twister: support filtering tests using regex

scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/environment.py

@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ def add_parse_arguments(parser = None) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         timeout would be multiplication of test timeout value, board-level timeout multiplier
         and global timeout multiplier (this parameter)""")
 
+    test_xor_subtest.add_argument(
+        "--test-pattern", action="append",
+        help="""Run only the tests matching the specified pattern. The pattern
+        can include regular expressions.
+        """)
+
     test_xor_subtest.add_argument(
         "-s", "--test", "--scenario", action="append", type = norm_path,
         help="""Run only the specified test suite scenario. These are named by

scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/testplan.py

@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def discover(self):
 
         self.add_configurations()
         num = self.add_testsuites(testsuite_filter=self.run_individual_testsuite)
+
         if num == 0:
             raise TwisterRuntimeError("No testsuites found at the specified location...")
         if self.load_errors:
@@ -202,6 +203,20 @@ def discover(self):
         for _, ts in self.testsuites.items():
             self.scenarios.append(ts.id)
 
+        if self.options.test_pattern:
+            logger.info(
+                "Running tests matching the specified patterns: %s",
+                ', '.join(self.options.test_pattern)
+            )
+            # If test_pattern is used, we run all tests that match the pattern.
+            # The pattern can be a regular expression.
+            self.run_individual_testsuite = []
+            for pattern in self.options.test_pattern:
+                r = re.compile(pattern)
+                for ts in self.testsuites.values():
+                    if r.search(ts.id):
+                        self.run_individual_testsuite.append(ts.id)
+
         self.report_duplicates()
         self.parse_configuration(config_file=self.env.test_config)
 

scripts/tests/twister/test_testplan.py

@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ def test_testplan_discover(
 
     testplan = TestPlan(env=mock.Mock())
     testplan.options = mock.Mock(
+        test_pattern=[],
         test='ts1',
         quarantine_list=[tmp_path / qf for qf in ql],
         quarantine_verify=qv,