64bANDl2bdbase)
-        else
-            # If trigger contains tags, split them into array.
-            TEST_TAG_ARRAY=(${TEST_TAG_STRING//:/ })
-        fi
-        ;;
-esac
-
-# We will add excluded NICs.
-TEST_TAG_ARRAY+=("${EXCLUDE_NICS[@]/#/!NIC_}")
-
-TAGS=()
-
-# We will prefix with perftest to prevent running other tests (e.g. Functional).
-prefix="perftestAND"
-if [[ ${TEST_CODE} == vpp-* ]]; then
-    # Automatic prefixing for VPP jobs to limit the NIC used and
-    # traffic evaluation to MRR.
-    prefix="${prefix}mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND"
-fi
-for TAG in "${TEST_TAG_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    if [[ ${TAG} == "!"* ]]; then
-        # Exclude tags are not prefixed.
-        TAGS+=("${TAG}")
-    else
-        TAGS+=("$prefix${TAG}")
-    fi
-done
-
-# Catenate TAG selections
-EXPANDED_TAGS=()
-for TAG in "${TAGS[@]}"; do
-    if [[ ${TAG} == "!"* ]]; then
-        EXPANDED_TAGS+=(" --exclude ${TAG#$"!"} ")
-    else
-        EXPANDED_TAGS+=(" --include ${TOPOLOGIES_TAGS}AND${TAG} ")
-    fi
-done
-
-# Execute the test
-pybot ${PYBOT_ARGS}${EXPANDED_TAGS[@]} tests/
-RETURN_STATUS=$(echo $?)
-
-# We will create additional archive if workspace variable is set. This way if
-# script is running in jenkins all will be automatically archived to logs.fd.io.
-if [[ -n ${WORKSPACE-} ]]; then
-    cp -r ${ARCHIVE_DIR}/ $WORKSPACE/archives/
-fi
-
-exit ${RETURN_STATUS}
+# TODO: Delete this file, perhaps replacing it with a symlink.
+here=$(dirname $(readlink -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
+source "${here}/resources/libraries/bash/entry/bootstrap_verify_perf.sh"
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/entry/README.txt b/resources/libraries/bash/entry/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f6cf522bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/entry/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Scripts in this directory are to be executed (or sourced)
+directly from Jenkins executor (or manually by user when testing locally),
+as opposed to indirectly from other CSIT scripts (or from Robot).
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/entry/bootstrap_verify_perf.sh b/resources/libraries/bash/entry/bootstrap_verify_perf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74edc4cea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/entry/bootstrap_verify_perf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+# Assumptions:
+# + There is a directory holding CSIT code to use (this script is there).
+# + At least one of the following is true:
+# ++ JOB_NAME environment variable is set,
+# ++ or this entry script has access to arguments.
+# Consequences (and specific assumptions) are multiple,
+# examine tree of functions for current description.
+
+# FIXME: Define API contract (as opposed to just help) for bootstrap.
+
+# "set -eu" handles failures from the following two lines.
+BASH_ENTRY_DIR="$(dirname $(readlink -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))"
+BASH_FUNCTION_DIR="$(readlink -e "${BASH_ENTRY_DIR}/../function")"
+source "${BASH_FUNCTION_DIR}/common.sh" || {
+    echo "Source failed." >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+source "${BASH_FUNCTION_DIR}/gather.sh" || die "Source failed."
+common_dirs || die
+get_test_tag_string || die
+get_test_code "${1-}" || die
+select_topology || die
+gather_build || die
+check_download_dir || die
+activate_virtualenv "${CSIT_DIR}" || die
+reserve_testbed || die
+select_tags || die
+compose_pybot_arguments || die
+run_pybot || die
+untrap_and_unreserve_testbed || die
+copy_archives || die
+die_on_pybot_error || die
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/entry/per_patch_perf.sh b/resources/libraries/bash/entry/per_patch_perf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f438a9abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/entry/per_patch_perf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+# Assumptions:
+# + There is a directory holding VPP repo with patch under test checked out.
+# + It contains csit subdirectory with CSIT code to use (this script is there).
+# + Everything needed to build VPP is already installed locally.
+# Consequences:
+# + At the end, VPP repo has parent commit checked out and built.
+# + Directories build_root, dpdk and csit are reset during the run.
+# + The following directories (relative to VPP repo) are (re)created:
+# ++ csit_new, csit_parent, build_new, build_parent,
+# ++ archive, csit/archive, csit_download_dir.
+# This entry script currently does not need any environment variable set.
+
+# TODO: Implement some kind of VPP build caching.
+
+# "set -eu" handles failures from the following two lines.
+BASH_ENTRY_DIR="$(dirname $(readlink -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))"
+BASH_FUNCTION_DIR="$(readlink -e "${BASH_ENTRY_DIR}/../function")"
+source "${BASH_FUNCTION_DIR}/common.sh" || {
+    echo "Source failed." >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+source "${BASH_FUNCTION_DIR}/per_patch.sh" || die "Source failed."
+common_dirs || die
+set_perpatch_vpp_dir || die
+build_vpp_ubuntu_amd64 "NEW" || die
+prepare_build_parent || die
+build_vpp_ubuntu_amd64 "PARENT" || die
+prepare_test_new || die
+## Replace previous 4 lines with this to speed up testing.
+#download_builds "REPLACE_WITH_URL" || die
+get_test_tag_string || die
+get_test_code "${1-}" || die
+set_perpatch_dut || die
+select_topology || die
+activate_virtualenv "${VPP_DIR}" || die
+reserve_testbed || die
+select_tags || die
+compose_pybot_arguments || die
+check_download_dir || die
+run_pybot "10" || die
+copy_archives || die
+die_on_pybot_error || die
+prepare_test_parent || die
+check_download_dir || die
+run_pybot "10" || die
+untrap_and_unreserve_testbed || die
+copy_archives || die
+die_on_pybot_error || die
+compare_test_results  # The error code becomes this script's error code.
+# TODO: After merging, make sure archiving works as expected.
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/function/README.txt b/resources/libraries/bash/function/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..055ebb4cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/function/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Files in this directory system are to be executed indirectly,
+sourced from other scripts.
+
+In fact, the files should only define functions,
+except perhaps some minimal logic needed to import dependencies.
+The originating function calls should be executed from elsewhere,
+typically from entry scripts.
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/function/common.sh b/resources/libraries/bash/function/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3a06d497b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/function/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,562 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+# This library defines functions used by multiple entry scripts.
+# Keep functions ordered alphabetically, please.
+
+# TODO: Add a link to bash style guide.
+# TODO: Consider putting every die into a {} block,
+#   the code might become more readable (but longer).
+
+
+function activate_virtualenv () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - Non-empty path to existing directory for creating virtualenv in.
+    # Variables read:
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - ENV_DIR - Path to the created virtualenv subdirectory.
+    # Variables exported:
+    # - PYTHONPATH - CSIT_DIR, as CSIT Python scripts usually need this.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    # TODO: Do we really need to have ENV_DIR available as a global variable?
+
+    if [[ "${1-}" == "" ]]; then
+        die "Root location of virtualenv to create is not specified."
+    fi
+    ENV_DIR="${1}/env"
+    rm -rf "${ENV_DIR}" || die "Failed to clean previous virtualenv."
+
+    pip install --upgrade virtualenv || {
+        die "Virtualenv package install failed."
+    }
+    virtualenv --system-site-packages "${ENV_DIR}" || {
+        die "Virtualenv creation failed."
+    }
+    set +u
+    source "${ENV_DIR}/bin/activate" || die "Virtualenv activation failed."
+    set -u
+    pip install -r "${CSIT_DIR}/requirements.txt" || {
+        die "CSIT requirements installation failed."
+    }
+
+    # Most CSIT Python scripts assume PYTHONPATH is set and exported.
+    export PYTHONPATH="${CSIT_DIR}" || die "Export failed."
+}
+
+
+function check_download_dir () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Fail if there are no files visible in ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}.
+    # TODO: Do we need this as a function, if it is (almost) a one-liner?
+    #
+    # Variables read:
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to directory pybot takes the build to test from.
+    # Directories read:
+    # - ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} - Has to be non-empty to proceed.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    if [[ ! "$(ls -A "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}")" ]]; then
+        die "No artifacts downloaded!"
+    fi
+}
+
+
+function common_dirs () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables set:
+    # - BASH_FUNCTION_DIR - Path to existing directory this file is located in.
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # - TOPOLOGIES_DIR - Path to existing directory with available tpologies.
+    # - RESOURCES_DIR - Path to existing CSIT subdirectory "resources".
+    # - TOOLS_DIR - Path to existing resources subdirectory "tools".
+    # - PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR - Path to existing tools subdirectory "scripts".
+    # - ARCHIVE_DIR - Path to created CSIT subdirectory "archive".
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to created CSIT subdirectory "download_dir".
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    BASH_FUNCTION_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" || {
+        die "Some error during localizing this source directory."
+    }
+    # Current working directory could be in a different repo, e.g. VPP.
+    pushd "${BASH_FUNCTION_DIR}" || die "Pushd failed"
+    CSIT_DIR="$(readlink -e "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")" || {
+        die "Readlink or git rev-parse failed."
+    }
+    popd || die "Popd failed."
+    TOPOLOGIES_DIR="$(readlink -e "${CSIT_DIR}/topologies/available")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+    RESOURCES_DIR="$(readlink -e "${CSIT_DIR}/resources")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+    TOOLS_DIR="$(readlink -e "${RESOURCES_DIR}/tools")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+    PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR="$(readlink -e "${TOOLS_DIR}/scripts")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+
+    ARCHIVE_DIR="$(readlink -f "${CSIT_DIR}/archive")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+    mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" || die "Mkdir failed."
+    DOWNLOAD_DIR="$(readlink -f "${CSIT_DIR}/download_dir")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+    mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" || die "Mkdir failed."
+}
+
+
+function compose_pybot_arguments () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - WORKING_TOPOLOGY - Path to topology yaml file of the reserved testbed.
+    # - DUT - CSIT test/ subdirectory, set while processing tags.
+    # - TAGS - Array variable holding selected tag boolean expressions.
+    # - TOPOLOGIES_TAGS - Tag boolean expression filtering tests for topology.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - PYBOT_ARGS - String holding part of all arguments for pybot.
+    # - EXPANDED_TAGS - Array of strings pybot arguments compiled from tags.
+
+    # No explicit check needed with "set -u".
+    PYBOT_ARGS=("--loglevel" "TRACE" "--variable" "TOPOLOGY_PATH:${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}")
+    PYBOT_ARGS+=("--suite" "tests.${DUT}.perf")
+
+    EXPANDED_TAGS=()
+    for tag in "${TAGS[@]}"; do
+        if [[ ${tag} == "!"* ]]; then
+            EXPANDED_TAGS+=("--exclude" "${tag#$"!"}")
+        else
+            EXPANDED_TAGS+=("--include" "${TOPOLOGIES_TAGS}AND${tag}")
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+
+function copy_archives () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - WORKSPACE - Jenkins workspace, copy only if the value is not empty.
+    #   Can be unset, then it speeds up manual testing.
+    # - ARCHIVE_DIR - Path to directory with content to be copied.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ${WORKSPACE}/archives/ - Created if does not exist.
+    #   Content of ${ARCHIVE_DIR}/ is copied here.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    # We will create additional archive if workspace variable is set.
+    # This way if script is running in jenkins all will be
+    # automatically archived to logs.fd.io.
+    if [[ -n "${WORKSPACE-}" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "${WORKSPACE}/archives/" || die "Archives dir create failed."
+        cp -r "${ARCHIVE_DIR}"/* "${WORKSPACE}/archives" || die "Copy failed."
+    fi
+}
+
+
+function die () {
+    # Print the message to standard error end exit with error code specified
+    # by the second argument.
+    #
+    # Hardcoded values:
+    # - The default error message.
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - The whole error message, be sure to quote. Optional
+    # - ${2} - the code to exit with, default: 1.
+
+    set -x
+    set +eu
+    warn "${1:-Unspecified run-time error occurred!}"
+    exit "${2:-1}"
+}
+
+
+function die_on_pybot_error () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Source this fragment if you want to abort on any failed test case.
+    #
+    # Variables read:
+    # - PYBOT_EXIT_STATUS - Set by a pybot running fragment.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    if [[ "${PYBOT_EXIT_STATUS}" != "0" ]]; then
+        die "${PYBOT_EXIT_STATUS}" "Test failures are present!"
+    fi
+}
+
+
+function get_test_code () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - Optional, argument of entry script (or empty as unset).
+    #   Test code value to override job name from environment.
+    # Variables read:
+    # - JOB_NAME - String affecting test selection, default if not argument.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - TEST_CODE - The test selection string from environment or argument.
+    # - NODENESS - Node multiplicity of desired testbed.
+    # - FLAVOR - Node flavor string, usually describing the processor.
+
+    TEST_CODE="${1-}" || die "Reading optional argument failed, somehow."
+    if [[ -z "${TEST_CODE}" ]]; then
+        TEST_CODE="${JOB_NAME-}" || die "Reading job name failed, somehow."
+    fi
+
+    case "${TEST_CODE}" in
+        *"2n-skx"*)
+            NODENESS="2n"
+            FLAVOR="skx"
+            ;;
+        *"3n-skx"*)
+            NODENESS="3n"
+            FLAVOR="skx"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            # Fallback to 3-node Haswell by default (backward compatibility)
+            NODENESS="3n"
+            FLAVOR="hsw"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+
+function get_test_tag_string () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - GERRIT_EVENT_TYPE - Event type set by gerrit, can be unset.
+    # - GERRIT_EVENT_COMMENT_TEXT - Comment text, read for "comment-added" type.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - TEST_TAG_STRING - The string following "perftest" in gerrit comment,
+    #   or empty.
+
+    # TODO: ci-management scripts no longer need to perform this.
+
+    trigger=""
+    if [[ "${GERRIT_EVENT_TYPE-}" == "comment-added" ]]; then
+        # On parsing error, ${trigger} stays empty.
+        trigger="$(echo "${GERRIT_EVENT_COMMENT_TEXT}" \
+            | grep -oE '(perftest$|perftest[[:space:]].+$)')" || true
+    fi
+    # Set test tags as string.
+    TEST_TAG_STRING="${trigger#$"perftest"}"
+}
+
+
+function reserve_testbed () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Reserve physical testbed, perform cleanup, register trap to unreserve.
+    #
+    # Variables read:
+    # - TOPOLOGIES - Array of paths to topology yaml to attempt reservation on.
+    # - PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR - Path to directory holding the reservation script.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - WORKING_TOPOLOGY - Path to topology yaml file of the reserved testbed.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+    # Traps registered:
+    # - EXIT - Calls cancel_all for ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}.
+
+    while true; do
+        for topo in "${TOPOLOGIES[@]}"; do
+            set +e
+            python "${PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/topo_reservation.py" -t "${topo}"
+            result="$?"
+            set -e
+            if [[ "${result}" == "0" ]]; then
+                WORKING_TOPOLOGY="${topo}"
+                echo "Reserved: ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}"
+                python "${PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/topo_cleanup.py" -t "${topo}" || {
+                    die "Testbed cleanup failed."
+                }
+                trap "untrap_and_unreserve_testbed" EXIT || {
+                    message="TRAP ATTEMPT AND UNRESERVE FAILED, FIX MANUALLY."
+                    untrap_and_unreserve_testbed "${message}" || {
+                        die "Teardown should have died, not failed."
+                    }
+                    die "Trap attempt failed, unreserve succeeded. Aborting."
+                }
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+
+        if [[ -n "${WORKING_TOPOLOGY-}" ]]; then
+            # Exit the infinite while loop if we made a reservation.
+            break
+        fi
+
+        # Wait ~3minutes before next try.
+        sleep_time="$[ ( $RANDOM % 20 ) + 180 ]s" || {
+            die "Sleep time calculation failed."
+        }
+        echo "Sleeping ${sleep_time}"
+        sleep "${sleep_time}" || die "Sleep failed."
+    done
+}
+
+
+function run_pybot () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Currently, VPP-1361 causes occasional test failures.
+    # If real result is more important than time, we can retry few times.
+    # TODO: We should be retrying on test case level instead.
+
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - Optional number of pybot invocations to try to avoid failures.
+    #   Default: 1.
+    # Variables read:
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # - ARCHIVE_DIR - Path to store robot result files in.
+    # - PYBOT_ARGS, EXPANDED_TAGS - See compose_pybot_arguments.sh
+    # Variables set:
+    # - PYBOT_EXIT_STATUS - Exit status of most recent pybot invocation.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    # Set ${tries} as an integer variable, to fail on non-numeric input.
+    local -i "tries" || die "Setting type of variable failed."
+    tries="${1:-1}" || die "Argument evaluation failed."
+    all_options=("--outputdir" "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" "${PYBOT_ARGS[@]}")
+    all_options+=("${EXPANDED_TAGS[@]}")
+
+    while true; do
+        if [[ "${tries}" -le 0 ]]; then
+            break
+        else
+            tries="$((${tries} - 1))"
+        fi
+        pushd "${CSIT_DIR}" || die "Change directory operation failed."
+        set +e
+        # TODO: Make robot tests not require "$(pwd)" == "${CSIT_DIR}".
+        pybot "${all_options[@]}" "${CSIT_DIR}/tests/"
+        PYBOT_EXIT_STATUS="$?"
+        set -e
+        popd || die "Change directory operation failed."
+        if [[ "${PYBOT_EXIT_STATUS}" == "0" ]]; then
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+
+function select_tags () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - WORKING_TOPOLOGY - Path to topology yaml file of the reserved testbed.
+    # - TEST_CODE - String affecting test selection, usually jenkins job name.
+    # - TEST_TAG_STRING - String selecting tags, from gerrit comment.
+    #   Can be unset.
+    # - TOPOLOGIES_DIR - Path to existing directory with available tpologies.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - TAGS - Array of processed tag boolean expressions.
+
+    # TODO: Empty exclude_nics (with failing grep) is expected,
+    #       but others possible errors coule be checked explicitly.
+    # NIC SELECTION
+    # All topologies NICs
+    available=$(grep -hoPR "model: \K.*" "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}"/* | sort -u)
+    # Selected topology NICs
+    reserved=$(grep -hoPR "model: \K.*" "${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}" | sort -u)
+    # All topologies NICs - Selected topology NICs
+    exclude_nics=($(comm -13 <(echo "${reserved}") <(echo "${available}")))
+
+    case "${TEST_CODE}" in
+        # Select specific performance tests based on jenkins job type variable.
+        *"ndrpdr-weekly"* )
+            test_tag_array=("ndrpdrAND64bAND1c"
+                            "ndrpdrAND78bAND1c")
+            ;;
+        *"mrr-daily"* | *"mrr-weekly"* )
+            test_tag_array=("mrrAND64bAND1c"
+                            "mrrAND64bAND2c"
+                            "mrrAND64bAND4c"
+                            "mrrAND78bAND1c"
+                            "mrrAND78bAND2c"
+                            "mrrAND78bAND4c"
+                            "mrrANDimixAND1cANDvhost"
+                            "mrrANDimixAND2cANDvhost"
+                            "mrrANDimixAND4cANDvhost"
+                            "mrrANDimixAND1cANDmemif"
+                            "mrrANDimixAND2cANDmemif"
+                            "mrrANDimixAND4cANDmemif")
+            ;;
+        * )
+            if [[ -z "${TEST_TAG_STRING-}" ]]; then
+                # If nothing is specified, we will run pre-selected tests by
+                # following tags. Items of array will be concatenated by OR
+                # in Robot Framework.
+                test_tag_array=("mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND64bANDip4base"
+                                "mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND78bANDip6base"
+                                "mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND64bANDl2bdbase"
+                                "mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND1cAND64bANDl2xcbase")
+            else
+                # If trigger contains tags, split them into array.
+                test_tag_array=(${TEST_TAG_STRING//:/ })
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # We will add excluded NICs.
+    test_tag_array+=("${exclude_nics[@]/#/!NIC_}")
+
+    TAGS=()
+
+    # We will prefix with perftest to prevent running other tests
+    # (e.g. Functional).
+    prefix="perftestAND"
+    if [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == "vpp-"* ]]; then
+        # Automatic prefixing for VPP jobs to limit the NIC used and
+        # traffic evaluation to MRR.
+        prefix="${prefix}mrrANDnic_intel-x710AND"
+    fi
+    for tag in "${test_tag_array[@]}"; do
+        if [[ ${tag} == "!"* ]]; then
+            # Exclude tags are not prefixed.
+            TAGS+=("${tag}")
+        else
+            TAGS+=("${prefix}${tag}")
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+
+function select_topology () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - NODENESS - Node multiplicity of testbed, either "2n" or "3n".
+    # - FLAVOR - Node flavor string, currently either "hsw" or "skx".
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # - TOPOLOGIES_DIR - Path to existing directory with available tpologies.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - TOPOLOGIES - Array of paths to suitable topology yaml files.
+    # - TOPOLOGIES_TAGS - Tag expression selecting tests for the topology.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    case_text="${NODENESS}_${FLAVOR}"
+    case "${case_text}" in
+        "3n_hsw")
+            TOPOLOGIES=(
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_3n_hsw_testbed1.yaml"
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_3n_hsw_testbed2.yaml"
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_3n_hsw_testbed3.yaml"
+                       )
+            TOPOLOGIES_TAGS="3_node_*_link_topo"
+            ;;
+        "2n_skx")
+            TOPOLOGIES=(
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_2n_skx_testbed21.yaml"
+                        #"${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_2n_skx_testbed22.yaml"
+                        #"${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_2n_skx_testbed23.yaml"
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_2n_skx_testbed24.yaml"
+                       )
+            TOPOLOGIES_TAGS="2_node_*_link_topo"
+            ;;
+        "3n_skx")
+            TOPOLOGIES=(
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_3n_skx_testbed31.yaml"
+                        "${TOPOLOGIES_DIR}/lf_3n_skx_testbed32.yaml"
+                       )
+            TOPOLOGIES_TAGS="3_node_*_link_topo"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            # No falling back to 3n_hsw default, that should have been done
+            # by the function which has set NODENESS and FLAVOR.
+            die "Unknown specification: ${case_text}"
+    esac
+
+    if [[ -z "${TOPOLOGIES-}" ]]; then
+        die "No applicable topology found!"
+    fi
+}
+
+
+function untrap_and_unreserve_testbed () {
+    # Use this as a trap function to ensure testbed does not remain reserved.
+    # Perhaps call directly before script exit, to free testbed for other jobs.
+    # This function is smart enough to avoid multiple unreservations (so safe).
+    # Topo cleanup is executed (call it best practice), ignoring failures.
+    #
+    # Hardcoded values:
+    # - default message to die with if testbed might remain reserved.
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - Message to die with if unreservation fails. Default hardcoded.
+    # Variables read (by inner function):
+    # - WORKING_TOPOLOGY - Path to topology yaml file of the reserved testbed.
+    # - PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR - Path to directory holding Python scripts.
+    # Variables written:
+    # - WORKING_TOPOLOGY - Set to empty string on successful unreservation.
+    # Trap unregistered:
+    # - EXIT - Failure to untrap is reported, but ignored otherwise.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit.
+
+    set -xo pipefail
+    set +eu  # We do not want to exit early in a "teardown" function.
+    trap - EXIT || echo "Trap deactivation failed, continuing anyway."
+    wt="${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}"  # Just to avoid too long lines.
+    if [[ -z "${wt-}" ]]; then
+        set -eu
+        echo "Testbed looks unreserved already. Trap removal failed before?"
+    else
+        python "${PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/topo_cleanup.py" -t "${wt}" || true
+        python "${PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/topo_reservation.py" -c -t "${wt}" || {
+            die "${1:-FAILED TO UNRESERVE, FIX MANUALLY.}" 2
+        }
+        WORKING_TOPOLOGY=""
+        set -eu
+    fi
+}
+
+
+function warn () {
+    # Print the message to standard error.
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${@} - The text of the message.
+
+    echo "$@" >&2
+}
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/function/gather.sh b/resources/libraries/bash/function/gather.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f490c80110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/function/gather.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+# This library defines functions used mainly by "bootstrap" entry scripts.
+# Generally, the functions assume "common.sh" library has been sourced already.
+
+# Keep functions ordered alphabetically, please.
+
+# TODO: Add a link to bash style guide.
+
+
+function gather_build () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - TEST_CODE - String affecting test selection, usually jenkins job name.
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to directory pybot takes the build to test from.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - DUT - CSIT test/ subdirectory containing suites to execute.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} - Files needed by tests are gathered here.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+    # - gather_dpdk, gather_vpp, gather_ligato - See their definitions.
+    # Multiple other side effects are possible,
+    # see functions called from here for their current description.
+
+    # TODO: Separate DUT-from-TEST_CODE from gather-for-DUT,
+    #   when the first one becomes relevant for per_patch.
+
+    pushd "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" || die "Pushd failed."
+    case "${TEST_CODE}" in
+        *"hc2vpp"*)
+            DUT="hc2vpp"
+            # FIXME: Avoid failing on empty ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}.
+            ;;
+        *"vpp"*)
+            DUT="vpp"
+            gather_vpp || die "The function should have died on error."
+            ;;
+        *"ligato"*)
+            DUT="kubernetes"
+            gather_ligato || die "The function should have died on error."
+            ;;
+        *"dpdk"*)
+            DUT="dpdk"
+            gather_dpdk || die "The function should have died on error."
+            ;;
+        *)
+            die "Unable to identify DUT type from: ${TEST_CODE}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+    popd || die "Popd failed."
+}
+
+
+function gather_dpdk () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Ensure latest DPDK archive is downloaded.
+    #
+    # Variables read:
+    # - TEST_CODE - The test selection string from environment or argument.
+    # Hardcoded:
+    # - dpdk archive name to download if TEST_CODE is not time based.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ./ - Assumed ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}, dpdk-*.tar.xz is downloaded if not there.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    dpdk_repo="https://fast.dpdk.org/rel"
+    # Use downloaded packages with specific version
+    if [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == *"daily"* ]] || \
+       [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == *"weekly"* ]] || \
+       [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == *"timed"* ]];
+    then
+        echo "Downloading latest DPDK packages from repo..."
+        # URL is not in quotes, calling command from variable keeps them.
+        wget_command=("wget" "--no-check-certificate" "-nv" "-O" "-")
+        wget_command+=("${dpdk_repo}")
+        dpdk_stable_ver="$("${wget_command[@]}" | grep -v "2015"\
+            | grep -Eo 'dpdk-[^\"]+xz' | tail -1)" || {
+            die "Composite piped command failed."
+        }
+    else
+        echo "Downloading DPDK packages of specific version from repo..."
+        # TODO: Can we autodetect this based on what CSIT-stable VPP uses?
+        dpdk_stable_ver="dpdk-18.08.tar.xz"
+    fi
+    # TODO: Use "wget -N" instead checking for file presence?
+    if [[ ! -f "${dpdk_stable_ver}" ]]; then
+        wget -nv --no-check-certificate "${dpdk_repo}/${dpdk_stable_ver}" || {
+            die "Failed to get DPDK package from: ${dpdk_repo}"
+        }
+    fi
+}
+
+
+function gather_ligato () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Build docker image (with vpp, ligato and vpp-agent),
+    # and put it to ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/.
+    #
+    # Access rights needed for:
+    # - "wget", "git clone", "dpdk -x", "cd" above ${CSIT_DIR}.
+    # - "sudo" without password.
+    # - With sudo:
+    #   - "dpdk -i" is allowed.
+    #   - "docker" commands have everything they needs.
+    # Variables read:
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to directory pybot takes the build to test from.
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # Files read:
+    # - ${CSIT_DIR}/VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER - Vpp agent version to use.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} - Docker image stored, VPP *.deb stored and deleted.
+    # - /tmp/vpp - VPP is unpacked there, not cleaned afterwards.
+    # - ${CSIT_DIR}/vpp-agent - Created, vpp-agent git repo si cloned there.
+    #   - Also, various temporary files are stored there.
+    # System consequences:
+    # - Docker package is installed.
+    # - Presumably dockerd process is started.
+    # - The ligato/dev-vpp-agent docker image is downloaded.
+    # - Results of subsequent image manipulation are probably left lingering.
+    # Other hardcoded values:
+    # - Docker .deb file name to download and install.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common_functions.sh
+    # - gather_vpp - See eponymous fragment file assumend to be sourced already.
+    # TODO: What is the best order of description items?
+
+    # TODO: Many of the following comments act as abstraction.
+    #   But the abstracted blocks are mostly one-liners (plus "|| die"),
+    #   so maybe it is not worth introducing fragments/functions for the blocks.
+    # TODO: This fragment is too long anyway, split it up.
+
+    gather_vpp || die "The function should have died on error."
+
+    # Extract VPP API to specific folder
+    # FIXME: Make sure /tmp/vpp/ exists. Should we clean it?
+    dpkg -x "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/vpp_"*".deb" "/tmp/vpp" || {
+        die "Failed to extract VPP packages for kubernetes!"
+    }
+
+    ligato_repo_url="https://github.com/ligato/"
+    vpp_agent_stable_ver="$(cat "${CSIT_DIR}/VPP_AGENT_STABLE_VER")" || {
+        die "Cat failed."
+    }
+    docker_deb="docker-ce_18.03.0~ce-0~ubuntu_amd64.deb"
+
+    # Clone & checkout stable vpp-agent
+    cd "${CSIT_DIR}" || die "Change directory failed."
+    git clone -b "${vpp_agent_stable_ver}" --single-branch \
+        "${ligato_repo_url}/vpp-agent" "vpp-agent" || {
+        die "Failed to run: git clone ${ligato_repo_url}/vpp-agent!"
+    }
+    cd "vpp-agent" || die "Change directory failed."
+
+    # Install Docker
+    url_prefix="https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/xenial/pool"
+    # URL is not in quotes, calling command from variable keeps them.
+    wget_command=("wget" "-nv" "${url_prefix}/stable/amd64/${docker_deb}")
+    "${wget_command[@]}" || die "Failed to download Docker package!"
+
+    sudo dpkg -i "${docker_deb}" || die "Failed to install Docker!"
+
+    # Pull ligato/dev_vpp_agent docker image and re-tag as local
+    sudo docker pull "ligato/dev-vpp-agent:${vpp_agent_stable_ver}" || {
+        die "Failed to pull Docker image!"
+    }
+
+    first_arg="ligato/dev-vpp-agent:${vpp_agent_stable_ver}"
+    sudo docker tag "${first_arg}" "dev_vpp_agent:latest" || {
+        die "Failed to tag Docker image!"
+    }
+
+    # Start dev_vpp_agent container as daemon
+    sudo docker run --rm -itd --name "agentcnt" "dev_vpp_agent" bash || {
+        die "Failed to run Docker image!"
+    }
+
+    # Copy latest vpp api into running container
+    sudo docker exec agentcnt rm -rf "agentcnt:/usr/share/vpp/api" || {
+        die "Failed to remove previous API!"
+    }
+    sudo docker cp "/tmp/vpp/usr/share/vpp/api" "agentcnt:/usr/share/vpp" || {
+        die "Failed to copy files Docker image!"
+    }
+
+    # Recompile vpp-agent
+    script_arg=". ~/.bashrc; cd /go/src/github.com/ligato/vpp-agent"
+    script_arg+=" && make generate && make install"
+    sudo docker exec -i agentcnt script -qec "${script_arg}" || {
+        die "Failed to recompile vpp-agent in Docker image!"
+    }
+    # Make sure .deb files of other version are not present.
+    rm_cmd="rm -vf /opt/vpp-agent/dev/vpp/build-root/vpp*.deb /opt/vpp/*.deb"
+    sudo docker exec agentcnt bash -c "${rm_cmd}" || {
+        die "Failed to remove VPP debian packages!"
+    }
+    for f in "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/*; do
+        sudo docker cp "$f" "agentcnt:/opt/vpp-agent/dev/vpp/build-root"/ || {
+            die "Failed to copy files Docker image!"
+        }
+    done
+    # Save container state
+    sudo docker commit "$(sudo docker ps -q)" "dev_vpp_agent:latest" || {
+        die "Failed to commit state of Docker image!"
+    }
+
+    # Build prod_vpp_agent docker image
+    cd "docker/prod" || die "Change directory failed."
+    sudo docker build --tag "prod_vpp_agent" --no-cache "." || {
+        die "Failed to build Docker image!"
+    }
+    # Export Docker image
+    sudo docker save "prod_vpp_agent" | gzip > "prod_vpp_agent.tar.gz" || {
+        die "Failed to save Docker image!"
+    }
+    docker_image="$(readlink -e "prod_vpp_agent.tar.gz")" || {
+        die "Readlink failed."
+    }
+    rm -r "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/vpp"* || die "Rm failed."
+    mv "${docker_image}" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/ || die "Mv failed."
+}
+
+
+function gather_vpp () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - TEST_CODE - The test selection string from environment or argument.
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to directory pybot takes the build to test from.
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # Files read:
+    # - ${CSIT_DIR}/DPDK_STABLE_VER - DPDK version to use
+    #   by csit-vpp not-timed jobs.
+    # - ${CSIT_DIR}/VPP_STABLE_VER_UBUNTU - VPP version to use by those.
+    # - ../vpp*.deb - Relative to ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}, copied for vpp-csit jobs.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}, vpp-*.deb files are copied here for vpp-csit jobs.
+    # - ./ - Assumed ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}, vpp-*.deb files
+    #   are downloaded here for csit-vpp.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common_functions.sh
+    # Bash scripts executed:
+    # - ${CSIT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/download_install_vpp_pkgs.sh
+    #   - Should download and extract requested files to ./.
+
+    case "${TEST_CODE}" in
+        # Not csit-vpp as this code is re-used by ligato gathering.
+        "csit-"*)
+            install_script="${CSIT_DIR}/resources/tools/scripts/"
+            install_script+="download_install_vpp_pkgs.sh"
+            # Use downloaded packages with specific version
+            if [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == *"daily"* ]] || \
+               [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == *"weekly"* ]] || \
+               [[ "${TEST_CODE}" == *"timed"* ]];
+            then
+                echo "Downloading latest VPP packages from NEXUS..."
+                # TODO: Can we source?
+                bash "${install_script}" --skip-install || {
+                    die "Failed to get VPP packages!"
+                }
+            else
+                echo "Downloading VPP packages of specific version from NEXUS."
+                dpdk_stable_ver="$(cat "${CSIT_DIR}/DPDK_STABLE_VER")" || {
+                    die "Cat failed."
+                }
+                vpp_stable_ver="$(cat "${CSIT_DIR}/VPP_STABLE_VER_UBUNTU")" || {
+                    die "Cat failed."
+                }
+                install_args=("--skip-install" "--vpp" "${vpp_stable_ver}")
+                install_args+=("--dkms" "${dpdk_stable_ver}")
+                bash "${install_script}" "${install_args[@]}" || {
+                    die "Failed to get VPP packages!"
+                }
+            fi
+            ;;
+        "vpp-csit-"*)
+            # Use local built packages.
+            mv "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/../"vpp"*".deb" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/ || {
+                die "Move command failed."
+            }
+            ;;
+        *)
+            die "Unable to identify job type from: ${TEST_CODE}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
diff --git a/resources/libraries/bash/function/per_patch.sh b/resources/libraries/bash/function/per_patch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15eaf028ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/bash/function/per_patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+# This library defines functions used mainly by "per_patch_perf.sh" entry script.
+# Generally, the functions assume "common.sh" library has been sourced already.
+
+# Keep functions ordered alphabetically, please.
+
+# TODO: Add a link to bash style guide.
+
+
+function build_vpp_ubuntu_amd64 () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # TODO: Make sure whether this works on other distros/archs too.
+
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - String identifier for echo, can be unset.
+    # Variables read:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to existing directory, parent to accessed directories.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ${VPP_DIR} - Whole subtree, many files (re)created by the build process.
+    # - ${VPP_DIR}/build-root - Final build artifacts for CSIT end up here.
+    # - ${VPP_DIR}/dpdk - The dpdk artifact is built, but moved to build-root/.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    cd "${VPP_DIR}" || die "Change directory command failed."
+    echo 'Building using "make build-root/vagrant/build.sh"'
+    # TODO: Do we want to support "${DRYRUN}" == "True"?
+    make UNATTENDED=yes install-dep || die "Make install-dep failed."
+    # The per_patch script calls this function twice, first for the new commit,
+    # then for its parent commit. On Jenkins, no dpdk is installed at first,
+    # locally it might have been installed. New dpdk is installed second call.
+    # If make detects installed vpp-dpdk-dev with matching version,
+    # it skips building vpp-dpdk-dkms entirely, but we need that file.
+    # On the other hand, if parent uses different dpdk version,
+    # The new vpp-dpdk-dkms is built, but the old one is not removed
+    # from the build directory if present. (Further functions move both,
+    # and during test dpkg decides on its own which version gets installed.)
+    # As per_patch is too dumb (yet) to detect any of that,
+    # the only safe solution is to clean build directory and force rebuild.
+    # TODO: Make this function smarter and skip DPDK rebuilds if possible.
+    cmd=("dpkg-query" "--showformat='$${Version}'" "--show" "vpp-dpdk-dev")
+    installed_deb_ver="$(sudo "${cmd[@]}" || true)"
+    if [[ -n "${installed_deb_ver}" ]]; then
+        sudo dpkg --purge "vpp-dpdk-dev" || {
+            die "Dpdk package uninstalation failed."
+        }
+    fi
+    make UNATTENDED=yes dpdk-install-dev || {
+        die "Make dpdk-install-dev failed."
+    }
+    build-root/vagrant/"build.sh" || die "Vagrant VPP build script failed."
+    # CSIT also needs the DPDK artifacts, which is not in build-root.
+    mv -v "dpdk/vpp-dpdk-dkms"*".deb" "build-root"/ || {
+        die "*.deb move failed."
+    }
+
+    echo "*******************************************************************"
+    echo "* VPP ${1-} BUILD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED" || {
+        die "Argument not found."
+    }
+    echo "*******************************************************************"
+}
+
+
+function compare_test_results () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to directory with VPP git repo (at least built parts).
+    # - ARCHIVE_DIR - Path to where robot result files are created in.
+    # - PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR - Path to directory holding comparison utility.
+    # Directories recreated:
+    # - csit_parent - Sibling to csit directory, for holding results
+    #   of parent build.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+    # - parse_bmrr_results - See definition in this file.
+    # Exit code:
+    # - 0 - If the comparison utility sees no regression (nor data error).
+    # - 1 - If the comparison utility sees a regression (or data error).
+
+    cd "${VPP_DIR}" || die "Change directory operation failed."
+    rm -rf "csit_parent" || die "Remove operation failed."
+    mkdir -p "csit_parent" || die "Directory creation failed."
+    for filename in "output.xml" "log.html" "report.html"; do
+        mv "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${filename}" "csit_parent/${filename}" || {
+            die "Attempt to move '${filename}' failed."
+        }
+    done
+    parse_bmrr_results "csit_parent" || {
+        die "The function should have died on error."
+    }
+
+    # Reusing CSIT main virtualenv.
+    pip install -r "${PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/perpatch_requirements.txt" || {
+        die "Perpatch Python requirements installation failed."
+    }
+    python "${PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/compare_perpatch.py"
+    # The exit code determines the vote result.
+}
+
+
+function download_builds () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # This is mostly useful only for Sandbox testing, to avoid recompilation.
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - URL to download VPP builds from.
+    # Variables read:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to WORKSPACE, parent of created directories.
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to directory pybot takes the build to test from.
+    # Directories created:
+    # - archive - Ends up empty, not to be confused with ${ARCHIVE_DIR}.
+    # - build_new - Holding built artifacts of the patch under test (PUT).
+    # - built_parent - Holding built artifacts of parent of PUT.
+    # - csit_new - (Re)set to a symlink to archive robot results on failure.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    cd "${VPP_DIR}" || die "Change directory operation failed."
+    rm -rf "build-root" "build_parent" "build_new" "archive" "csit_new" || {
+        die "Directory removal failed."
+    }
+    wget -N --progress=dot:giga "${1}" || die "Wget download failed."
+    unzip "archive.zip" || die "Archive extraction failed."
+    mv "archive/build_parent" ./ || die "Move operation failed."
+    mv "archive/build_new" ./ || die "Move operation failed."
+    cp -r "build_new"/*".deb" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" || {
+        die "Copy operation failed."
+    }
+    # Create symlinks so that if job fails on robot, results can be archived.
+    ln -s "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" "csit_new" || die "Symbolic link creation failed."
+}
+
+
+function parse_bmrr_results () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Currently "parsing" is just two greps.
+    # TODO: Re-use PAL parsing code, make parsing more general and centralized.
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # - ${1} - Path to (existing) directory holding robot output.xml result.
+    # Files read:
+    # - output.xml - From argument location.
+    # Files updated:
+    # - results.txt - (Re)created, in argument location.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    rel_dir="$(readlink -e "${1}")" || die "Readlink failed."
+    in_file="${rel_dir}/output.xml"
+    out_file="${rel_dir}/results.txt"
+
+    # TODO: Do we need to check echo exit code explicitly?
+    echo "Parsing ${in_file} putting results into ${out_file}"
+    echo "TODO: Re-use parts of PAL when they support subsample test parsing."
+
+    pattern='Maximum Receive Rate trial results in packets'
+    pattern+=' per second: .*\]</status>'
+    grep -o "${pattern}" "${in_file}" | grep -o '\[.*\]' > "${out_file}" || {
+        die "Some parsing grep command has failed."
+    }
+}
+
+
+function prepare_build_parent () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to existing directory, parent to accessed directories.
+    # Directories read:
+    # - build-root - Existing directory with built VPP artifacts (also DPDK).
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - ${VPP_DIR} - A local git repository, parent commit gets checked out.
+    # - build_new - Old contents removed, content of build-root copied here.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    cd "${VPP_DIR}" || die "Change directory operation failed."
+    rm -rf "build_new" || die "Remove operation failed."
+    mkdir -p "build_new" || die "Directory creation failed."
+    mv "build-root"/*".deb" "build_new"/ || die "Move operation failed."
+    # The previous build could have left some incompatible leftovers,
+    # e.g. DPDK artifacts of different version.
+    # "make -C dpdk clean" does not actually remove such .deb file.
+    # Also, there usually is a copy of dpdk artifact in build-root.
+    git clean -dffx "dpdk"/ "build-root"/ || die "Git clean operation failed."
+    # Finally, check out the parent commit.
+    git checkout HEAD~ || die "Git checkout operation failed."
+    # Display any other leftovers.
+    git status || die "Git status operation failed."
+}
+
+
+function prepare_test_new () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to existing directory, parent of accessed directories.
+    # - DOWNLOAD_DIR - Path to directory where Robot takes builds to test from.
+    # - ARCHIVE_DIR - Path to where robot result files are created in.
+    # Directories read:
+    # - build-root - Existing directory with built VPP artifacts (also DPDK).
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - build_parent - Old directory removed, build-root moved to become this.
+    # - ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} - Old content removed, files from build_new copied here.
+    # - csit_new - Currently a symlink to to archive robot results on failure.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    cd "${VPP_DIR}" || die "Change directory operationf failed."
+    rm -rf "build_parent" "csit_new" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/* || die "Remove failed."
+    mkdir -p "build_parent" || die "Directory creation operation failed."
+    mv "build-root"/*".deb" "build_parent"/ || die "Move operation failed."
+    cp "build_new"/*".deb" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" || die "Copy operation failed."
+    # Create symlinks so that if job fails on robot, results can be archived.
+    ln -s "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" "csit_new" || die "Symbolic link creation failed."
+}
+
+
+function prepare_test_parent () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to existing directory, parent of accessed directories.
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # - ARCHIVE_DIR and DOWNLOAD_DIR - Paths to directories to update.
+    # Directories read:
+    # - build_parent - Build artifacts (to test next) are copied from here.
+    # Directories updated:
+    # - csit_new - Deleted, then recreated and latest robot results copied here.
+    # - ${CSIT_DIR} - Subjected to git reset and git clean.
+    # - ${ARCHIVE_DIR} - Created if not existing (if deleted by git clean).
+    # - ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} - Created after git clean, parent build copied here.
+    # - csit_parent - Currently a symlink to csit/ to archive robot results.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+    # - parse_bmrr_results - See definition in this file.
+
+    cd "${VPP_DIR}" || die "Change directory operation failed."
+    rm -rf "csit_new" "csit_parent" || die "Remove operation failed."
+    mkdir -p "csit_new" || die "Create directory operation failed."
+    for filename in "output.xml" "log.html" "report.html"; do
+        mv "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${filename}" "csit_new/${filename}" || {
+            die "Move operation of '${filename}' failed."
+        }
+    done
+    parse_bmrr_results "csit_new" || {
+        die "The function should have died on error."
+    }
+
+    pushd "${CSIT_DIR}" || die "Change directory operation failed."
+    git reset --hard HEAD || die "Git reset operation failed."
+    git clean -dffx || die "Git clean operation failed."
+    popd || die "Change directory operation failed."
+    mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" || die "Dir creation failed."
+
+    cp "build_parent"/*".deb" "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/ || die "Copy failed."
+    # Create symlinks so that if job fails on robot, results can be archived.
+    ln -s "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" "csit_parent" || die "Symlink creation failed."
+}
+
+
+function set_perpatch_dut () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables set:
+    # - DUT - CSIT test/ subdirectory containing suites to execute.
+
+    # TODO: Detect DUT from job name, when we have more than just VPP perpatch.
+
+    DUT="vpp"
+}
+
+
+function set_perpatch_vpp_dir () {
+
+    set -exuo pipefail
+
+    # Variables read:
+    # - CSIT_DIR - Path to existing root of local CSIT git repository.
+    # Variables set:
+    # - VPP_DIR - Path to existing root of local VPP git repository.
+    # Functions called:
+    # - die - Print to stderr and exit, defined in common.sh
+
+    # In perpatch, CSIT is cloned inside VPP clone.
+    VPP_DIR="$(readlink -e "${CSIT_DIR}/..")" || die "Readlink failed."
+}
diff --git a/resources/tools/scripts/compare_perpatch.py b/resources/tools/scripts/compare_perpatch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc9ffd8992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/tools/scripts/compare_perpatch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Script for determining whether per-patch perf test votes -1.
+
+This script assumes there exist two text files with processed BMRR results,
+located at hardcoded relative paths, having several lines
+of json-parseable lists of float values, corresponding to testcase results.
+This script then uses jumpavg library to determine whether there was
+a regression, progression or no change for each testcase.
+If number of tests does not match, or there was a regression,
+this script votes -1 (by exiting with code 1), otherwise it votes +1 (exit 0).
+"""
+
+import json
+import sys
+
+from jumpavg.BitCountingMetadataFactory import BitCountingMetadataFactory
+from jumpavg.BitCountingClassifier import BitCountingClassifier
+
+
+def hack(value_list):
+    """Return middle two quartiles, hoping to reduce influence of outliers.
+
+    :param value_list: List to pick subset from.
+    :type value_list: list of float
+    :returns: New list containing middle values.
+    :rtype: list of float
+    """
+    tmp = sorted(value_list)
+    quarter = len(tmp) / 4
+    ret = tmp[quarter:-quarter]
+    return ret
+
+parent_lines = list()
+new_lines = list()
+with open("csit_parent/results.txt") as parent_file:
+    parent_lines = parent_file.readlines()
+with open("csit_new/results.txt") as new_file:
+    new_lines = new_file.readlines()
+if len(parent_lines) != len(new_lines):
+    print "Number of passed tests does not match!"
+    sys.exit(1)
+classifier = BitCountingClassifier()
+num_tests = len(parent_lines)
+exit_code = 0
+for index in range(num_tests):
+    parent_values = hack(json.loads(parent_lines[index]))
+    new_values = hack(json.loads(new_lines[index]))
+    parent_max = BitCountingMetadataFactory.find_max_value(parent_values)
+    new_max = BitCountingMetadataFactory.find_max_value(new_values)
+    cmax = max(parent_max, new_max)
+    factory = BitCountingMetadataFactory(cmax)
+    parent_stats = factory.from_data(parent_values)
+    factory = BitCountingMetadataFactory(cmax, parent_stats.avg)
+    new_stats = factory.from_data(new_values)
+    print "DEBUG parent: {p}".format(p=parent_stats)
+    print "DEBUG new: {n}".format(n=new_stats)
+    common_max = max(parent_stats.avg, new_stats.avg)
+    difference = (new_stats.avg - parent_stats.avg) / common_max
+    print "DEBUG difference: {d}%".format(d=100 * difference)
+    classified_list = classifier.classify([parent_stats, new_stats])
+    if len(classified_list) < 2:
+        print "Test index {index}: normal (no anomaly)".format(
+            index=index)
+        continue
+    anomaly = classified_list[1].metadata.classification
+    if anomaly == "regression":
+        print "Test index {index}: anomaly regression".format(index=index)
+        exit_code = 1
+        continue
+    print "Test index {index}: anomaly {anomaly}".format(
+        index=index, anomaly=anomaly)
+print "DEBUG exit code {code}".format(code=exit_code)
+sys.exit(exit_code)
diff --git a/resources/tools/scripts/perpatch_requirements.txt b/resources/tools/scripts/perpatch_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..225d0d6202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/tools/scripts/perpatch_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# TODO: Convert to use the code from cloned CSIT git, not from pip.
+jumpavg==0.1.3