[repeat harness] rework repeat harness and introduce test case continuous reboot

ansible/roles/test/tasks/continuous_reboot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+##########################################################################
+# Repeat reboot test case <repeat_count> times                           #
+##########################################################################
+
+- name: set default value for repeat_count
+  set_fact:
+      repeat_count: 3
+  when: repeat_count is not defined
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "Execute reboot.yml {{ repeat_count }} time(s)"
+
+- include: reboot.yml
+  with_sequence: end={{repeat_count}}

ansible/roles/test/tasks/repeat_harness.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 ##########################################################################
-# Repeat harness is used to repeat a list of tasks, for single test case #
-#     repeatation, we can use repeat_count in test by testcase name      #
-#     infrastructure. This test case is the template for repeat a list   #
-#     of test cases, or run a test with delay between iterations. etc.   #
+# Repeat harness is used to repeat a list of tasks, the list of the      #
+#     tasks should be defined in repeat_tasks.yml                        #
 ##########################################################################
 
-- debug:
-    msg: "===================== Repeating starts ======================"
+- name: Default test repeat count
+  set_fact: repeat_count=3
+  when: repeat_count is not defined
 
-# Add tasks here to be repeated:
-# e.g. - include: reboot.yml
+- debug: msg="Execute repeat_tasks.yml {{ repeat_count }} time(s)"
 
-
-- debug:
-    msg: "===================== Repeating ends   ======================"
+- include: repeat_tasks.yml
+  with_sequence: end={{repeat_count}}

ansible/roles/test/tasks/repeat_tasks.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+##########################################################################
+# Repeat task is used to specify a list of tasks to repeat.              #
+##########################################################################
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "===================== Repeating starts ======================"
+
+# Add tasks here to be repeated:
+# e.g. - include: reboot.yml
+
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "===================== Repeating ends   ======================"

ansible/roles/test/tasks/test_sonic_by_testname.yml

@@ -27,17 +27,11 @@
         - sonic_hwsku in mellanox_hwskus
         - dscp_mode is not defined
 
-    - name: Set test repeat count
-      set_fact:
-          repeat_count: 1
-      when: repeat_count is not defined
-
 - debug: var=testcases[testcase_name]['execvars']
   when: testcases[testcase_name]['execvars'] is defined
 
-- name: run test case {{ testcases[testcase_name]['filename'] }} file {{ repeat_count }} time(s)
+- name: run test case {{ testcases[testcase_name]['filename'] }} file
   include: "{{ testcases[testcase_name]['filename'] }}"
-  with_sequence: end={{ repeat_count }}
 
 - debug: msg="!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 - debug: msg="!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! end running test {{ testcase_name }} !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

ansible/roles/test/vars/testcases.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 testcases:
-    repeat_harness:
-      filename: repeat_harness.yml
-      topologies: [t0, t0-64, t0-64-32,t0-116, t1, t1-lag, t1-64-lag, ptf32, ptf64]
-
     acl: 
       filename: acl.yml
       topologies: [t1, t1-lag, t1-64-lag]
@@ -35,6 +31,10 @@ testcases:
           ptf_host:
           testbed_type:
 
+    continuous_reboot:
+      filename: continuous_reboot.yml
+      topologies: [t0, t0-64, t0-64-32, t0-116, t1, t1-lag, t1-64-lag]
+
     copp:
       filename: copp.yml
       topologies: [ptf32, ptf64]
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ testcases:
       filename: reboot.yml
       topologies: [t0, t0-64, t0-64-32, t0-116, t1, t1-lag, t1-64-lag, ptf32, ptf64]
 
+    repeat_harness:
+      filename: repeat_harness.yml
+      topologies: [t0, t0-64, t0-64-32, t0-116, t1, t1-lag, t1-64-lag, ptf32, ptf64]
+
     restart_swss:
       filename: run_config_cleanup.yml
       topologies: [t0, t0-64, t0-64-32, t0-116, t1, t1-lag, t1-64-lag, ptf32, ptf64]