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@@ -4461,6 +4461,7 @@ F: docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
 F: scripts/clean_functional_cache.py
 F: tests/functional/meson.build
 F: tests/functional/generic/meson.build
+F: tests/functional/pylintrc
 F: tests/functional/qemu_test/
 
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+# Config file for checking the functional tests with pylint
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=9
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=7
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=12
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of positional arguments for function / method.
+max-positional-arguments=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, CONTROL_FLOW, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE,
+# UNDEFINED.
+confidence=HIGH,
+           CONTROL_FLOW,
+           INFERENCE,
+           INFERENCE_FAILURE
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then re-enable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=bad-inline-option,
+        consider-using-f-string,
+        file-ignored,
+        fixme,
+        import-outside-toplevel,
+        locally-disabled,
+        logging-fstring-interpolation,
+        logging-not-lazy,
+        missing-function-docstring,
+        missing-module-docstring,
+        missing-class-docstring,
+        raw-checker-failed,
+        suppressed-message,
+        too-many-locals,
+        too-many-statements,
+        use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-string,
+        use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-zero,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        useless-suppression,
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=20