[test-runner] Move test case processing beyond the multi-process boundary.

test/cctest/testcfg.py

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 class CcTestSuite(testsuite.TestSuite):
 
   def __init__(self, name, root):
     super(CcTestSuite, self).__init__(name, root)
     if utils.IsWindows():
       build_dir = "build"
     else:
       build_dir = "out"
     self.serdes_dir = os.path.normpath(
         os.path.join(root, "..", "..", build_dir, ".serdes"))
+
+  def global_initialization(self):
+    # This is only called once per machine, while init above is called once per
+    # process.
     if os.path.exists(self.serdes_dir):
       shutil.rmtree(self.serdes_dir, True)
     os.makedirs(self.serdes_dir)
 
   def ListTests(self, context):
     shell = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(context.shell_dir, self.shell()))
     if utils.IsWindows():
       shell += ".exe"
     output = commands.Execute(context.command_prefix +
                               [shell, "--list"] +
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     serialization_file += ''.join(testcase.flags).replace('-', '_')
     return (testcase.flags + [testcase.path] + context.mode_flags +
             ["--testing_serialization_file=" + serialization_file])
 
   def shell(self):
     return "cctest"
 
 
 def GetSuite(name, root):
   return CcTestSuite(name, root)