new option for choosing number of test clients to run

diff --git a/tests/test_helper.tcl b/tests/test_helper.tcl
index 34d96606d134eb077f3802f9548cded17e97a430..2ec3aad1c16c4bf7679af16fe45bbbdf4331ee12 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/test_helper.tcl
+++ b/tests/test_helper.tcl
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ proc print_help_screen {} {
         "--quiet            Don't show individual tests."
         "--single <unit>    Just execute the specified unit (see next option)."
         "--list-tests       List all the available test units."
+        "--clients <num>    Number of test clients (16)."
         "--force-failure    Force the execution of a test that always fails."
         "--help             Print this help screen."
     } "\n"]
@@ -390,6 +391,9 @@ for {set j 0} {$j < [llength $argv]} {incr j} {
         set ::client 1
         set ::test_server_port $arg
         incr j
+    } elseif {$opt eq {--clients}} {
+        set ::numclients $arg
+        incr j
     } elseif {$opt eq {--help}} {
         print_help_screen
         exit 0