2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/config.ini.in b/test/config.ini.in
index 8bcba1b39c..d7105c419b 100644
--- a/test/config.ini.in
+++ b/test/config.ini.in
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ RPCAUTH=@abs_top_srcdir@/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
 @ENABLE_ZMQ_TRUE@ENABLE_ZMQ=true
 @ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER_TRUE@ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER=true
 @ENABLE_SYSCALL_SANDBOX_TRUE@ENABLE_SYSCALL_SANDBOX=true
+@ENABLE_USDT_TRACEPOINTS_TRUE@ENABLE_USDT_TRACEPOINTS=true
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 8f75255caf..165c5b8d83 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 import argparse
 import logging
 import os
+import platform
 import pdb
 import random
 import re
@@ -821,6 +822,29 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
         except ImportError:
             raise SkipTest("python3-zmq module not available.")
 
+    def skip_if_no_python_bcc(self):
+        """Attempt to import the bcc package and skip the tests if the import fails."""
+        try:
+            import bcc  # type: ignore[import] # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError:
+            raise SkipTest("bcc python module not available")
+
+    def skip_if_no_bitcoind_tracepoints(self):
+        """Skip the running test if bitcoind has not been compiled with USDT tracepoint support."""
+        if not self.is_usdt_compiled():
+            raise SkipTest("bitcoind has not been built with USDT tracepoints enabled.")
+
+    def skip_if_no_bpf_permissions(self):
+        """Skip the running test if we don't have permissions to do BPF syscalls and load BPF maps."""
+        # check for 'root' permissions
+        if os.geteuid() != 0:
+            raise SkipTest("no permissions to use BPF (please review the tests carefully before running them with higher privileges)")
+
+    def skip_if_platform_not_linux(self):
+        """Skip the running test if we are not on a Linux platform"""
+        if platform.system() != "Linux":
+            raise SkipTest("not on a Linux system")
+
     def skip_if_no_bitcoind_zmq(self):
         """Skip the running test if bitcoind has not been compiled with zmq support."""
         if not self.is_zmq_compiled():
@@ -902,6 +926,10 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
         """Checks whether the zmq module was compiled."""
         return self.config["components"].getboolean("ENABLE_ZMQ")
 
+    def is_usdt_compiled(self):
+        """Checks whether the USDT tracepoints were compiled."""
+        return self.config["components"].getboolean("ENABLE_USDT_TRACEPOINTS")
+
     def is_sqlite_compiled(self):
         """Checks whether the wallet module was compiled with Sqlite support."""
         return self.config["components"].getboolean("USE_SQLITE")