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+# Copyright 2016-2021 Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS/ETH Zurich)
+# ReFrame Project Developers. See the top-level LICENSE file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+import reframe as rfm
+import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
+import reframe.utility.typecheck as typ
+
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class nvidia_smi_check(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest):
+    gpu_mode = parameter(['accounting', 'compute', 'ecc'])
+    valid_systems = ['daint:gpu', 'dom:gpu']
+    valid_prog_environs = ['builtin']
+    executable = 'nvidia-smi'
+    executable_opts = ['-a', '-d']
+    num_tasks = 1
+    num_tasks_per_node = 1
+    exclusive = True
+    tags = {'maintenance', 'production'}
+    maintainers = ['VH']
+    mode_values = variable(typ.Dict[str, str], value={
+        'accounting': 'Enabled',
+        'compute': 'Exclusive_Process',
+        'ecc': 'Enabled'
+    })
+
+    @rfm.run_before('run')
+    def set_display_opt(self):
+        self.executable_opts.append(self.gpu_mode.upper())
+
+    @rfm.run_before('sanity')
+    def set_sanity(self):
+        modeval = self.mode_values[self.gpu_mode]
+        if self.gpu_mode == 'ecc':
+            patt = rf'Current\s+: {modeval}'
+        else:
+            patt = rf'{self.gpu_mode.capitalize()} Mode\s+: {modeval}'
+
+        num_gpus_detected = sn.count(sn.findall(patt, self.stdout))
+        num_gpus_all = self.num_tasks
+
+        # We can't an use f-string here, because it will misinterpret the
+        # placeholders for the sanity function message
+        errmsg = ('{0} out of {1} GPU(s) have the correct %s mode' %
+                  self.gpu_mode)
+        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_eq(
+            num_gpus_detected, num_gpus_all, errmsg
+        )