enforce ordering of test execution through filtering in test_runner.py

build/util/lib/common/unittest_util.py

Index: build/util/lib/common/unittest_util.py
diff --git a/build/util/lib/common/unittest_util.py b/build/util/lib/common/unittest_util.py
index 189f5871c740f046093bf36f69639407214bba78..a4fa8aef4bd3c9dd19d04e40d747fff316fdc603 100644
--- a/build/util/lib/common/unittest_util.py
+++ b/build/util/lib/common/unittest_util.py
@@ -132,22 +132,18 @@ def FilterTestNames(all_tests, gtest_filter):
   positive_patterns = ['*']
   if pattern_groups[0]:
     positive_patterns = pattern_groups[0].split(':')
-  negative_patterns = None
+  negative_patterns = []
   if len(pattern_groups) > 1:
     negative_patterns = pattern_groups[1].split(':')
 
   tests = []
-  for test in all_tests:
-    # Test name must by matched by one positive pattern.
-    for pattern in positive_patterns:
-      if fnmatch.fnmatch(test, pattern):
-        break
-    else:
-      continue
-    # Test name must not be matched by any negative patterns.
-    for pattern in negative_patterns or []:
-      if fnmatch.fnmatch(test, pattern):
-        break
-    else:
-      tests += [test]
+  test_set = set()
+  for pattern in positive_patterns:
+    pattern_tests = [
+        test for test in all_tests
+        if (fnmatch.fnmatch(test, pattern)
+            and not any(fnmatch.fnmatch(test, p) for p in negative_patterns)
+            and test not in test_set)]
+    tests.extend(pattern_tests)
+    test_set.update(pattern_tests)
   return tests