diff --git a/tests/test_agent.py b/tests/test_agent.py
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+import os.path
+import unittest
+
+
+from oktest import ok, main, test
+
+
+from wally.suits.io import agent
+
+code_test_defaults = """
+[defaults]
+wait_for_previous
+buffered=0
+iodepth=2
+RUNTIME=20
+
+[sec1]
+group_reporting
+time_based
+softrandommap=1
+filename=/tmp/xxx
+size=5G
+ramp_time=20
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize=1m
+rw=read
+direct=1
+numjobs=1
+some_extra=1.2314
+
+[sec2]
+group_reporting
+time_based
+iodepth=1
+softrandommap=1
+filename=/tmp/xxx
+size=5G
+ramp_time=20
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize=1m
+rw=read
+direct=1
+numjobs=1
+some_extra=1.2314
+"""
+
+defaults = """
+[defaults]
+wait_for_previous
+group_reporting
+time_based
+buffered=0
+iodepth=1
+softrandommap=1
+filename=/tmp/xxx
+size=5G
+ramp_time=20
+runtime=20
+blocksize=1m
+rw=read
+direct=1
+numjobs=1
+"""
+
+code_test_auto_params_1 = defaults + """
+[defaults]
+RUNTIME=30
+
+[sec1_{TEST_SUMM}]
+ramp_time={% 20, 40 %}
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize={% 4k, 4m %}
+"""
+
+
+code_test_uniq = defaults + """
+[defaults]
+REPCOUNT=2
+RUNTIME=30
+
+[sec1_{TEST_SUMM}_{UNIQ} * 3]
+
+[sec2_{TEST_SUMM}_{UNIQ} * {REPCOUNT}]
+"""
+
+code_test_cycles_default = defaults + """
+[defaults]
+REPCOUNT=2
+RUNTIME={% 30, 60 %}
+
+[sec1_{TEST_SUMM}_{UNIQ} * 3]
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize={% 4k, 4m %}
+"""
+
+
+P = agent.parse_all_in_1
+
+
+class AgentTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    @test("test_parse_value")
+    def test_parse_value(self):
+        x = "asdfasd adsd d"
+        ok(agent.parse_value(x)) == x
+        ok(agent.parse_value("10 2")) == "10 2"
+        ok(agent.parse_value(None)).is_(None)
+        ok(agent.parse_value("10")) == 10
+        ok(agent.parse_value("20")) == 20
+        ok(agent.parse_value("10.1") - 10.1) < 1E-7
+        ok(agent.parse_value("{% 10, 20 %}")) == [10, 20]
+        ok(agent.parse_value("{% 10,20 %}")) == [10, 20]
+
+    code_test_compile_simplest = defaults + """
+[sec1]
+some_extra=1.2314
+"""
+
+    @test("test_compile_simplest")
+    def test_compile_simplest(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_compile_simplest, {})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+        ok(len(sections)) == 1
+        sec1 = sections[0]
+        ok(sec1.name) == "sec1"
+        vals = sec1.vals
+        ok(vals['wait_for_previous']).is_(None)
+        ok(vals['iodepth']) == 1
+        ok(vals['some_extra'] - 1.2314) < 1E-7
+
+    code_test_params_in_defaults = defaults + """
+[defaults]
+RUNTIME=20
+
+[sec1]
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+"""
+
+    @test("test_compile_defaults")
+    def test_compile_defaults(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_params_in_defaults, {})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+        ok(len(sections)) == 1
+        sec1 = sections[0]
+        ok(sec1.name) == "sec1"
+        vals = sec1.vals
+        ok(vals['wait_for_previous']).is_(None)
+        ok(vals['iodepth']) == 1
+        ok(vals['runtime']) == 20
+
+    @test("test_defaults")
+    def test_defaults(self):
+        sections = P(code_test_defaults, {})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+        ok(len(sections)) == 2
+        sec1, sec2 = sections
+
+        ok(sec1.name) == "sec1"
+        ok(sec2.name) == "sec2"
+
+        ok(sec1.vals['wait_for_previous']).is_(None)
+        ok(sec2.vals['wait_for_previous']).is_(None)
+
+        ok(sec1.vals['iodepth']) == 2
+        ok(sec2.vals['iodepth']) == 1
+
+        ok(sec1.vals['buffered']) == 0
+        ok(sec2.vals['buffered']) == 0
+
+    code_test_ext_params = defaults + """
+[sec1]
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+"""
+
+    @test("test_external_params")
+    def test_external_params(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            sections = P(self.code_test_ext_params, {})
+            list(sections)
+
+        sections = P(self.code_test_ext_params,
+                     {'RUNTIME': 20})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+    code_test_cycle = defaults + """
+[sec1]
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+ramp_time={% 20, 40 %}
+"""
+
+    @test("test_cycle")
+    def test_cycle(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_cycle,
+                     {'RUNTIME': 20})
+        sections = list(sections)
+        ok(len(sections)) == 2
+        ok(sections[0].vals['ramp_time']) == 20
+        ok(sections[1].vals['ramp_time']) == 40
+
+    code_test_cycles = defaults + """
+[sec1]
+ramp_time={% 20, 40 %}
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize={% 4k, 4m %}
+"""
+
+    @test("test_cycles")
+    def test_cycles(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_cycles,
+                     {'RUNTIME': 20})
+        sections = list(sections)
+        ok(len(sections)) == 4
+
+        combinations = [
+            (section.vals['ramp_time'], section.vals['blocksize'])
+            for section in sections
+        ]
+
+        combinations.sort()
+
+        ok(combinations) == [(20, '4k'), (20, '4m'), (40, '4k'), (40, '4m')]
+
+    @test("test_time_estimate")
+    def test_time_estimate(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_cycles,
+                     {'RUNTIME': 20})
+        sections = list(sections)
+        etime = agent.calculate_execution_time(sections)
+
+        ok(etime) == 20 * 4 + 20 * 2 + 40 * 2
+        ok(agent.sec_to_str(etime)) == "0:03:20"
+
+    code_test_cycles2 = defaults + """
+[sec1 * 7]
+ramp_time={% 20, 40 %}
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize={% 4k, 4m %}
+"""
+
+    @test("test_time_estimate")
+    def test_time_estimate_large(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_cycles2,
+                     {'RUNTIME': 30})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+        ok(sections[0].name) == 'sec1'
+        ok(len(sections)) == 7 * 4
+
+        etime = agent.calculate_execution_time(sections)
+        # ramptime optimization
+        expected_time = (20 + 30 + 30 * 6) * 2
+        expected_time += (40 + 30 + 30 * 6) * 2
+        ok(etime) == expected_time
+
+    code_test_cycles3 = defaults + """
+[sec1 * 7]
+ramp_time={% 20, 40 %}
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize={% 4k, 4m %}
+
+[sec2 * 7]
+ramp_time={% 20, 40 %}
+runtime={RUNTIME}
+blocksize={% 4k, 4m %}
+"""
+
+    @test("test_time_estimate2")
+    def test_time_estimate_large2(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_cycles3, {'RUNTIME': 30})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+        ok(sections[0].name) == 'sec1'
+        ok(sections[1].name) == 'sec1'
+        ok(len(sections)) == 7 * 4 * 2
+
+        etime = agent.calculate_execution_time(sections)
+        # ramptime optimization
+        expected_time = (20 + 30 + 30 * 6) * 2
+        expected_time += (40 + 30 + 30 * 6) * 2
+        ok(etime) == expected_time * 2
+
+    code_test_repeats = defaults + """
+[defaults]
+REPCOUNT=2
+[sec1 * 3]
+[sec2 * {REPCOUNT}]
+"""
+
+    @test("test_repeat")
+    def test_repeat(self):
+        sections = P(self.code_test_repeats, {})
+        sections = list(sections)
+        ok(len(sections)) == 2 + 3
+        ok(sections[0].name) == 'sec1'
+        ok(sections[1].name) == 'sec1'
+        ok(sections[2].name) == 'sec1'
+        ok(sections[3].name) == 'sec2'
+        ok(sections[4].name) == 'sec2'
+
+    @test("test_real_tasks")
+    def test_real_tasks(self):
+        tasks_dir = os.path.dirname(agent.__file__)
+        fname = os.path.join(tasks_dir, 'io_scenario_ceph.cfg')
+        fc = open(fname).read()
+
+        sections = P(fc, {'FILENAME': '/dev/null'})
+        sections = list(sections)
+
+        ok(len(sections)) == 7 * 9 * 4 + 7
+
+        etime = agent.calculate_execution_time(sections)
+        # ramptime optimization
+        expected_time = (60 * 7 + 30) * 9 * 4 + (60 * 7 + 30)
+        ok(etime) == expected_time
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+# def do_run_fio_fake(bconf):
+#     def estimate_iops(sz, bw, lat):
+#         return 1 / (lat + float(sz) / bw)
+#     global count
+#     count += 1
+#     parsed_out = []
+
+#     BW = 120.0 * (1024 ** 2)
+#     LAT = 0.003
+
+#     for name, cfg in bconf:
+#         sz = to_bytes(cfg['blocksize'])
+#         curr_lat = LAT * ((random.random() - 0.5) * 0.1 + 1)
+#         curr_ulat = curr_lat * 1000000
+#         curr_bw = BW * ((random.random() - 0.5) * 0.1 + 1)
+#         iops = estimate_iops(sz, curr_bw, curr_lat)
+#         bw = iops * sz
+
+#         res = {'ctx': 10683,
+#                'error': 0,
+#                'groupid': 0,
+#                'jobname': name,
+#                'majf': 0,
+#                'minf': 30,
+#                'read': {'bw': 0,
+#                         'bw_agg': 0.0,
+#                         'bw_dev': 0.0,
+#                         'bw_max': 0,
+#                         'bw_mean': 0.0,
+#                         'bw_min': 0,
+#                         'clat': {'max': 0,
+#                                  'mean': 0.0,
+#                                  'min': 0,
+#                                  'stddev': 0.0},
+#                         'io_bytes': 0,
+#                         'iops': 0,
+#                         'lat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0.0,
+#                                 'min': 0, 'stddev': 0.0},
+#                         'runtime': 0,
+#                         'slat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0.0,
+#                                  'min': 0, 'stddev': 0.0}
+#                         },
+#                'sys_cpu': 0.64,
+#                'trim': {'bw': 0,
+#                         'bw_agg': 0.0,
+#                         'bw_dev': 0.0,
+#                         'bw_max': 0,
+#                         'bw_mean': 0.0,
+#                         'bw_min': 0,
+#                         'clat': {'max': 0,
+#                                  'mean': 0.0,
+#                                  'min': 0,
+#                                  'stddev': 0.0},
+#                         'io_bytes': 0,
+#                         'iops': 0,
+#                         'lat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0.0,
+#                                 'min': 0, 'stddev': 0.0},
+#                         'runtime': 0,
+#                         'slat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0.0,
+#                                  'min': 0, 'stddev': 0.0}
+#                         },
+#                'usr_cpu': 0.23,
+#                'write': {'bw': 0,
+#                          'bw_agg': 0,
+#                          'bw_dev': 0,
+#                          'bw_max': 0,
+#                          'bw_mean': 0,
+#                          'bw_min': 0,
+#                          'clat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0,
+#                                   'min': 0, 'stddev': 0},
+#                          'io_bytes': 0,
+#                          'iops': 0,
+#                          'lat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0,
+#                                  'min': 0, 'stddev': 0},
+#                          'runtime': 0,
+#                          'slat': {'max': 0, 'mean': 0.0,
+#                                   'min': 0, 'stddev': 0.0}
+#                          }
+#                }
+
+#         if cfg['rw'] in ('read', 'randread'):
+#             key = 'read'
+#         elif cfg['rw'] in ('write', 'randwrite'):
+#             key = 'write'
+#         else:
+#             raise ValueError("Uknown op type {0}".format(key))
+
+#         res[key]['bw'] = bw
+#         res[key]['iops'] = iops
+#         res[key]['runtime'] = 30
+#         res[key]['io_bytes'] = res[key]['runtime'] * bw
+#         res[key]['bw_agg'] = bw
+#         res[key]['bw_dev'] = bw / 30
+#         res[key]['bw_max'] = bw * 1.5
+#         res[key]['bw_min'] = bw / 1.5
+#         res[key]['bw_mean'] = bw
+#         res[key]['clat'] = {'max': curr_ulat * 10, 'mean': curr_ulat,
+#                             'min': curr_ulat / 2, 'stddev': curr_ulat}
+#         res[key]['lat'] = res[key]['clat'].copy()
+#         res[key]['slat'] = res[key]['clat'].copy()
+
+#         parsed_out.append(res)
+
+#     return zip(parsed_out, bconf)