
* Data processing can be understood as operations on sets (link:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Venn+diagram[Venn diagram])

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$ src/osmo-gsm-tester.py "$TRIAL_JOB_DIR" -s 4g:srsenb-rftype@zmq+srsue-rftype@zmq+mod-enb-nprb@6 -t ping.py
----


* First Suite and scenarios dictionaries ('resources', 'modifiers', 'config') are combined (set union operation):

[cols="1,5a,5a,10a,10a"]
.Manual replica of 'suite.py resource_requirements()' and 'resource_modifiers()' methods
|===
|File|original|after 'times' replication|python syntax|combined

|4g
|
----
run_node:
- times: 1
enb:
- times: 1
  type: srsenb
modem:
- times: 2
  type: srsue
----
|
----
run_node:
- {}
enb:
- type: srsenb
modem:
- type: srsue
- type: srsue
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{}],
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb'}],
  'modem': [{'type: 'srsue'},
            {'type: 'srsue'}]
}
'modifiers': {}
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{}],
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb'}],
  'modem': [{'type': 'srsue'},
            {'type': 'srsue'}]

}
'modifiers': {}
----
|srsenb-rftype@zmq
|
----
resources:
  enb:
  - type: srsenb
    rf_dev_type: zmq
----
|
----
resources:
  enb:
  - type: srsenb
    rf_dev_type: zmq
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'}]
}
'modifiers': {}
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{}],
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'}],
  'modem': [{'type': 'srsue'},
            {'type': 'srsue'}]
}
'modifiers': {}
----
|srsue-rftype@zmq
|
----
resources:
  modem:
  - type: srsue
    rf_dev_type: zmq
    times: 1
----
|
----
resources:
  modem:
  - type: srsue
    rf_dev_type: zmq
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'modem': [{'type': 'srsue',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'}]
}
'modifiers': {}
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{}],
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'}],
  'modem': [{'type': 'srsue',
             'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'},
            {'type': 'srsue'}]
}
'modifiers': {}
----
|mod-enb-nprb@6
|
----
modifiers:
  enb:
  - num_prb: 6
    times: 1
----
|
----
modifiers:
  enb:
  - num_prb: 6
----
|
----
'resources': {}
'modifiers': {
  'enb': [{'num_prb': 6}]
}
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{}],
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'}],
  'modem': [{'type': 'srsue',
             'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'},
            {'type': 'srsue'}]
}
'modifiers': {
  'enb': [{'num_prb': 6}]
}
----
|===

* Second, the resulting 'resources' set is used to match a set of resources from 'resources.list' in order to allocate them (intersection of sets):

[cols="5a,5a,10a"]
.Manual replica of 'resource.py reserve()' method
|===
|resources.conf|'resources' filters|matched

|
----
run_node:
- run_type: ssh
  run_addr: 10.12.1.195
  ssh_user: jenkins
  ssh_addr: 10.12.1.195

enb:
- label: srsENB-zmq
  type: srsenb
  rf_dev_type: zmq
  remote_user: jenkins
  addr: 10.12.1.206

- label: srsENB-B200
  type: srsenb
  rf_dev_type: UHD
  rf_dev_args: "type=b200,serial=317B9FE"
  remote_user: jenkins
  addr: 10.12.1.206

modem:
- label: srsUE-zmq_1
  type: srsue
  rf_dev_type: zmq
  remote_user: jenkins
  addr: 10.12.1.195
  imsi: '001010123456789'
  ki: '001123'

- label: srsUE-zq_2
  type: srsue
  rf_dev_type: zmq
  remote_user: jenkins
  addr: 10.12.1.180
  imsi: '001010123456781'
  ki: '001124'
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{}],
  'enb': [{'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'}],
  'modem': [
            {'type': 'srsue',
             'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'},
            {'type': 'srsue'}
	   ]
}
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{'run_type': 'ssh',
                'run_addr': '10.12.1.195',
                'ssh_user': 'jenkins',
                'ssh_addr': '10.12.1.195'}],
  'enb': [{'label': 'srsENB-zmq',
           'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq',
           'remote_user': 'jenkins',
           'addr': 10.12.1.206}],
  'modem': [
            {'label': 'srsUE-zmq_1',
             'type': 'srsue',
             'remote_user': jenkins,
             'addr': '10.12.1.195',
             'imsi': '001010123456789'
             'ki': '001123',
             'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'},
            {'label': 'srsUE-zmq_2',
             'type': 'srsue',
             'remote_user': jenkins,
             'addr': '10.12.1.180',
             'imsi': '001010123456781'
             'ki': '001124'}
           ]
}
----
|===

* Finally, modifiers are applied on top of the combined configuration before
  being passed to the python class managing it:

[cols="5a,5a,10a"]
.Also done by 'resource.py reserve()' method after matching resources
|===
|Matched resources|modifiers|Result

|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{'run_type': 'ssh',
                'run_addr': '10.12.1.195',
                'ssh_user': 'jenkins',
                'ssh_addr': '10.12.1.195'}],
  'enb': [{'label': 'srsENB-zmq',
           'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq',
           'remote_user': 'jenkins',
           'addr': 10.12.1.206}],
  'modem': [
            {'label': 'srsUE-zmq_1',
             'type': 'srsue',
             'remote_user': jenkins,
             'addr': '10.12.1.195',
             'imsi': '001010123456789'
             'ki': '001123',
             'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'},
            {'label': 'srsUE-zmq_2',
             'type': 'srsue',
             'remote_user': jenkins,
             'addr': '10.12.1.180',
             'imsi': '001010123456781'
             'ki': '001124'}
           ]
}
----
|
----
'modifiers': {
  'enb': [{'num_prb': 6}]
}
----
|
----
'resources': {
  'run_node': [{'run_type': 'ssh',
                'run_addr': '10.12.1.195',
                'ssh_user': 'jenkins',
                'ssh_addr': '10.12.1.195'}],
  'enb': [{'label': 'srsENB-zmq',
           'type': 'srsenb',
           'rf_dev_type': 'zmq',
           'remote_user': 'jenkins',
           'addr': '10.12.1.206',
           'num_prb': 6}],
  'modem': [
            {'label': 'srsUE-zmq_1',
             'type': 'srsue',
             'remote_user': jenkins,
             'addr': 10.12.1.195,
             'imsi': '001010123456789'
             'ki': '001123',
             'rf_dev_type': 'zmq'},
            {'label': 'srsUE-zmq_2',
             'type': 'srsue',
             'remote_user': jenkins,
             'addr': 10.12.1.180,
             'imsi': '001010123456781'
             'ki': '001124'}
           ]
}
----
|===

WARNING: Right now algorithms based on lists of scalar/simple types being
unordered vs complex types (dictionaries, list) being ordered. Other ways can be
supported by explicitly using 'set' type from yaml in lists of scalars.