teststeps: Improvements and bugfixing of teststeps

This patch introduces several improvements and small bugfixes
of teststeps. These changes were identified during implementation
of OVS/DPDK regression tests.

Patch content:
* teststeps: step aliases were implemented
* teststeps: improved filtering by regex for any step, which returns string
  or list of stings; filter will process all lines
* teststeps: support for log object
* teststeps: support for trafficgen get_results call
* teststeps: configurable suppression of step validation
* trafficgen: remove old results before traffic is executed
* trafficgen: support for flow control on/off (IxNet)
* trafficgen: support for configurable learning frames (IxNet)
* trafficgen: support for runtime changes of TRAFFICGEN_PKT_SIZES, _DURATION
  and _LOSSRATE
* vnf: flush pexpect output of previous commands
* vnf: use execute_and_wait() to ensure correct cmds order
* vnf: dpdk vHost User interface name set according to its type,
  e.g. dpdkvhostuserclient
* vswitch: support for OVS restart
* decap: simplify configuration of tunneling decapsulation tests
* settings: values of all configuration options are restored after TC execution
* modified formatting of test description used by --list
* testcase name and description is logged before its execution
* small bugfixes

JIRA: VSPERF-539

Change-Id: I550ba0d897ece89abd3f33d6d66f545c4d863e7b
Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
Reviewed-by: Trevor Cooper <trevor.cooper@intel.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/core/traffic_controller_rfc2544.py b/core/traffic_controller_rfc2544.py
index cb839518..488dde6f 100644
--- a/core/traffic_controller_rfc2544.py
+++ b/core/traffic_controller_rfc2544.py
@@ -30,8 +30,14 @@ class TrafficControllerRFC2544(TrafficController, IResults):
 
         :param traffic_gen_class: The traffic generator class to be used.
         """
-        super(TrafficControllerRFC2544, self).__init__(traffic_gen_class)
+        super().__init__(traffic_gen_class)
         self._type = 'rfc2544'
+        self._tests = None
+
+    def configure(self, traffic):
+        """See TrafficController for description
+        """
+        super().configure(traffic)
         self._tests = int(settings.getValue('TRAFFICGEN_RFC2544_TESTS'))
 
     def send_traffic(self, traffic):
@@ -39,11 +45,8 @@ class TrafficControllerRFC2544(TrafficController, IResults):
         """
         if not self.traffic_required():
             return
-        self._logger.debug('send_traffic with ' +
-                           str(self._traffic_gen_class))
 
-        # update type with detailed traffic value
-        self._type = traffic['traffic_type']
+        super().send_traffic(traffic)
 
         for packet_size in self._packet_sizes:
             # Merge framesize with the default traffic definition
@@ -74,11 +77,8 @@ class TrafficControllerRFC2544(TrafficController, IResults):
         """
         if not self.traffic_required():
             return
-        self._logger.debug('send_traffic_async with ' +
-                           str(self._traffic_gen_class))
 
-        # update type with detailed traffic value
-        self._type = traffic['traffic_type']
+        super().send_traffic_async(traffic, function)
 
         for packet_size in self._packet_sizes:
             traffic['l2'] = {'framesize': packet_size}