Move the "loop" word up to global level, so it works everywhere.

bin/varnishtest/vtc.c

@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ parse_string(const char *spec, const struct cmds *cmd, void *priv,
 	char *e, *p, *q, *f, *buf;
 	int nest_brace;
 	int tn;
+	unsigned n, m;
 	const struct cmds *cp;
 
 	AN(spec);
@@ -414,6 +415,24 @@ parse_string(const char *spec, const struct cmds *cmd, void *priv,
 			}
 		}
 
+
+/* SECTION: loop loop
+ *
+ * loop NUMBER STRING
+ *         Process STRING as a specification, NUMBER times.
+ *
+ * This works inside all specification strings
+ */
+
+		if (!strcmp(token_s[0], "loop")) {
+			n = strtoul(token_s[1], NULL, 0);
+			for (m = 0; m < n; m++) {
+				vtc_log(vl, 4, "Loop #%u", m);
+				parse_string(token_s[2], cmd, priv, vl);
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		for (cp = cmd; cp->name != NULL; cp++)
 			if (!strcmp(token_s[0], cp->name))
 				break;

bin/varnishtest/vtc_http.c

@@ -1616,29 +1616,6 @@ cmd_http_accept(CMD_ARGS)
 	vtc_log(vl, 3, "Accepted socket fd is %d", hp->fd);
 }
 
-/* SECTION: client-server.spec.loop
- *
- * loop NUMBER STRING
- *         Process STRING as a specification, NUMBER times.
- */
-
-static void
-cmd_http_loop(CMD_ARGS)
-{
-	struct http *hp;
-	unsigned n, m;
-
-	CAST_OBJ_NOTNULL(hp, priv, HTTP_MAGIC);
-	AN(av[1]);
-	AN(av[2]);
-	AZ(av[3]);
-	n = strtoul(av[1], NULL, 0);
-	for (m = 1 ; m <= n; m++) {
-		vtc_log(vl, 4, "Loop #%u", m);
-		parse_string(av[2], cmd, hp, vl);
-	}
-}
-
 /* SECTION: client-server.spec.fatal
  *
  * fatal|non_fatal
@@ -1820,7 +1797,6 @@ const struct cmds http_cmds[] = {
 
 	/* spec */
 	CMD_HTTP(fatal)
-	CMD_HTTP(loop)
 	CMD_HTTP(non_fatal)
 
 	/* body */