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+##############################################################################bl
+# MIT License
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 - 2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+##############################################################################el
+# Common helper routines for testing collateral
+
+
+import inspect
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+def check_resource_allocation():
+    """Check if CTEST resource allocation is enabled for parallel testing and set
+    HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES variable accordingly with assigned gpu index.
+    """
+
+    if "CTEST_RESOURCE_GROUP_COUNT" not in os.environ:
+        return
+
+    if "CTEST_RESOURCE_GROUP_0_GPUS" in os.environ:
+        resource = os.environ["CTEST_RESOURCE_GROUP_0_GPUS"]
+        # extract assigned gpu id from env var: example format -> 'id:0,slots:1'
+        for item in resource.split(","):
+            key, value = item.split(":")
+            if key == "id":
+                os.environ["HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES"] = value
+                return
+
+    return
+
+
+def get_output_dir(suffix="_output", clean_existing=True):
+    """Provides a unique output directory based on the name of the calling test function with a suffix applied.
+
+    Args:
+        suffix (str, optional): suffix to append to output_dir. Defaults to "_output".
+        clean_existing (bool, optional): Whether to remove existing directory if exists. Defaults to True.
+    """
+
+    output_dir = inspect.stack()[1].function + suffix
+    if clean_existing:
+        if os.path.exists(output_dir):
+            shutil.rmtree(output_dir)
+    return output_dir