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-rwxr-xr-xtests/tests.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 136c879aa..3f6ed0a7a 100755
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ def _run_tests_args(subparsers):
_add_format_args(parser)
def _run_tests(args):
+ if not os.path.isfile(args.gem5) or not os.access(args.gem5, os.X_OK):
+ print >> sys.stderr, \
+ "gem5 binary '%s' not an executable file" % args.gem5
+ sys.exit(2)
+
formatter = _create_formatter(args)
out_base = os.path.abspath(args.directory)