tests/qtest: optimize qtest_get_machines

qtest_get_machines returns the machines supported by the QEMU binary
described by an environment variable and caches the result.  If the
next call to qtest_get_machines passes the same variable name, the cached
result is returned, but if the name changes, the caching is defeated.
To make caching more effective, remember the path of the QEMU binary
instead.  Different env vars, eg QTEST_QEMU_BINARY_SRC and
QTEST_QEMU_BINARY_DST, usually resolve to the same path.

Before the optimization, the test /x86_64/migration/precopy/unix/plain
exec's QEMU and calls query-machines 3 times.  After optimization, that
only happens once.  This does not significantly speed up the tests, but
it reduces QTEST_LOG output, and launches fewer QEMU instances, making
it easier to debug problems.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Message-ID: <87h5ymdzrf.fsf@pond.sub.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1758290310-349623-1-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
index 94526b7f9c..f3d4e0829a 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
@@ -1630,7 +1630,8 @@ static void qtest_free_machine_list(struct MachInfo *machines)
 static struct MachInfo *qtest_get_machines(const char *var)
 {
     static struct MachInfo *machines;
-    static char *qemu_var;
+    static char *qemu_bin;
+    const char *new_qemu_bin;
     QDict *response, *minfo;
     QList *list;
     const QListEntry *p;
@@ -1639,9 +1640,10 @@ static struct MachInfo *qtest_get_machines(const char *var)
     QTestState *qts;
     int idx;
 
-    if (g_strcmp0(qemu_var, var)) {
-        g_free(qemu_var);
-        qemu_var = g_strdup(var);
+    new_qemu_bin = qtest_qemu_binary(var);
+    if (g_strcmp0(qemu_bin, new_qemu_bin)) {
+        g_free(qemu_bin);
+        qemu_bin = g_strdup(new_qemu_bin);
 
         /* new qemu, clear the cache */
         qtest_free_machine_list(machines);
@@ -1654,7 +1656,7 @@ static struct MachInfo *qtest_get_machines(const char *var)
 
     silence_spawn_log = !g_test_verbose();
 
-    qts = qtest_init_ext(qemu_var, "-machine none", NULL, true);
+    qts = qtest_init_ext(var, "-machine none", NULL, true);
     response = qtest_qmp(qts, "{ 'execute': 'query-machines' }");
     g_assert(response);
     list = qdict_get_qlist(response, "return");