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+# Copyright (c) 2023, ARM Limited.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Calls the data generation library to create the test data."""
+import ctypes as ct
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+from schemavalidation import schemavalidation
+
+
+class GenerateError(Exception):
+    """Exception raised for errors performing data generation."""
+
+
+class GenerateLibrary:
+    """Python interface to the C generate library."""
+
+    def __init__(self, generate_lib_path):
+        """Find the library and set up the interface."""
+        self.lib_path = generate_lib_path
+        if not self.lib_path.is_file():
+            raise GenerateError(f"Could not find generate library - {self.lib_path}")
+
+        self.test_desc = None
+        self.json_config = None
+        self.lib = ct.cdll.LoadLibrary(self.lib_path)
+
+        self.tgd_generate_data = self.lib.tgd_generate_data
+        self.tgd_generate_data.argtypes = [
+            ct.c_char_p,
+            ct.c_char_p,
+            ct.c_void_p,
+            ct.c_size_t,
+        ]
+        self.tgd_generate_data.restype = ct.c_bool
+
+    def check_config(self, test_desc: dict):
+        """Quick check that the config supports data generation."""
+        return ("meta" in test_desc) and ("data_gen" in test_desc["meta"])
+
+    def set_config(self, test_desc: dict):
+        """Set the test config in the library.
+
+        test_desc - the test desc.json file
+        """
+        self.test_desc = None
+        self.json_config = None
+
+        if not self.check_config(test_desc):
+            raise GenerateError("No meta/data_gen section found in desc.json")
+
+        # Validate the config versus the schema
+        tdsv = schemavalidation.TestDescSchemaValidator()
+        tdsv.validate_config(test_desc)
+
+        self.test_desc = test_desc
+        self.json_config = test_desc["meta"]["data_gen"]
+
+    def _create_buffer(self, dtype: str, shape: tuple):
+        """Helper to create a buffer of the required type."""
+        size = 1
+        for dim in shape:
+            size *= dim
+
+        if dtype == "FP32":
+            # Create buffer and initialize to zero
+            buffer = (ct.c_float * size)(0)
+            size_bytes = size * 4
+        else:
+            raise GenerateError(f"Unsupported data type {dtype}")
+
+        return buffer, size_bytes
+
+    def _data_gen_write(
+        self, test_path: Path, json_bytes: bytes, ifm_name: str, ifm_file: str
+    ):
+        """Generate the named tensor data and save it in numpy format."""
+        try:
+            tensor = self.json_config["tensors"][ifm_name]
+            dtype = tensor["data_type"]
+            shape = tuple(tensor["shape"])
+        except KeyError as e:
+            raise GenerateError(
+                f"Missing data in desc.json for input {ifm_name} - {repr(e)}"
+            )
+
+        buffer, size_bytes = self._create_buffer(dtype, shape)
+        buffer_ptr = ct.cast(buffer, ct.c_void_p)
+
+        result = self.tgd_generate_data(
+            ct.c_char_p(json_bytes),
+            ct.c_char_p(bytes(ifm_name, "utf8")),
+            buffer_ptr,
+            ct.c_size_t(size_bytes),
+        )
+        if not result:
+            raise GenerateError("Data generate failed")
+
+        arr = np.ctypeslib.as_array(buffer)
+        arr = np.reshape(arr, shape)
+
+        file_name = test_path / ifm_file
+        np.save(file_name, arr)
+
+    def write_numpy_files(self, test_path: Path):
+        """Write out all the specified tensors to numpy data files."""
+        if self.test_desc is None or self.json_config is None:
+            raise GenerateError("Cannot write numpy files as no config set up")
+
+        try:
+            ifm_names = self.test_desc["ifm_name"]
+            ifm_files = self.test_desc["ifm_file"]
+        except KeyError as e:
+            raise GenerateError(f"Missing data in desc.json - {repr(e)}")
+
+        json_bytes = bytes(json.dumps(self.json_config), "utf8")
+
+        failures = []
+        for iname, ifile in zip(ifm_names, ifm_files):
+            try:
+                self._data_gen_write(test_path, json_bytes, iname, ifile)
+            except GenerateError as e:
+                failures.append(
+                    f"ERROR: Failed to create data for tensor {iname} - {repr(e)}"
+                )
+
+        if len(failures) > 0:
+            raise GenerateError("\n".join(failures))
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    """Simple command line interface for the data generator."""
+    import argparse
+    import conformance.model_files as cmf
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--generate-lib-path",
+        type=Path,
+        help="Path to TOSA generate lib",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "path", type=Path, help="the path to the test directory to generate data for"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    test_path = args.path
+
+    if args.generate_lib_path is None:
+        # Try to work out ref model directory and find the verify library
+        # but this default only works for the python developer environment
+        # i.e. when using the scripts/py-dev-env.* scripts
+        # otherwise use the command line option --generate-lib-path to specify path
+        ref_model_dir = Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
+        args.generate_lib_path = cmf.find_tosa_file(
+            cmf.TosaFileType.GENERATE_LIBRARY, ref_model_dir, False
+        )
+
+    if not test_path.is_dir():
+        print(f"ERROR: Invalid directory - {test_path}")
+        return 2
+
+    test_desc_path = test_path / "desc.json"
+
+    if not test_desc_path.is_file():
+        print(f"ERROR: No test description found: {test_desc_path}")
+        return 2
+
+    # Load the JSON desc.json
+    try:
+        with test_desc_path.open("r") as fd:
+            test_desc = json.load(fd)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: Loading {test_desc_path} - {repr(e)}")
+        return 2
+
+    try:
+        dgl = GenerateLibrary(args.generate_lib_path)
+        if not dgl.check_config(test_desc):
+            print(f"WARNING: No data generation supported for {test_path}")
+            return 2
+
+        dgl.set_config(test_desc)
+    except GenerateError as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: Initializing generate library - {repr(e)}")
+        return 1
+
+    try:
+        dgl.write_numpy_files(test_path)
+    except GenerateError as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: Writing out data files to {test_path}\n{repr(e)}")
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit(main())