1 files changed, 95 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
index 90ae59eb54..89425b737c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import pycotap
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 import uuid
 
@@ -37,9 +39,99 @@ class QemuBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
     log = None
     logdir = None
 
+    '''
+    Create a temporary directory suitable for storing UNIX
+    socket paths.
+
+    Returns: a tempfile.TemporaryDirectory instance
+    '''
+    def socket_dir(self):
+        if self.socketdir is None:
+            self.socketdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(
+                prefix="qemu_func_test_sock_")
+        return self.socketdir
+
+    '''
+    @params args list of zero or more subdirectories or file
+
+    Construct a path for accessing a data file located
+    relative to the source directory that is the root for
+    functional tests.
+
+    @args may be an empty list to reference the root dir
+    itself, may be a single element to reference a file in
+    the root directory, or may be multiple elements to
+    reference a file nested below. The path components
+    will be joined using the platform appropriate path
+    separator.
+
+    Returns: string representing a file path
+    '''
+    def data_file(self, *args):
+        return str(Path(Path(__file__).parent.parent, *args))
+
+    '''
+    @params args list of zero or more subdirectories or file
+
+    Construct a path for accessing a data file located
+    relative to the build directory root.
+
+    @args may be an empty list to reference the build dir
+    itself, may be a single element to reference a file in
+    the build directory, or may be multiple elements to
+    reference a file nested below. The path components
+    will be joined using the platform appropriate path
+    separator.
+
+    Returns: string representing a file path
+    '''
+    def build_file(self, *args):
+        return str(Path(BUILD_DIR, *args))
+
+    '''
+    @params args list of zero or more subdirectories or file
+
+    Construct a path for accessing/creating a scratch file
+    located relative to a temporary directory dedicated to
+    this test case. The directory and its contents will be
+    purged upon completion of the test.
+
+    @args may be an empty list to reference the scratch dir
+    itself, may be a single element to reference a file in
+    the scratch directory, or may be multiple elements to
+    reference a file nested below. The path components
+    will be joined using the platform appropriate path
+    separator.
+
+    Returns: string representing a file path
+    '''
+    def scratch_file(self, *args):
+        return str(Path(self.workdir, *args))
+
+    '''
+    @params args list of zero or more subdirectories or file
+
+    Construct a path for accessing/creating a log file
+    located relative to a temporary directory dedicated to
+    this test case. The directory and its log files will be
+    preserved upon completion of the test.
+
+    @args may be an empty list to reference the log dir
+    itself, may be a single element to reference a file in
+    the log directory, or may be multiple elements to
+    reference a file nested below. The path components
+    will be joined using the platform appropriate path
+    separator.
+
+    Returns: string representing a file path
+    '''
+    def log_file(self, *args):
+        return str(Path(self.logdir, *args))
+
     def setUp(self, bin_prefix):
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.qemu_bin, 'QEMU_TEST_QEMU_BINARY must be set')
         self.arch = self.qemu_bin.split('-')[-1]
+        self.socketdir = None
 
         self.outputdir = os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, 'tests', 'functional',
                                       self.arch, self.id())
@@ -65,6 +157,9 @@ class QemuBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         if "QEMU_TEST_KEEP_SCRATCH" not in os.environ:
             shutil.rmtree(self.workdir)
+        if self.socketdir is not None:
+            shutil.rmtree(self.socketdir.name)
+            self.socketdir = None
         self.machinelog.removeHandler(self._log_fh)
         self.log.removeHandler(self._log_fh)