+ @classmethod
+ def get_vpp_time(cls):
+ # processes e.g. "Time now 2.190522, Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:29:54 GMT"
+ # returns float("2.190522")
+ timestr = cls.vapi.cli('show clock')
+ head, sep, tail = timestr.partition(',')
+ head, sep, tail = head.partition('Time now')
+ return float(tail)
+
+ @classmethod
+ def sleep_on_vpp_time(cls, sec):
+ """ Sleep according to time in VPP world """
+ # On a busy system with many processes
+ # we might end up with VPP time being slower than real world
+ # So take that into account when waiting for VPP to do something
+ start_time = cls.get_vpp_time()
+ while cls.get_vpp_time() - start_time < sec:
+ cls.sleep(0.1)
+