This gives the benefit of test-runner itself having access to
the CLI, e.g. for getting status information.
---
 autotests/util/hostapd.py | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 tools/test-runner         | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autotests/util/hostapd.py b/autotests/util/hostapd.py
index f75dbe6b..1575d832 100644
--- a/autotests/util/hostapd.py
+++ b/autotests/util/hostapd.py
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ class HostapdCLI:
 
         hapd = ctx.hostapd[config]
 
+        if not hasattr(self, '_hostapd_restarted'):
+            self._hostapd_restarted = False
+
+        #
+        # TODO: In theory some type of instance singleton could be created for
+        #       HostapdCLI where test-runner initializes but any subsequent
+        #       call to HostapdCLI (with the same config) returns the same
+        #       object that test-runner has. This would avoid setting these
+        #       variables.
+        #
+        if hapd.cli:
+            self.ifname = hapd.cli.ifname
+            self.ctrl_sock = hapd.cli.ctrl_sock
+            self.cmdline = hapd.cli.cmdline
+            self.interface = hapd.intf
+            self.config = hapd.config
+            return
+
         self.interface = hapd.intf
         self.config = hapd.config
 
@@ -53,9 +71,6 @@ class HostapdCLI:
 
         self.cmdline = ['hostapd_cli', '-p', self.socket_path, '-i', self.ifname]
 
-        if not hasattr(self, '_hostapd_restarted'):
-            self._hostapd_restarted = False
-
         self.local_ctrl = '/tmp/hostapd_' + str(os.getpid()) + '_' + \
                             str(ctrl_count)
         self.ctrl_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
@@ -244,3 +259,14 @@ class HostapdCLI:
         bssid = [x for x in status if x.startswith('bssid')]
         bssid = bssid[0].split('=')
         return bssid[1]
+
+    @property
+    def frequency(self):
+        cmd = self.cmdline + ['status']
+        status = ctx.start_process(cmd, wait=True, need_out=True).out
+        status = status.split('\n')
+
+        frequency = [x for x in status if x.startswith('freq')][0]
+        frequency = frequency.split('=')[1]
+
+        return int(frequency)
diff --git a/tools/test-runner b/tools/test-runner
index bfa5d803..87f6ec6d 100755
--- a/tools/test-runner
+++ b/tools/test-runner
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ class HostapdInstance:
 	def __init__(self, config, radio):
 		self.radio = radio
 		self.config = config
+		self.cli = None
 
 		self.intf = radio.create_interface(self.config, 'hostapd')
 		self.intf.set_interface_state('up')
@@ -494,6 +495,10 @@ class Hostapd:
 
 		self.process.wait_for_socket(self.global_ctrl_iface, 30)
 
+	def attach_cli(self):
+		for hapd in self.instances:
+			hapd.cli = importlib.import_module('hostapd').HostapdCLI(config=hapd.config)
+
 	def _rewrite_config(self, config):
 		'''
 			Replaces any $ifaceN values with the correct interface
@@ -841,6 +846,15 @@ class TestContext(Namespace):
 		radius_config = settings.get('radius_server', None)
 
 		self.hostapd = Hostapd(self, hapd_radios, hapd_configs, radius_config)
+		self.hostapd.attach_cli()
+
+	def get_frequencies(self):
+		frequencies = []
+
+		for hapd in self.hostapd.instances:
+			frequencies.append(hapd.cli.frequency)
+
+		return frequencies
 
 	def start_wpas_interfaces(self):
 		if 'WPA_SUPPLICANT' not in self.hw_config:
-- 
2.31.1