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[PATCH v4 2/4] git-p4: add p4d timeout in tests

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Date
Nov 6, 2015, 08:58 UTC
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From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>

In rare cases p4d seems to hang. This watchdog will kill the p4d process after 300s in any case. That means each individual git p4 test needs to finish before 300s or it will fail.

Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
---
 t/lib-git-p4.sh | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/t/lib-git-p4.sh b/t/lib-git-p4.sh
index 7548225..b1660f6 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-p4.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-p4.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 # a subdirectory called "$git"
 TEST_NO_CREATE_REPO=NoThanks
 
+# Sometimes p4d seems to hang. Terminate the p4d process automatically after
+# the defined timeout in seconds.
+P4D_TIMEOUT=300
+
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON
@@ -81,6 +85,19 @@ start_p4d() {
 	# will be caught with the "kill -0" check below.
 	i=${P4D_START_PATIENCE:-300}
 	pid=$(cat "$pidfile")
+
+	timeout=$(($(date +%s) + $P4D_TIMEOUT))
+    while true
+	do
+		if test $(date +%s) -gt $timeout
+		then
+			kill -9 $pid
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		sleep 1
+	done &
+	watchdog_pid=$!
+
 	ready=
 	while test $i -gt 0
 	do
@@ -131,7 +148,8 @@ kill_p4d() {
 	done &&
 	# complain if it would not die
 	test_must_fail kill $pid >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
-	rm -rf "$db" "$cli" "$pidfile"
+	rm -rf "$db" "$cli" "$pidfile" &&
+	retry_until_fail kill -9 $watchdog_pid
 }
 
 cleanup_git() {
-- 
2.5.1
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Eric Sunshine
Message 5 of 20 in “Add Travis CI support”
  1. 0/4 Add Travis CI supportlarsxschneider@gmail.com, Nov 6, 2015
  2. 1/4 add function test_must_fail_or_sigpipe and use it to fix flaky testslarsxschneider@gmail.com, Nov 6, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2015
  5. 2/4 git-p4: add p4d timeout in testslarsxschneider@gmail.com, Nov 6, 2015
  6. Eric SunshineNov 6, 2015
  7. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015
  8. 3/4 git-p4: retry kill/cleanup operations in tests with timeoutlarsxschneider@gmail.com, Nov 6, 2015
  9. Eric SunshineNov 6, 2015
  10. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015
  11. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015
  12. 4/4 Add Travis CI supportlarsxschneider@gmail.com, Nov 6, 2015
  13. Eric SunshineNov 6, 2015
  14. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015
  15. Sebastian SchuberthNov 6, 2015
  16. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015
  17. Sebastian SchuberthNov 6, 2015
  18. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015
  19. Sebastian SchuberthNov 6, 2015
  20. Lars SchneiderNov 6, 2015

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