Merge pull request #2818 from vkarak/bugfix/make-test_module

[enhancement] Set the module of test created by `make_test`

reframe/core/meta.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 import functools
+import inspect
 import types
 import collections
 
@@ -821,7 +822,7 @@ def loggable_attrs(cls):
         return sorted(loggable_props + loggable_vars + loggable_params)
 
 
-def make_test(name, bases, body, methods=None, **kwargs):
+def make_test(name, bases, body, methods=None, module=None, **kwargs):
     '''Define a new test class programmatically.
 
     Using this method is completely equivalent to using the :keyword:`class`
@@ -890,13 +891,18 @@ def validate(obj):
     :param methods: A list of functions to be bound as methods to the class
         that is being created. The functions will be bound with their original
         name.
+    :param module: The module name of the new test class.
+        If :obj:`None`, the module of the caller will be used.
     :param kwargs: Any keyword arguments to be passed to the
         :class:`RegressionTestMeta` metaclass.
 
     .. versionadded:: 3.10.0
 
     .. versionchanged:: 3.11.0
-       Added the ``methods`` arguments.
+       Added the ``methods`` argument.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 4.2
+       Added the ``module`` argument.
 
     '''
     namespace = RegressionTestMeta.__prepare__(name, bases, **kwargs)
@@ -915,4 +921,11 @@ def validate(obj):
         namespace.reset(k)
 
     cls = RegressionTestMeta(name, bases, namespace, **kwargs)
+
+    if not module:
+        # Set the test's module to be that of our callers
+        caller = inspect.currentframe().f_back
+        module = caller.f_globals['__name__']
+
+    cls.__module__ = module
     return cls

unittests/test_pipeline.py

@@ -1835,9 +1835,26 @@ def test_make_test_without_builtins(local_exec_ctx):
     )
 
     assert hello_cls.__name__ == 'HelloTest'
+    assert hello_cls.__module__ == 'unittests.test_pipeline'
     _run(hello_cls(), *local_exec_ctx)
 
 
+def test_make_test_with_module():
+    hello_cls = make_test(
+        'HelloTest', (rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest,),
+        {
+            'valid_systems': ['*'],
+            'valid_prog_environs': ['*'],
+            'executable': 'echo',
+            'sanity_patterns': sn.assert_true(1)
+        },
+        module='foo'
+    )
+
+    assert hello_cls.__name__ == 'HelloTest'
+    assert hello_cls.__module__ == 'foo'
+
+
 def test_make_test_with_builtins(local_exec_ctx):
     class _X(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest):
         valid_systems = ['*']