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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+
+from avocado import Test
+from avocado import main
+from avocado.utils import archive
+from avocado.utils import process
+
+
+class Compilebench(Test):
+
+    """
+    Compilebench tries to age a filesystem by simulating some of the
+    disk IO common in creating, compiling, patching, stating and
+    reading kernel trees.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Extract compilebench
+        Source:
+         https://oss.oracle.com/~mason/compilebench/compilebench-0.6.tar.bz2
+        """
+        cb_tarball = self.params.get('cb_tarball',
+                                     default='compilebench-0.6.tar.bz2')
+        tarball_path = self.get_data_path(cb_tarball)
+        archive.extract(tarball_path, self.srcdir)
+        cb_version = cb_tarball.split('.tar.')[0]
+        self.srcdir = os.path.join(self.srcdir, cb_version)
+
+    def test(self):
+        """
+        Run 'compilebench' with its arguments
+        """
+        initial_dirs = self.params.get('INITIAL_DIRS', default=10)
+        runs = self.params.get('RUNS', default=30)
+
+        args = []
+        args.append('-D %s ' % self.srcdir)
+        args.append('-s %s ' % self.srcdir)
+        args.append('-i %d ' % initial_dirs)
+        args.append('-r %d ' % runs)
+
+        # Using python explicitly due to the compilebench current
+        # shebang set to python2.4
+        cmd = ('python %s/compilebench %s' % (self.srcdir, " ".join(args)))
+        process.run(cmd)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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+# Usage: compilebench [options]
+# version: 0.6
+# 
+# Options:
+#   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+#   -b BUFFER_SIZE, --buffer-size=BUFFER_SIZE
+#                         buffer size (bytes)
+#   -i INITIAL_DIRS, --initial-dirs=INITIAL_DIRS
+#                         number of dirs initially created
+#   -r RUNS, --runs=RUNS  number of rand op runs
+#   -D DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
+#                         working directory
+#   -s SOURCES, --sources=SOURCES
+#                         data set source file directory
+#   -t TRACE, --trace=TRACE
+#                         blktrace output file
+#   -d DEVICE, --device=DEVICE
+#                         blktrace device
+#   -m, --makej           simulate a make -j on the initial dirs and exit
+#   -n, --no-sync         don't sync and drop caches between each iteration
+
+# Valid options in avocado test are bellow:
+setup:
+    trees: !mux
+        default:
+            INITIAL_DIRS: null
+        quick:
+            INITIAL_DIRS: 5
+    runs: !mux
+        default:
+            RUNS: null
+        minimal:
+            RUNS: 1