1 files changed, 13 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py
index fe11a21903..593d385021 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py
@@ -10,39 +10,33 @@ def setUpModule():
 
 class MultilibTest(oeRuntimeTest):
 
-    def parse(self, s):
+    def archtest(self, binary, arch):
         """
-        Parse the output of readelf -h and return the binary class, or fail.
+        Check that ``binary`` has the ELF class ``arch`` (e.g. ELF32/ELF64).
         """
-        l = [l.split()[1] for l in s.split('\n') if "Class:" in l]
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h %s" % binary)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf %s" % binary)
+
+        l = [l.split()[1] for l in output.split('\n') if "Class:" in l]
         if l:
-            return l[0]
+            theclass = l[0]
         else:
             self.fail("Cannot parse readelf output\n" + s)
 
+        self.assertEqual(theclass, arch, msg="%s isn't %s (is %s)" % (binary, arch, theclass))
+
     @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
     def test_check_multilib_libc(self):
         """
         Check that a multilib image has both 32-bit and 64-bit libc in.
         """
-
-        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /lib/libc.so.6")
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf /lib/libc.so.6")
-        class32 = self.parse(output)
-
-        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /lib64/libc.so.6")
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf /lib64/libc.so.6")
-        class64 = self.parse(output)
-
-        self.assertEqual(class32, "ELF32", msg="/lib/libc.so.6 isn't ELF32 (is %s)" % class32)
-        self.assertEqual(class64, "ELF64", msg="/lib64/libc.so.6 isn't ELF64 (is %s)" % class64)
+        self.archtest("/lib/libc.so.6", "ELF32")
+        self.archtest("/lib64/libc.so.6", "ELF64")
 
     @testcase('279')
     @skipUnlessPassed('test_check_multilib_libc')
     def test_file_connman(self):
         self.assertTrue(oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage('lib32-connman'), msg="This test assumes lib32-connman is installed")
 
-        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /usr/sbin/connmand")
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf /usr/sbin/connmand")
-        theclass = self.parse(output)
-        self.assertEqual(theclass, "ELF32", msg="connmand isn't ELF32 (is %s)" % theclass)
+        self.archtest("/usr/sbin/connmand", "ELF32")