Add a CLI argument that takes fnmatch(3)-style patterns as value and can
be specified many times. Only tests that match the pattern will be
executed. This argument is passed to unittest.main which takes the same
argument.

Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidiana...@linaro.org>
---
 tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py 
b/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
index 
bfee6638edf6f9853ead1e3809ae3c9152089406..e137c05baf91f6f88d6228d86d98aa9498797382
 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import pycotap
+import itertools
 import shutil
 from subprocess import run
 import sys
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ def parse_args(test_name: str) -> argparse.Namespace:
         action="store_true",
         help="List all tests that would be executed and exit.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-k",
+        dest="test_name_patterns",
+        action="append",
+        type=str,
+        help="Only run tests which match the given substring. "
+        "This argument is passed to unittest.main verbatim.",
+    )
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -300,8 +309,16 @@ def main():
 
         tr = pycotap.TAPTestRunner(message_log = pycotap.LogMode.LogToError,
                                    test_output_log = 
pycotap.LogMode.LogToError)
-        res = unittest.main(module = None, testRunner = tr, exit = False,
-                            argv=["__dummy__", path])
+        argv = ["__dummy__", path] + (
+            list(
+                itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+                    ["-k", x] for x in args.test_name_patterns
+                )
+            )
+            if args.test_name_patterns
+            else []
+        )
+        res = unittest.main(module=None, testRunner=tr, exit=False, argv=argv)
         for (test, message) in res.result.errors + res.result.failures:
 
             if hasattr(test, "log_filename"):

-- 
2.47.2


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