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#!/usr/bin/env python

import subprocess
import unittest
import tempfile
import time
import resource
from collections import deque
from threading import Thread
from inspect import getdoc
from hook import StepHook, PollHook
from vpp_pg_interface import VppPGInterface
from vpp_sub_interface import VppSubInterface
from vpp_lo_interface import VppLoInterface
from vpp_papi_provider import VppPapiProvider
from scapy.packet import Raw
from logging import FileHandler, DEBUG
from log import *
from vpp_object import VppObjectRegistry

"""
  Test framework module.

  The module provides a set of tools for constructing and running tests and
  representing the results.
"""


class _PacketInfo(object):
    """Private class to create packet info object.

    Help process information about the next packet.
    Set variables to default values.
    """
    #: Store the index of the packet.
    index = -1
    #: Store the index of the source packet generator interface of the packet.
    src = -1
    #: Store the index of the destination packet generator interface
    #: of the packet.
    dst = -1
    #: Store the copy of the former packet.
    data = None

    def __eq__(self, other):
        index = self.index == other.index
        src = self.src == other.src
        dst = self.dst == other.dst
        data = self.data == other.data
        return index and src and dst and data


def pump_output(out, deque):
    for line in iter(out.readline, b''):
        deque.append(line)


class VppTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    """This subclass is a base class for VPP test cases that are implemented as
    classes. It provides methods to create and run test case.
    """

    @property
    def packet_infos(self):
        """List of packet infos"""
        return self._packet_infos

    @classmethod
    def get_packet_count_for_if_idx(cls, dst_if_index):
        """Get the number of packet info for specified destination if index"""
        if dst_if_index in cls._packet_count_for_dst_if_idx:
            return cls._packet_count_for_dst_if_idx[dst_if_index]
        else:
            return 0

    @classmethod
    def instance(cls):
        """Return the instance of this testcase"""
        return cls.test_instance

    @classmethod
    def set_debug_flags(cls, d):
        cls.debug_core = False
        cls.debug_gdb = False
        cls.debug_gdbserver = False
        if d is None:
            return
        dl = d.lower()
        if dl == "core":
            if resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE)[0] <= 0:
                # give a heads up if this is actually useless
                print(colorize("WARNING: core size limit is set 0, core files "
                               "will NOT be created", RED))
            cls.debug_core = True
        elif dl == "gdb":
            cls.debug_gdb = True
        elif dl == "gdbserver":
            cls.debug_gdbserver = True
        else:
            raise Exception("Unrecognized DEBUG option: '%s'" % d)

    @classmethod
    def setUpConstants(cls):
        """ Set-up the test case class based on environment variables """
        try:
            s = os.getenv("STEP")
            cls.step = True if s.lower() in ("y", "yes", "1") else False
        except:
            cls.step = False
        try:
            d = os.getenv("DEBUG")
        except:
            d = None
        cls.set_debug_flags(d)
        cls.vpp_bin = os.getenv('VPP_TEST_BIN', "vpp")
        cls.plugin_path = os.getenv('VPP_TEST_PLUGIN_PATH')
        debug_cli = ""
        if cls.step or cls.debug_gdb or cls.debug_gdbserver:
            debug_cli = "cli-listen localhost:5002"
        cls.vpp_cmdline = [cls.vpp_bin,
                           "unix", "{", "nodaemon", debug_cli, "}",
                           "api-segment", "{", "prefix", cls.shm_prefix, "}"]
        if cls.plugin_path is not None:
            cls.vpp_cmdline.extend(["plugin_path", cls.plugin_path])
        cls.logger.info("vpp_cmdline: %s" % cls.vpp_cmdline)

    @classmethod
    def wait_for_enter(cls):
        if cls.debug_gdbserver:
            print(double_line_delim)
            print("Spawned GDB server with PID: %d" % cls.vpp.pid)
        elif cls.debug_gdb:
            print(double_line_delim)
            print("Spawned VPP with PID: %d" % cls.vpp.pid)
        else:
            cls.logger.debug("Spawned VPP with PID: %d" % cls.vpp.pid)
            return
        print(single_line_delim)
        print("You can debug the VPP using e.g.:")
        if cls.debug_gdbserver:
            print("gdb " + cls.vpp_bin + " -ex 'target remote localhost:7777'")
            print("Now is the time to attach a gdb by running the above "
                  "command, set up breakpoints etc. and then resume VPP from "
                  "within gdb by issuing the 'continue' command")
        elif cls.debug_gdb:
            print("gdb " + cls.vpp_bin + " -ex 'attach %s'" % cls.vpp.pid)
            print("Now is the time to attach a gdb by running the above "
                  "command and set up breakpoints etc.")
        print(single_line_delim)
        raw_input("Press ENTER to continue running the testcase...")

    @classmethod
    def run_vpp(cls):
        cmdline = cls.vpp_cmdline

        if cls.debug_gdbserver:
            gdbserver = '/usr/bin/gdbserver'
            if not os.path.isfile(gdbserver) or \
                    not os.access(gdbserver, os.X_OK):
                raise Exception("gdbserver binary '%s' does not exist or is "
                                "not executable" % gdbserver)

            cmdline = [gdbserver, 'localhost:7777'] + cls.vpp_cmdline
            cls.logger.info("Gdbserver cmdline is %s", " ".join(cmdline))

        try:
            cls.vpp = subprocess.Popen(cmdline,
                                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                       stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                       bufsize=1)
        except Exception as e:
            cls.logger.critical("Couldn't start vpp: %s" % e)
            raise

        cls.wait_for_enter()

    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        """
        Perform class setup before running the testcase
        Remove shared memory files, start vpp and connect the vpp-api
        """
        cls.logger = getLogger(cls.__name__)
        cls.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(
            prefix='vpp-unittest-' + cls.__name__ + '-')
        file_handler = FileHandler("%s/log.txt" % cls.tempdir)
        file_handler.setLevel(DEBUG)
        cls.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
        cls.shm_prefix = cls.tempdir.split("/")[-1]
        os.chdir(cls.tempdir)
        cls.logger.info("Temporary dir is %s, shm prefix is %s",
                        cls.tempdir, cls.shm_prefix)
        cls.setUpConstants()
        cls.reset_packet_infos()
        cls._captures = []
        cls._zombie_captures = []
        cls.verbose = 0
        cls.vpp_dead = False
        cls.registry = VppObjectRegistry()
        print(double_line_delim)
        print(colorize(getdoc(cls).splitlines()[0], YELLOW))
        print(double_line_delim)
        # need to catch exceptions here because if we raise, then the cleanup
        # doesn't get called and we might end with a zombie vpp
        try:
            cls.run_vpp()
            cls.vpp_stdout_deque = deque()
            cls.vpp_stdout_reader_thread = Thread(target=pump_output, args=(
                cls.vpp.stdout, cls.vpp_stdout_deque))
            cls.vpp_stdout_reader_thread.start()
            cls.vpp_stderr_deque = deque()
            cls.vpp_stderr_reader_thread = Thread(target=pump_output, args=(
                cls.vpp.stderr, cls.vpp_stderr_deque))
            cls.vpp_stderr_reader_thread.start()
            cls.vapi = VppPapiProvider(cls.shm_prefix, cls.shm_prefix, cls)
            if cls.step:
                hook = StepHook(cls)
            else:
                hook = PollHook(cls)
            cls.vapi.register_hook(hook)
            time.sleep(0.1)
            hook.poll_vpp()
            try:
                cls.vapi.connect()
            except:
                if cls.debug_gdbserver:
                    print(colorize("You're running VPP inside gdbserver but "
                                   "VPP-API connection failed, did you forget "
                                   "to 'continue' VPP from within gdb?", RED))
                raise
        except:
            t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
            try:
                cls.quit()
            except:
                pass
            raise t, v, tb

    @classmethod
    def quit(cls):
        """
        Disconnect vpp-api, kill vpp and cleanup shared memory files
        """
        if (cls.debug_gdbserver or cls.debug_gdb) and hasattr(cls, 'vpp'):
            cls.vpp.poll()
            if cls.vpp.returncode is None:
                print(double_line_delim)
                print("VPP or GDB server is still running")
                print(single_line_delim)
                raw_input("When done debugging, press ENTER to kill the "
                          "process and finish running the testcase...")

        if hasattr(cls, 'vpp'):
            if hasattr(cls, 'vapi'):
                cls.vapi.disconnect()
            cls.vpp.poll()
            if cls.vpp.returncode is None:
                cls.vpp.terminate()
            del cls.vpp

        if hasattr(cls, 'vpp_stdout_deque'):
            cls.logger.info(single_line_delim)
            cls.logger.info('VPP output to stdout while running %s:',
                            cls.__name__)
            cls.logger.info(single_line_delim)
            f = open(cls.tempdir + '/vpp_stdout.txt', 'w')
            vpp_output = "".join(cls.vpp_stdout_deque)
            f.write(vpp_output)
            cls.logger.info('\n%s', vpp_output)
            cls.logger.info(single_line_delim)

        if hasattr(cls, 'vpp_stderr_deque'):
            cls.logger.info(single_line_delim)
            cls.logger.info('VPP output to stderr while running %s:',
                            cls.__name__)
            cls.logger.info(single_line_delim)
            f = open(cls.tempdir + '/vpp_stderr.txt', 'w')
            vpp_output = "".join(cls.vpp_stderr_deque)
            f.write(vpp_output)
            cls.logger.info('\n%s', vpp_output)
            cls.logger.info(single_line_delim)

    @classmethod
    def tearDownClass(cls):
        """ Perform final cleanup after running all tests in this test-case """
        cls.quit()

    def tearDown(self):
        """ Show various debug prints after each test """
        if not self.vpp_dead:
            self.logger.debug(self.vapi.cli("show trace"))
            self.logger.info(self.vapi.ppcli("show int"))
            self.logger.info(self.vapi.ppcli("show hardware"))
            self.logger.info(self.vapi.ppcli("show error"))
            self.logger.info(self.vapi.ppcli("show run"))
            self.registry.remove_vpp_config(self.logger)

    def setUp(self):
        """ Clear trace before running each test"""
        if self.vpp_dead:
            raise Exception("VPP is dead when setting up the test")
        time.sleep(.1)
        self.vpp_stdout_deque.append(
            "--- test setUp() for %s.%s(%s) starts here ---\n" %
            (self.__class__.__name__, self._testMethodName,
             self._testMethodDoc))
        self.vpp_stderr_deque.append(
            "--- test setUp() for %s.%s(%s) starts here ---\n" %
            (self.__class__.__name__, self._testMethodName,
             self._testMethodDoc))
        self.vapi.cli("clear trace")
        # store the test instance inside the test class - so that objects
        # holding the class can access instance methods (like assertEqual)
        type(self).test_instance = self

    @classmethod
    def pg_enable_capture(cls, interfaces):
        """
        Enable capture on packet-generator interfaces

        :param interfaces: iterable interface indexes

        """
        for i in interfaces:
            i.enable_capture()

    @classmethod
    def register_capture(cls, cap_name):
        """ Register a capture in the testclass """
        # add to the list of captures with current timestamp
        cls._captures.append((time.time(), cap_name))
        # filter out from zombies
        cls._zombie_captures = [(stamp, name)
                                for (stamp, name) in cls._zombie_captures
                                if name != cap_name]

    @classmethod
    def pg_start(cls):
        """ Remove any zombie captures and enable the packet generator """
        # how long before capture is allowed to be deleted - otherwise vpp
        # crashes - 100ms seems enough (this shouldn't be needed at all)
        capture_ttl = 0.1
        now = time.time()
        for stamp, cap_name in cls._zombie_captures:
            wait = stamp + capture_ttl - now
            if wait > 0:
                cls.logger.debug("Waiting for %ss before deleting capture %s",
                                 wait, cap_name)
                time.sleep(wait)
                now = time.time()
            cls.logger.debug("Removing zombie capture %s" % cap_name)
            cls.vapi.cli('packet-generator delete %s' % cap_name)

        cls.vapi.cli("trace add pg-input 50")  # 50 is maximum
        cls.vapi.cli('packet-generator enable')
        cls._zombie_captures = cls._captures
        cls._captures = []

    @classmethod
    def create_pg_interfaces(cls, interfaces):
        """
        Create packet-generator interfaces.

        :param interfaces: iterable indexes of the interfaces.
        :returns: List of created interfaces.

        """
        result = []
        for i in interfaces:
            intf = VppPGInterface(cls, i)
            setattr(cls, intf.name, intf)
            result.append(intf)
        cls.pg_interfaces = result
        return result

    @classmethod
    def create_loopback_interfaces(cls, interfaces):
        """
        Create loopback interfaces.

        :param interfaces: iterable indexes of the interfaces.
        :returns: List of created interfaces.
        """
        result = []
        for i in interfaces:
            intf = VppLoInterface(cls, i)
            setattr(cls, intf.name, intf)
            result.append(intf)
        cls.lo_interfaces = result
        return result

    @staticmethod
    def extend_packet(packet, size):
        """
        Extend packet to given size by padding with spaces
        NOTE: Currently works only when Raw layer is present.

        :param packet: packet
        :param size: target size

        """
        packet_len = len(packet) + 4
        extend = size - packet_len
        if extend > 0:
            packet[Raw].load += ' ' * extend

    @classmethod
    def reset_packet_infos(cls):
        """ Reset the list of packet info objects and packet counts to zero """
        cls._packet_infos = {}
        cls._packet_count_for_dst_if_idx = {}

    @classmethod
    def create_packet_info(cls, src_if, dst_if):
        """
        Create packet info object containing the source and destination indexes
        and add it to the testcase's packet info list

        :param VppInterface src_if: source interface
        :param VppInterface dst_if: destination interface

        :returns: _PacketInfo object

        """
        info = _PacketInfo()
        info.index = len(cls._packet_infos)
        info.src = src_if.sw_if_index
        info.dst = dst_if.sw_if_index
        if isinstance(dst_if, VppSubInterface):
            dst_idx = dst_if.parent.sw_if_index
        else:
            dst_idx = dst_if.sw_if_index
        if dst_idx in cls._packet_count_for_dst_if_idx:
            cls._packet_count_for_dst_if_idx[dst_idx] += 1
        else:
            cls._packet_count_for_dst_if_idx[dst_idx] = 1
        cls._packet_infos[info.index] = info
        return info

    @staticmethod
    def info_to_payload(info):
        """
        Convert _PacketInfo object to packet payload

        :param info: _PacketInfo object

        :returns: string containing serialized data from packet info
        """
        return "%d %d %d" % (info.index, info.src, info.dst)

    @staticmethod
    def payload_to_info(payload):
        """
        Convert packet payload to _PacketInfo object

        :param payload: packet payload

        :returns: _PacketInfo object containing de-serialized data from payload

        """
        numbers = payload.split()
        info = _PacketInfo()
        info.index = int(numbers[0])
        info.src = int(numbers[1])
        info.dst = int(numbers[2])
        return info

    def get_next_packet_info(self, info):
        """
        Iterate over the packet info list stored in the testcase
        Start iteration with first element if info is None
        Continue based on index in info if info is specified

        :param info: info or None
        :returns: next info in list or None if no more infos
        """
        if info is None:
            next_index = 0
        else:
            next_index = info.index + 1
        if next_index == len(self._packet_infos):
            return None
        else:
            return self._packet_infos[next_index]

    def get_next_packet_info_for_interface(self, src_index, info):
        """
        Search the packet info list for the next packet info with same source
        interface index

        :param src_index: source interface index to search for
        :param info: packet info - where to start the search
        :returns: packet info or None

        """
        while True:
            info = self.get_next_packet_info(info)
            if info is None:
                return None
            if info.src == src_index:
                return info

    def get_next_packet_info_for_interface2(self, src_index, dst_index, info):
        """
        Search the packet info list for the next packet info with same source
        and destination interface indexes

        :param src_index: source interface index to search for
        :param dst_index: destination interface index to search for
        :param info: packet info - where to start the search
        :returns: packet info or None

        """
        while True:
            info = self.get_next_packet_info_for_interface(src_index, info)
            if info is None:
                return None
            if info.dst == dst_index:
                return info

    def assert_equal(self, real_value, expected_value, name_or_class=None):
        if name_or_class is None:
            self.assertEqual(real_value, expected_value, msg)
            return
        try:
            msg = "Invalid %s: %d('%s') does not match expected value %d('%s')"
            msg = msg % (getdoc(name_or_class).strip(),
                         real_value, str(name_or_class(real_value)),
                         expected_value, str(name_or_class(expected_value)))
        except:
            msg = "Invalid %s: %s does not match expected value %s" % (
                name_or_class, real_value, expected_value)

        self.assertEqual(real_value, expected_value, msg)

    def assert_in_range(self,
                        real_value,
                        expected_min,
                        expected_max,
                        name=None):
        if name is None:
            msg = None
        else:
            msg = "Invalid %s: %s out of range <%s,%s>" % (
                name, real_value, expected_min, expected_max)
        self.assertTrue(expected_min <= real_value <= expected_max, msg)


class VppTestResult(unittest.TestResult):
    """
    @property result_string
     String variable to store the test case result string.
    @property errors
     List variable containing 2-tuples of TestCase instances and strings
     holding formatted tracebacks. Each tuple represents a test which
     raised an unexpected exception.
    @property failures
     List variable containing 2-tuples of TestCase instances and strings
     holding formatted tracebacks. Each tuple represents a test where
     a failure was explicitly signalled using the TestCase.assert*()
     methods.
    """

    def __init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity):
        """
        :param stream File descriptor to store where to report test results.
            Set to the standard error stream by default.
        :param descriptions Boolean variable to store information if to use
            test case descriptions.
        :param verbosity Integer variable to store required verbosity level.
        """
        unittest.TestResult.__init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity)
        self.stream = stream
        self.descriptions = descriptions
        self.verbosity = verbosity
        self.result_string = None

    def addSuccess(self, test):
        """
        Record a test succeeded result

        :param test:

        """
        unittest.TestResult.addSuccess(self, test)
        self.result_string = colorize("OK", GREEN)

    def addSkip(self, test, reason):
        """
        Record a test skipped.

        :param test:
        :param reason:

        """
        unittest.TestResult.addSkip(self, test, reason)
        self.result_string = colorize("SKIP", YELLOW)

    def addFailure(self, test, err):
        """
        Record a test failed result

        :param test:
        :param err: error message

        """
        unittest.TestResult.addFailure(self, test, err)
        if hasattr(test, 'tempdir'):
            self.result_string = colorize("FAIL", RED) + \
                ' [ temp dir used by test case: ' + test.tempdir + ' ]'
        else:
            self.result_string = colorize("FAIL", RED) + ' [no temp dir]'

    def addError(self, test, err):
        """
        Record a test error result

        :param test:
        :param err: error message

        """
        unittest.TestResult.addError(self, test, err)
        if hasattr(test, 'tempdir'):
            self.result_string = colorize("ERROR", RED) + \
                ' [ temp dir used by test case: ' + test.tempdir + ' ]'
        else:
            self.result_string = colorize("ERROR", RED) + ' [no temp dir]'

    def getDescription(self, test):
        """
        Get test description

        :param test:
        :returns: test description

        """
        # TODO: if none print warning not raise exception
        short_description = test.shortDescription()
        if self.descriptions and short_description:
            return short_description
        else:
            return str(test)

    def startTest(self, test):
        """
        Start a test

        :param test:

        """
        unittest.TestResult.startTest(self, test)
        if self.verbosity > 0:
            self.stream.writeln(
                "Starting " + self.getDescription(test) + " ...")
            self.stream.writeln(single_line_delim)

    def stopTest(self, test):
        """
        Stop a test

        :param test:

        """
        unittest.TestResult.stopTest(self, test)
        if self.verbosity > 0:
            self.stream.writeln(single_line_delim)
            self.stream.writeln("%-73s%s" % (self.getDescription(test),
                                             self.result_string))
            self.stream.writeln(single_line_delim)
        else:
            self.stream.writeln("%-73s%s" % (self.getDescription(test),
                                             self.result_string))

    def printErrors(self):
        """
        Print errors from running the test case
        """
        self.stream.writeln()
        self.printErrorList('ERROR', self.errors)
        self.printErrorList('FAIL', self.failures)

    def printErrorList(self, flavour, errors):
        """
        Print error list to the output stream together with error type
        and test case description.

        :param flavour: error type
        :param errors: iterable errors

        """
        for test, err in errors:
            self.stream.writeln(double_line_delim)
            self.stream.writeln("%s: %s" %
                                (flavour, self.getDescription(test)))
            self.stream.writeln(single_line_delim)
            self.stream.writeln("%s" % err)


class VppTestRunner(unittest.TextTestRunner):
    """
    A basic test runner implementation which prints results to standard error.
    """
    @property
    def resultclass(self):
        """Class maintaining the results of the tests"""
        return VppTestResult

    def __init__(self, stream=sys.stderr, descriptions=True, verbosity=1,
                 failfast=False, buffer=False, resultclass=None):
        # ignore stream setting here, use hard-coded stdout to be in sync
        # with prints from VppTestCase methods ...
        super(VppTestRunner, self).__init__(sys.stdout, descriptions,
                                            verbosity, failfast, buffer,
                                            resultclass)

    test_option = "TEST"

    def parse_test_option(self):
        try:
            f = os.getenv(self.test_option)
        except:
            f = None
        filter_file_name = None
        filter_class_name = None
        filter_func_name = None
        if f:
            if '.' in f:
                parts = f.split('.')
                if len(parts) > 3:
                    raise Exception("Unrecognized %s option: %s" %
                                    (self.test_option, f))
                if len(parts) > 2:
                    if parts[2] not in ('*', ''):
                        filter_func_name = parts[2]
                if parts[1] not in ('*', ''):
                    filter_class_name = parts[1]
                if parts[0] not in ('*', ''):
                    if parts[0].startswith('test_'):
                        filter_file_name = parts[0]
                    else:
                        filter_file_name = 'test_%s' % parts[0]
            else:
                if f.startswith('test_'):
                    filter_file_name = f
                else:
                    filter_file_name = 'test_%s' % f
        return filter_file_name, filter_class_name, filter_func_name

    def filter_tests(self, tests, filter_file, filter_class, filter_func):
        result = unittest.suite.TestSuite()
        for t in tests:
            if isinstance(t, unittest.suite.TestSuite):
                # this is a bunch of tests, recursively filter...
                x = self.filter_tests(t, filter_file, filter_class,
                                      filter_func)
                if x.countTestCases() > 0:
                    result.addTest(x)
            elif isinstance(t, unittest.TestCase):
                # this is a single test
                parts = t.id().split('.')
                # t.id() for common cases like this:
                # test_classifier.TestClassifier.test_acl_ip
                # apply filtering only if it is so
                if len(parts) == 3:
                    if filter_file and filter_file != parts[0]:
                        continue
                    if filter_class and filter_class != parts[1]:
                        continue
                    if filter_func and filter_func != parts[2]:
                        continue
                result.addTest(t)
            else:
                # unexpected object, don't touch it
                result.addTest(t)
        return result

    def run(self, test):
        """
        Run the tests

        :param test:

        """
        print("Running tests using custom test runner")  # debug message
        filter_file, filter_class, filter_func = self.parse_test_option()
        print("Active filters: file=%s, class=%s, function=%s" % (
            filter_file, filter_class, filter_func))
        filtered = self.filter_tests(test, filter_file, filter_class,
                                     filter_func)
        print("%s out of %s tests match specified filters" % (
            filtered.countTestCases(), test.countTestCases()))
        return super(VppTestRunner, self).run(filtered)