X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Frun_tests.py;h=58ca7d53e398923bc4dde90cf5415314626f13f2;hb=b5ef26d1ed524d1f2f59ffd5546d1c581f4c88a2;hp=55b8123756cc4eee6278b1d135280f4036383d78;hpb=b34f99ced80a8eeb8c4eba5e2d023d70f210253b;p=vpp.git

diff --git a/test/run_tests.py b/test/run_tests.py
index 55b8123756c..58ca7d53e39 100644
--- a/test/run_tests.py
+++ b/test/run_tests.py
@@ -733,7 +733,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     step = os.getenv("STEP", "n").lower() in ("y", "yes", "1")
 
-    run_interactive = debug or step
+    force_foreground = os.getenv("FORCE_FOREGROUND", "").lower() in \
+        ("y", "yes", "1")
+
+    run_interactive = debug or step or force_foreground
 
     test_jobs = os.getenv("TEST_JOBS", "1").lower()  # default = 1 process
     if test_jobs == 'auto':
@@ -806,6 +809,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     if run_interactive and suites:
         # don't fork if requiring interactive terminal
+        print('Running tests in foreground in the current process')
         full_suite = unittest.TestSuite()
         map(full_suite.addTests, suites)
         result = VppTestRunner(verbosity=verbose,
@@ -824,6 +828,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         sys.exit(not was_successful)
     else:
+        print('Running each VPPTestCase in a separate background process'
+              ' with {} parallel process(es)'.format(concurrent_tests))
         exit_code = 0
         while suites and attempts > 0:
             results = run_forked(suites)