twister: add support for platform_type filter

Instead of relying on runtime filter to limit scope to emulation
platforms, use the type attribute for each platform and do the filtering
very early on. This will speed things up for tests where we only run on
emulation platforms.

Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>

scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib.py

@@ -1761,6 +1761,7 @@ class TestSuite(DisablePyTestCollectionMixin):
         self.skip = False
         self.platform_exclude = None
         self.platform_allow = None
+        self.platform_type = []
         self.toolchain_exclude = None
         self.toolchain_allow = None
         self.ts_filter = None
@@ -3012,6 +3013,7 @@ class TestPlan(DisablePyTestCollectionMixin):
                        "extra_sections": {"type": "list", "default": []},
                        "integration_platforms": {"type": "list", "default": []},
                        "testcases": {"type": "list", "default": []},
+                       "platform_type": {"type": "list", "default": []},
                        "platform_exclude": {"type": "set"},
                        "platform_allow": {"type": "set"},
                        "toolchain_exclude": {"type": "set"},
@@ -3389,6 +3391,7 @@ class TestPlan(DisablePyTestCollectionMixin):
                         ts.skip = ts_dict["skip"]
                         ts.platform_exclude = ts_dict["platform_exclude"]
                         ts.platform_allow = ts_dict["platform_allow"]
+                        ts.platform_type = ts_dict["platform_type"]
                         ts.toolchain_exclude = ts_dict["toolchain_exclude"]
                         ts.toolchain_allow = ts_dict["toolchain_allow"]
                         ts.ts_filter = ts_dict["filter"]
@@ -3673,6 +3676,9 @@ class TestPlan(DisablePyTestCollectionMixin):
                 if ts.platform_allow and plat.name not in ts.platform_allow:
                     discards[instance] = discards.get(instance, "Not in testsuite platform allow list")
 
+                if ts.platform_type and plat.type not in ts.platform_type:
+                    discards[instance] = discards.get(instance, "Not in testsuite platform type list")
+
                 if ts.toolchain_allow and toolchain not in ts.toolchain_allow:
                     discards[instance] = discards.get(instance, "Not in testsuite toolchain allow list")
 

scripts/schemas/twister/testsuite-schema.yaml

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ mapping:
       "platform_allow":
         type: str
         required: false
+      "platform_type":
+        type: seq
+        required: false
+        sequence:
+          - type: str
       "tags":
         type: str
         required: false
@@ -247,6 +252,11 @@ mapping:
           "platform_allow":
             type: str
             required: false
+          "platform_type":
+            type: seq
+            required: false
+            sequence:
+              - type: str
           "tags":
             type: str
             required: false

tests/arch/common/semihost/testcase.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 tests:
   arch.common.semihost:
     arch_allow: arm arm64 riscv32 riscv64
-    filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET
+    platform_type:
+      - qemu

tests/drivers/console/testcase.yaml

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ tests:
   drivers.console.semihost:
     tags: drivers console
     arch_allow: arm arm64 riscv32 riscv64
-    filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET
+    platform_type:
+      - qemu
     extra_args: CONF_FILE=prj_semihost.conf

tests/lib/cbprintf_package/testcase.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 common:
-  filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET or CONFIG_BOARD_NATIVE_POSIX
+  platform_type:
+    - qemu
+    - native
   tags: cbprintf
   # FIXME: qemu_arc_hs6x excluded, see #38041
   platform_exclude: qemu_arc_hs6x

tests/subsys/logging/log_api/testcase.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 common:
-  filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET or CONFIG_BOARD_NATIVE_POSIX
+  platform_type:
+    - qemu
+    - native
   tags: log_api logging
   integration_platforms:
     - native_posix

tests/subsys/logging/log_msg2/testcase.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 common:
-  filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET or CONFIG_BOARD_NATIVE_POSIX
+  platform_type:
+    - qemu
+    - native
   tags: log_api logging
   # FIXME: qemu_arc_hs6x excluded, see #38041
   platform_exclude: qemu_arc_hs6x

tests/subsys/logging/log_stack/testcase.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 common:
-  filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET
+  platform_type:
+    - qemu
   tags: log_api logging
   integration_platforms:
     - qemu_x86

tests/ztest/ztress/testcase.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 common:
   tags: test_framework
-  filter: CONFIG_QEMU_TARGET
+  platform_type:
+    - qemu
 tests:
   testing.ztest.ztress:
     integration_platforms: