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-rw-r--r--docs/devel/testing.rst14
-rw-r--r--tests/Makefile.include12
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index 4a0abbf23d..d1841e35d5 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -732,6 +732,20 @@ available. On Debian and Ubuntu based systems, depending on the
specific version, they may be on packages named ``python3-venv`` and
``python3-pip``.
+It is also possible to run tests based on tags using the
+``make check-acceptance`` command and the ``AVOCADO_TAGS`` environment
+variable:
+
+.. code::
+
+ make check-acceptance AVOCADO_TAGS=quick
+
+Note that tags separated with commas have an AND behavior, while tags
+separated by spaces have an OR behavior. For more information on Avocado
+tags, see:
+
+ https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/user/chapters/tags.html
+
The scripts installed inside the virtual environment may be used
without an "activation". For instance, the Avocado test runner
may be invoked by running:
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 6e16c05f10..f6484e5b31 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ TESTS_RESULTS_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/tests/results
# Any number of command separated loggers are accepted. For more
# information please refer to "avocado --help".
AVOCADO_SHOW=app
-AVOCADO_TAGS=$(patsubst %-softmmu,-t arch:%, $(filter %-softmmu,$(TARGETS)))
+ifndef AVOCADO_TAGS
+ AVOCADO_CMDLINE_TAGS=$(patsubst %-softmmu,-t arch:%, \
+ $(filter %-softmmu,$(TARGETS)))
+else
+ AVOCADO_CMDLINE_TAGS=$(addprefix -t , $(AVOCADO_TAGS))
+endif
$(TESTS_VENV_DIR): $(TESTS_VENV_REQ)
$(call quiet-command, \
@@ -128,8 +133,9 @@ check-acceptance: check-venv $(TESTS_RESULTS_DIR) get-vm-images
$(call quiet-command, \
$(TESTS_VENV_DIR)/bin/python -m avocado \
--show=$(AVOCADO_SHOW) run --job-results-dir=$(TESTS_RESULTS_DIR) \
- --filter-by-tags-include-empty --filter-by-tags-include-empty-key \
- $(AVOCADO_TAGS) \
+ $(if $(AVOCADO_TAGS),, --filter-by-tags-include-empty \
+ --filter-by-tags-include-empty-key) \
+ $(AVOCADO_CMDLINE_TAGS) \
$(if $(GITLAB_CI),,--failfast) tests/acceptance, \
"AVOCADO", "tests/acceptance")