Run tests under valgrind when available.

Fixes #50.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/util.py b/test/util.py
index 48ec995..5f2f3e0 100644
--- a/test/util.py
+++ b/test/util.py
@@ -36,3 +36,16 @@ def umount(mount_process, mnt_dir):
         time.sleep(0.1)
         elapsed += 0.1
     pytest.fail('mount process did not terminate')
+
+
+# If valgrind and libtool are available, use them
+def has_program(name):
+    return subprocess.call([name, '--version'],
+                           stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                           stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL) == 0
+
+if has_program('valgrind') and has_program('libtool'):
+    base_cmdline = [ 'libtool', '--mode=execute',
+                     'valgrind', '-q', '--' ]
+else:
+    base_cmdline = []