tests: Add a helper to run external scripts

Some tests are really just a wrapper around a test script in
configs/. Add a helper method to wrap these scripts to make sure they
are executed in a consistent environment. This wrapper sets up a
global environment that is identical to that created by main() when it
executes the script. Unlike the old wrappers, it updates the module
search path to make relative imports work correctly in Python 3.

Change-Id: Ie9f81ec4e2689aa8cf5ecb9fc8025d3534b5c9ca
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/15976
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>

tests: Check for TrafficGen as part of memcheck regression

Since protobuf is still considered optional we do not always have the
TrafficGen. Check before running the memcheck regression.

tests: Enable test running outside of gem5's source tree

The learning gem5 scripts currently assumes that the current working
directory is the root of gem5's source tree. This isn't necessarily
the case when running the tests using gem5's new test runner.

Change-Id: Ief569bbe77b1b3e2b0fb0e6c575fb0705bbba9b3
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>

tests: Add a basic memcheck regression

This patch adds a simple regression that calls the existing
memcheck.py script.