tests: make tests less make dependent
[vpp.git] / test / run_tests.py
index 66118ca..1d194ad 100644 (file)
@@ -8,32 +8,30 @@ import unittest
 import argparse
 import time
 import threading
+import traceback
 import signal
-import psutil
 import re
-import multiprocessing
-from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe, cpu_count
+from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe, get_context
 from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
 from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager
 import framework
-from framework import VppTestRunner, running_extended_tests, VppTestCase, \
+from config import config, num_cpus, available_cpus, max_vpp_cpus
+from framework import VppTestRunner, VppTestCase, \
     get_testcase_doc_name, get_test_description, PASS, FAIL, ERROR, SKIP, \
-    TEST_RUN
-from debug import spawn_gdb
+    TEST_RUN, SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE
+from debug import spawn_gdb, start_vpp_in_gdb
 from log import get_parallel_logger, double_line_delim, RED, YELLOW, GREEN, \
     colorize, single_line_delim
 from discover_tests import discover_tests
+import sanity_run_vpp
 from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError
 from util import check_core_path, get_core_path, is_core_present
 
 # timeout which controls how long the child has to finish after seeing
 # a core dump in test temporary directory. If this is exceeded, parent assumes
-# that child process is stuck (e.g. waiting for shm mutex, which will never
-# get unlocked) and kill the child
+# that child process is stuck (e.g. waiting for event from vpp) and kill
+# the child
 core_timeout = 3
-min_req_shm = 536870912  # min 512MB shm required
-# 128MB per extra process
-shm_per_process = 134217728
 
 
 class StreamQueue(Queue):
@@ -62,6 +60,7 @@ class TestResult(dict):
         self[FAIL] = []
         self[ERROR] = []
         self[SKIP] = []
+        self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE] = []
         self[TEST_RUN] = []
         self.crashed = False
         self.testcase_suite = testcase_suite
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ class TestResult(dict):
 
     def was_successful(self):
         return 0 == len(self[FAIL]) == len(self[ERROR]) \
-            and len(self[PASS] + self[SKIP]) \
-            == self.testcase_suite.countTestCases() == len(self[TEST_RUN])
+            and len(self[PASS] + self[SKIP] + self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE]) \
+            == self.testcase_suite.countTestCases()
 
     def no_tests_run(self):
         return 0 == len(self[TEST_RUN])
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ class TestResult(dict):
         rerun_ids = set([])
         for testcase in self.testcase_suite:
             tc_id = testcase.id()
-            if tc_id not in self[PASS] and tc_id not in self[SKIP]:
+            if tc_id not in self[PASS] + self[SKIP] + self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE]:
                 rerun_ids.add(tc_id)
         if rerun_ids:
             return suite_from_failed(self.testcase_suite, rerun_ids)
@@ -129,9 +128,9 @@ def test_runner_wrapper(suite, keep_alive_pipe, stdouterr_queue,
     VppTestCase.parallel_handler = logger.handlers[0]
     result = VppTestRunner(keep_alive_pipe=keep_alive_pipe,
                            descriptions=descriptions,
-                           verbosity=verbose,
+                           verbosity=config.verbose,
                            result_pipe=result_pipe,
-                           failfast=failfast,
+                           failfast=config.failfast,
                            print_summary=False).run(suite)
     finished_pipe.send(result.wasSuccessful())
     finished_pipe.close()
@@ -145,11 +144,7 @@ class TestCaseWrapper(object):
         self.finished_parent_end, self.finished_child_end = Pipe(duplex=False)
         self.result_parent_end, self.result_child_end = Pipe(duplex=False)
         self.testcase_suite = testcase_suite
-        if sys.version[0] == '2':
-            self.stdouterr_queue = manager.StreamQueue()
-        else:
-            from multiprocessing import get_context
-            self.stdouterr_queue = manager.StreamQueue(ctx=get_context())
+        self.stdouterr_queue = manager.StreamQueue(ctx=get_context())
         self.logger = get_parallel_logger(self.stdouterr_queue)
         self.child = Process(target=test_runner_wrapper,
                              args=(testcase_suite,
@@ -216,6 +211,13 @@ class TestCaseWrapper(object):
     def was_successful(self):
         return self.result.was_successful()
 
+    @property
+    def cpus_used(self):
+        return self.testcase_suite.cpus_used
+
+    def get_assigned_cpus(self):
+        return self.testcase_suite.get_assigned_cpus()
+
 
 def stdouterr_reader_wrapper(unread_testcases, finished_unread_testcases,
                              read_testcases):
@@ -241,8 +243,7 @@ def handle_failed_suite(logger, last_test_temp_dir, vpp_pid):
     if last_test_temp_dir:
         # Need to create link in case of a timeout or core dump without failure
         lttd = os.path.basename(last_test_temp_dir)
-        failed_dir = os.getenv('FAILED_DIR')
-        link_path = '%s%s-FAILED' % (failed_dir, lttd)
+        link_path = '%s%s-FAILED' % (config.failed_dir, lttd)
         if not os.path.exists(link_path):
             os.symlink(last_test_temp_dir, link_path)
         logger.error("Symlink to failed testcase directory: %s -> %s"
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ def handle_failed_suite(logger, last_test_temp_dir, vpp_pid):
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.exception("Unexpected error running `file' utility "
                                  "on core-file")
+            logger.error(f"gdb {config.vpp_bin} {core_path}")
 
     if vpp_pid:
         # Copy api post mortem
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ def check_and_handle_core(vpp_binary, tempdir, core_crash_test):
             print(single_line_delim)
             spawn_gdb(vpp_binary, get_core_path(tempdir))
             print(single_line_delim)
-        elif compress_core:
+        elif config.compress_core:
             print("Compressing core-file in test directory `%s'" % tempdir)
             os.system("gzip %s" % get_core_path(tempdir))
 
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ def process_finished_testsuite(wrapped_testcase_suite,
     results.append(wrapped_testcase_suite.result)
     finished_testcase_suites.add(wrapped_testcase_suite)
     stop_run = False
-    if failfast and not wrapped_testcase_suite.was_successful():
+    if config.failfast and not wrapped_testcase_suite.was_successful():
         stop_run = True
 
     if not wrapped_testcase_suite.was_successful():
@@ -325,7 +327,6 @@ def process_finished_testsuite(wrapped_testcase_suite,
 def run_forked(testcase_suites):
     wrapped_testcase_suites = set()
     solo_testcase_suites = []
-    total_test_runners = 0
 
     # suites are unhashable, need to use list
     results = []
@@ -333,31 +334,53 @@ def run_forked(testcase_suites):
     finished_unread_testcases = set()
     manager = StreamQueueManager()
     manager.start()
-    total_test_runners = 0
-    while total_test_runners < concurrent_tests:
-        if testcase_suites:
+    tests_running = 0
+    free_cpus = list(available_cpus)
+
+    def on_suite_start(tc):
+        nonlocal tests_running
+        nonlocal free_cpus
+        tests_running = tests_running + 1
+
+    def on_suite_finish(tc):
+        nonlocal tests_running
+        nonlocal free_cpus
+        tests_running = tests_running - 1
+        assert tests_running >= 0
+        free_cpus.extend(tc.get_assigned_cpus())
+
+    def run_suite(suite):
+        nonlocal manager
+        nonlocal wrapped_testcase_suites
+        nonlocal unread_testcases
+        nonlocal free_cpus
+        suite.assign_cpus(free_cpus[:suite.cpus_used])
+        free_cpus = free_cpus[suite.cpus_used:]
+        wrapper = TestCaseWrapper(suite, manager)
+        wrapped_testcase_suites.add(wrapper)
+        unread_testcases.add(wrapper)
+        on_suite_start(suite)
+
+    def can_run_suite(suite):
+        return (tests_running < max_concurrent_tests and
+                (suite.cpus_used <= len(free_cpus) or
+                 suite.cpus_used > max_vpp_cpus))
+
+    while free_cpus and testcase_suites:
+        a_suite = testcase_suites[0]
+        if a_suite.is_tagged_run_solo:
             a_suite = testcase_suites.pop(0)
-            if a_suite.force_solo:
-                solo_testcase_suites.append(a_suite)
-                continue
-            wrapped_testcase_suite = TestCaseWrapper(a_suite,
-                                                     manager)
-            wrapped_testcase_suites.add(wrapped_testcase_suite)
-            unread_testcases.add(wrapped_testcase_suite)
-            total_test_runners = total_test_runners + 1
+            solo_testcase_suites.append(a_suite)
+            continue
+        if can_run_suite(a_suite):
+            a_suite = testcase_suites.pop(0)
+            run_suite(a_suite)
         else:
             break
 
-    while total_test_runners < 1 and solo_testcase_suites:
-        if solo_testcase_suites:
-            a_suite = solo_testcase_suites.pop(0)
-            wrapped_testcase_suite = TestCaseWrapper(a_suite,
-                                                     manager)
-            wrapped_testcase_suites.add(wrapped_testcase_suite)
-            unread_testcases.add(wrapped_testcase_suite)
-            total_test_runners = total_test_runners + 1
-        else:
-            break
+    if tests_running == 0 and solo_testcase_suites:
+        a_suite = solo_testcase_suites.pop(0)
+        run_suite(a_suite)
 
     read_from_testcases = threading.Event()
     read_from_testcases.set()
@@ -398,7 +421,7 @@ def run_forked(testcase_suites):
                     continue
 
                 fail = False
-                if wrapped_testcase_suite.last_heard + test_timeout < \
+                if wrapped_testcase_suite.last_heard + config.timeout < \
                         time.time():
                     fail = True
                     wrapped_testcase_suite.logger.critical(
@@ -467,32 +490,23 @@ def run_forked(testcase_suites):
                 wrapped_testcase_suites.remove(finished_testcase)
                 finished_unread_testcases.add(finished_testcase)
                 finished_testcase.stdouterr_queue.put(None)
-                total_test_runners = total_test_runners - 1
+                on_suite_finish(finished_testcase)
                 if stop_run:
                     while testcase_suites:
                         results.append(TestResult(testcase_suites.pop(0)))
                 elif testcase_suites:
-                    a_testcase = testcase_suites.pop(0)
-                    while a_testcase and a_testcase.force_solo:
-                        solo_testcase_suites.append(a_testcase)
+                    a_suite = testcase_suites.pop(0)
+                    while a_suite and a_suite.is_tagged_run_solo:
+                        solo_testcase_suites.append(a_suite)
                         if testcase_suites:
-                            a_testcase = testcase_suites.pop(0)
+                            a_suite = testcase_suites.pop(0)
                         else:
-                            a_testcase = None
-                    if a_testcase:
-                        new_testcase = TestCaseWrapper(a_testcase,
-                                                       manager)
-                        wrapped_testcase_suites.add(new_testcase)
-                        total_test_runners = total_test_runners + 1
-                        unread_testcases.add(new_testcase)
-                else:
-                    if solo_testcase_suites and total_test_runners == 0:
-                        a_testcase = solo_testcase_suites.pop(0)
-                        new_testcase = TestCaseWrapper(a_testcase,
-                                                       manager)
-                        wrapped_testcase_suites.add(new_testcase)
-                        total_test_runners = total_test_runners + 1
-                        unread_testcases.add(new_testcase)
+                            a_suite = None
+                    if a_suite and can_run_suite(a_suite):
+                        run_suite(a_suite)
+                if solo_testcase_suites and tests_running == 0:
+                    a_suite = solo_testcase_suites.pop(0)
+                    run_suite(a_suite)
             time.sleep(0.1)
     except Exception:
         for wrapped_testcase_suite in wrapped_testcase_suites:
@@ -501,40 +515,59 @@ def run_forked(testcase_suites):
         raise
     finally:
         read_from_testcases.clear()
-        stdouterr_thread.join(test_timeout)
+        stdouterr_thread.join(config.timeout)
         manager.shutdown()
 
     handle_cores(failed_wrapped_testcases)
     return results
 
 
+class TestSuiteWrapper(unittest.TestSuite):
+    cpus_used = 0
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        return super().__init__()
+
+    def addTest(self, test):
+        self.cpus_used = max(self.cpus_used, test.get_cpus_required())
+        super().addTest(test)
+
+    def assign_cpus(self, cpus):
+        self.cpus = cpus
+
+    def _handleClassSetUp(self, test, result):
+        if not test.__class__.skipped_due_to_cpu_lack:
+            test.assign_cpus(self.cpus)
+        super()._handleClassSetUp(test, result)
+
+    def get_assigned_cpus(self):
+        return self.cpus
+
+
 class SplitToSuitesCallback:
     def __init__(self, filter_callback):
         self.suites = {}
         self.suite_name = 'default'
         self.filter_callback = filter_callback
-        self.filtered = unittest.TestSuite()
+        self.filtered = TestSuiteWrapper()
 
     def __call__(self, file_name, cls, method):
         test_method = cls(method)
         if self.filter_callback(file_name, cls.__name__, method):
             self.suite_name = file_name + cls.__name__
             if self.suite_name not in self.suites:
-                self.suites[self.suite_name] = unittest.TestSuite()
-                self.suites[self.suite_name].force_solo = False
+                self.suites[self.suite_name] = TestSuiteWrapper()
+                self.suites[self.suite_name].is_tagged_run_solo = False
             self.suites[self.suite_name].addTest(test_method)
-            if test_method.force_solo():
-                self.suites[self.suite_name].force_solo = True
+            if test_method.is_tagged_run_solo():
+                self.suites[self.suite_name].is_tagged_run_solo = True
 
         else:
             self.filtered.addTest(test_method)
 
 
-test_option = "TEST"
-
-
-def parse_test_option():
-    f = os.getenv(test_option, None)
+def parse_test_filter(test_filter):
+    f = test_filter
     filter_file_name = None
     filter_class_name = None
     filter_func_name = None
@@ -565,7 +598,7 @@ def parse_test_option():
 
 
 def filter_tests(tests, filter_cb):
-    result = unittest.suite.TestSuite()
+    result = TestSuiteWrapper()
     for t in tests:
         if isinstance(t, unittest.suite.TestSuite):
             # this is a bunch of tests, recursively filter...
@@ -630,13 +663,14 @@ class AllResults(dict):
         self[FAIL] = 0
         self[ERROR] = 0
         self[SKIP] = 0
+        self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE] = 0
         self[TEST_RUN] = 0
         self.rerun = []
         self.testsuites_no_tests_run = []
 
     def add_results(self, result):
         self.results_per_suite.append(result)
-        result_types = [PASS, FAIL, ERROR, SKIP, TEST_RUN]
+        result_types = [PASS, FAIL, ERROR, SKIP, TEST_RUN, SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE]
         for result_type in result_types:
             self[result_type] += len(result[result_type])
 
@@ -663,22 +697,29 @@ class AllResults(dict):
         print('')
         print(double_line_delim)
         print('TEST RESULTS:')
-        print('     Scheduled tests: {}'.format(self.all_testcases))
-        print('      Executed tests: {}'.format(self[TEST_RUN]))
-        print('        Passed tests: {}'.format(
-            colorize(str(self[PASS]), GREEN)))
-        if self[SKIP] > 0:
-            print('       Skipped tests: {}'.format(
-                colorize(str(self[SKIP]), YELLOW)))
-        if self.not_executed > 0:
-            print('  Not Executed tests: {}'.format(
-                colorize(str(self.not_executed), RED)))
-        if self[FAIL] > 0:
-            print('            Failures: {}'.format(
-                colorize(str(self[FAIL]), RED)))
-        if self[ERROR] > 0:
-            print('              Errors: {}'.format(
-                colorize(str(self[ERROR]), RED)))
+
+        def indent_results(lines):
+            lines = list(filter(None, lines))
+            maximum = max(lines, key=lambda x: x.index(":"))
+            maximum = 4 + maximum.index(":")
+            for l in lines:
+                padding = " " * (maximum - l.index(":"))
+                print(f"{padding}{l}")
+
+        indent_results([
+            f'Scheduled tests: {self.all_testcases}',
+            f'Executed tests: {self[TEST_RUN]}',
+            f'Passed tests: {colorize(self[PASS], GREEN)}',
+            f'Skipped tests: {colorize(self[SKIP], YELLOW)}'
+            if self[SKIP] else None,
+            f'Not Executed tests: {colorize(self.not_executed, RED)}'
+            if self.not_executed else None,
+            f'Failures: {colorize(self[FAIL], RED)}' if self[FAIL] else None,
+            f'Errors: {colorize(self[ERROR], RED)}' if self[ERROR] else None,
+            'Tests skipped due to lack of CPUS: '
+            f'{colorize(self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE], YELLOW)}'
+            if self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE] else None
+        ])
 
         if self.all_failed > 0:
             print('FAILURES AND ERRORS IN TESTS:')
@@ -715,6 +756,10 @@ class AllResults(dict):
             for tc_class in tc_classes:
                 print('  {}'.format(colorize(tc_class, RED)))
 
+        if self[SKIP_CPU_SHORTAGE]:
+            print()
+            print(colorize('     SOME TESTS WERE SKIPPED BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT'
+                           ' ENOUGH CPUS AVAILABLE', YELLOW))
         print(double_line_delim)
         print('')
 
@@ -759,98 +804,67 @@ def parse_results(results):
     return return_code, results_per_suite.rerun
 
 
-def parse_digit_env(env_var, default):
-    value = os.getenv(env_var, default)
-    if value != default:
-        if value.isdigit():
-            value = int(value)
-        else:
-            print('WARNING: unsupported value "%s" for env var "%s",'
-                  'defaulting to %s' % (value, env_var, default))
-            value = default
-    return value
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    verbose = parse_digit_env("V", 0)
+    print(f"Config is: {config}")
 
-    test_timeout = parse_digit_env("TIMEOUT", 600)  # default = 10 minutes
+    if config.sanity:
+        print("Running sanity test case.")
+        try:
+            rc = sanity_run_vpp.main()
+            if rc != 0:
+                sys.exit(rc)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            print("Couldn't run sanity test case.")
+            sys.exit(-1)
 
     test_finished_join_timeout = 15
 
-    retries = parse_digit_env("RETRIES", 0)
-
-    debug = os.getenv("DEBUG", "n").lower() in ["gdb", "gdbserver"]
-
-    debug_core = os.getenv("DEBUG", "").lower() == "core"
-    compress_core = framework.BoolEnvironmentVariable("CORE_COMPRESS")
+    debug_gdb = config.debug in ["gdb", "gdbserver", "attach"]
+    debug_core = config.debug == "core"
 
-    step = framework.BoolEnvironmentVariable("STEP")
-    force_foreground = framework.BoolEnvironmentVariable("FORCE_FOREGROUND")
+    run_interactive = debug_gdb or config.step or config.force_foreground
 
-    run_interactive = debug or step or force_foreground
+    max_concurrent_tests = 0
+    print(f"OS reports {num_cpus} available cpu(s).")
 
-    try:
-        num_cpus = len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
-    except AttributeError:
-        num_cpus = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
-    shm_free = psutil.disk_usage('/dev/shm').free
-
-    print('OS reports %s available cpu(s). Free shm: %s' % (
-        num_cpus, "{:,}MB".format(shm_free / (1024 * 1024))))
-
-    test_jobs = os.getenv("TEST_JOBS", "1").lower()  # default = 1 process
+    test_jobs = config.jobs
     if test_jobs == 'auto':
         if run_interactive:
-            concurrent_tests = 1
-            print('Interactive mode required, running on one core')
+            max_concurrent_tests = 1
+            print('Interactive mode required, running tests consecutively.')
         else:
-            shm_max_processes = 1
-            if shm_free < min_req_shm:
-                raise Exception('Not enough free space in /dev/shm. Required '
-                                'free space is at least %sM.'
-                                % (min_req_shm >> 20))
-            else:
-                extra_shm = shm_free - min_req_shm
-                shm_max_processes += extra_shm // shm_per_process
-            concurrent_tests = min(cpu_count(), shm_max_processes)
-            print('Found enough resources to run tests with %s cores'
-                  % concurrent_tests)
-    elif test_jobs.isdigit():
-        concurrent_tests = int(test_jobs)
-        print("Running on %s core(s) as set by 'TEST_JOBS'." %
-              concurrent_tests)
+            max_concurrent_tests = num_cpus
+            print(f"Running at most {max_concurrent_tests} python test "
+                  "processes concurrently.")
     else:
-        concurrent_tests = 1
-        print('Running on one core.')
+        max_concurrent_tests = test_jobs
+        print(f"Running at most {max_concurrent_tests} python test processes "
+              "concurrently as set by 'TEST_JOBS'.")
 
-    if run_interactive and concurrent_tests > 1:
+    print(f"Using at most {max_vpp_cpus} cpus for VPP threads.")
+
+    if run_interactive and max_concurrent_tests > 1:
         raise NotImplementedError(
-            'Running tests interactively (DEBUG is gdb or gdbserver or STEP '
-            'is set) in parallel (TEST_JOBS is more than 1) is not supported')
-
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="VPP unit tests")
-    parser.add_argument("-f", "--failfast", action='store_true',
-                        help="fast failure flag")
-    parser.add_argument("-d", "--dir", action='append', type=str,
-                        help="directory containing test files "
-                             "(may be specified multiple times)")
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    failfast = args.failfast
+            'Running tests interactively (DEBUG is gdb[server] or ATTACH or '
+            'STEP is set) in parallel (TEST_JOBS is more than 1) is not '
+            'supported')
+
     descriptions = True
 
-    print("Running tests using custom test runner")  # debug message
-    filter_file, filter_class, filter_func = parse_test_option()
+    print("Running tests using custom test runner.")
+    filter_file, filter_class, filter_func = \
+        parse_test_filter(config.filter)
 
-    print("Active filters: file=%s, class=%s, function=%s" % (
+    print("Selected filters: file=%s, class=%s, function=%s" % (
         filter_file, filter_class, filter_func))
 
     filter_cb = FilterByTestOption(filter_file, filter_class, filter_func)
 
-    ignore_path = os.getenv("VENV_PATH", None)
+    ignore_path = config.venv_dir
     cb = SplitToSuitesCallback(filter_cb)
-    for d in args.dir:
+    for d in config.test_src_dir:
         print("Adding tests from directory tree %s" % d)
         discover_tests(d, cb, ignore_path)
 
@@ -859,15 +873,30 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     tests_amount = 0
     for testcase_suite in cb.suites.values():
         tests_amount += testcase_suite.countTestCases()
+        if testcase_suite.cpus_used > max_vpp_cpus:
+            # here we replace test functions with lambdas to just skip them
+            # but we also replace setUp/tearDown functions to do nothing
+            # so that the test can be "started" and "stopped", so that we can
+            # still keep those prints (test description - SKIP), which are done
+            # in stopTest() (for that to trigger, test function must run)
+            for t in testcase_suite:
+                for m in dir(t):
+                    if m.startswith('test_'):
+                        setattr(t, m, lambda: t.skipTest("not enough cpus"))
+                setattr(t.__class__, 'setUpClass', lambda: None)
+                setattr(t.__class__, 'tearDownClass', lambda: None)
+                setattr(t, 'setUp', lambda: None)
+                setattr(t, 'tearDown', lambda: None)
+                t.__class__.skipped_due_to_cpu_lack = True
         suites.append(testcase_suite)
 
     print("%s out of %s tests match specified filters" % (
         tests_amount, tests_amount + cb.filtered.countTestCases()))
 
-    if not running_extended_tests:
+    if not config.extended:
         print("Not running extended tests (some tests will be skipped)")
 
-    attempts = retries + 1
+    attempts = config.retries + 1
     if attempts > 1:
         print("Perform %s attempts to pass the suite..." % attempts)
 
@@ -875,9 +904,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         # don't fork if requiring interactive terminal
         print('Running tests in foreground in the current process')
         full_suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+        free_cpus = list(available_cpus)
+        cpu_shortage = False
+        for suite in suites:
+            if suite.cpus_used <= max_vpp_cpus:
+                suite.assign_cpus(free_cpus[:suite.cpus_used])
+            else:
+                suite.assign_cpus([])
+                cpu_shortage = True
         full_suite.addTests(suites)
-        result = VppTestRunner(verbosity=verbose,
-                               failfast=failfast,
+        result = VppTestRunner(verbosity=config.verbose,
+                               failfast=config.failfast,
                                print_summary=True).run(full_suite)
         was_successful = result.wasSuccessful()
         if not was_successful:
@@ -890,10 +927,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                           test_case_info.tempdir,
                                           test_case_info.core_crash_test)
 
+        if cpu_shortage:
+            print()
+            print(colorize('SOME TESTS WERE SKIPPED BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT'
+                           ' ENOUGH CPUS AVAILABLE', YELLOW))
+            print()
         sys.exit(not was_successful)
     else:
         print('Running each VPPTestCase in a separate background process'
-              ' with {} parallel process(es)'.format(concurrent_tests))
+              f' with at most {max_concurrent_tests} parallel python test '
+              'process(es)')
         exit_code = 0
         while suites and attempts > 0:
             results = run_forked(suites)