| Message ID | 170899915261.896550.17109752514258402651.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [1/8] generic/604: try to make race occur reliably | expand |
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 06:01:19PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> > > I have a theory that when the nfs server that hosts the root fs for my > testing VMs gets backed up, it can take a while for path resolution and > loading of echo, cat, or tee to finish. That delays the test enough to > result in: > > --- /tmp/fstests/tests/generic/192.out 2023-11-29 15:40:52.715517458 -0800 > +++ /var/tmp/fstests/generic/192.out.bad 2023-12-15 21:28:02.860000000 -0800 > @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ > QA output created by 192 > sleep for 5 seconds > test > -delta1 is in range > +delta1 has value of 12 > +delta1 is NOT in range 5 .. 7 > delta2 is in range > > Therefore, invoke all these utilities with --help before the critical > section to make sure they're all in memory. > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> > --- This patch makes sense to me, Reviewed-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com> Just better to give 1 or 2 whitespaces to diff output message (especially the lines with "+") in commit log :) I always need to change that manually before merge the patch :-D Thanks, Zorro > tests/generic/192 | 16 +++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/tests/generic/192 b/tests/generic/192 > index 0d3cd03b4b..2825486635 100755 > --- a/tests/generic/192 > +++ b/tests/generic/192 > @@ -29,17 +29,27 @@ delay=5 > testfile=$TEST_DIR/testfile > rm -f $testfile > > +# Preload every binary used between sampling time1 and time2 so that loading > +# them has minimal overhead even if the root fs is hosted over a slow network. > +# Also don't put pipe and tee creation in that critical section. > +for i in echo stat sleep cat; do > + $i --help &>/dev/null > +done > + > echo test >$testfile > -time1=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` > +time1=`_access_time $testfile` > +echo $time1 >> $seqres.full > > echo "sleep for $delay seconds" > sleep $delay # sleep to allow time to move on for access > cat $testfile > -time2=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` > +time2=`_access_time $testfile` > +echo $time2 >> $seqres.full > > cd / > _test_cycle_mount > -time3=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` > +time3=`_access_time $testfile` > +echo $time3 >> $seqres.full > > delta1=`expr $time2 - $time1` > delta2=`expr $time3 - $time1` >
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 12:23:46PM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 06:01:19PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> > > > > I have a theory that when the nfs server that hosts the root fs for my > > testing VMs gets backed up, it can take a while for path resolution and > > loading of echo, cat, or tee to finish. That delays the test enough to > > result in: > > > > --- /tmp/fstests/tests/generic/192.out 2023-11-29 15:40:52.715517458 -0800 > > +++ /var/tmp/fstests/generic/192.out.bad 2023-12-15 21:28:02.860000000 -0800 > > @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ > > QA output created by 192 > > sleep for 5 seconds > > test > > -delta1 is in range > > +delta1 has value of 12 > > +delta1 is NOT in range 5 .. 7 > > delta2 is in range > > > > > > > Therefore, invoke all these utilities with --help before the critical > > section to make sure they're all in memory. > > > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> > > --- > > This patch makes sense to me, > Reviewed-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com> > > Just better to give 1 or 2 whitespaces to diff output message (especially the > lines with "+") in commit log :) I always need to change that manually before > merge the patch :-D Oh, you mean indenting the diff output in the commit message? Yeah, I'll try to remember that from now on: I have a theory that when the nfs server that hosts the root fs for my testing VMs gets backed up, it can take a while for path resolution and loading of echo, cat, or tee to finish. That delays the test enough to result in: --- /tmp/fstests/tests/generic/192.out 2023-11-29 15:40:52.715517458 -0800 +++ /var/tmp/fstests/generic/192.out.bad 2023-12-15 21:28:02.860000000 -0800 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ QA output created by 192 sleep for 5 seconds test -delta1 is in range +delta1 has value of 12 +delta1 is NOT in range 5 .. 7 delta2 is in range Therefore, invoke all these utilities with --help before the critical section to make sure they're all in memory. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> --D > Thanks, > Zorro > > > tests/generic/192 | 16 +++++++++++++--- > > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/tests/generic/192 b/tests/generic/192 > > index 0d3cd03b4b..2825486635 100755 > > --- a/tests/generic/192 > > +++ b/tests/generic/192 > > @@ -29,17 +29,27 @@ delay=5 > > testfile=$TEST_DIR/testfile > > rm -f $testfile > > > > +# Preload every binary used between sampling time1 and time2 so that loading > > +# them has minimal overhead even if the root fs is hosted over a slow network. > > +# Also don't put pipe and tee creation in that critical section. > > +for i in echo stat sleep cat; do > > + $i --help &>/dev/null > > +done > > + > > echo test >$testfile > > -time1=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` > > +time1=`_access_time $testfile` > > +echo $time1 >> $seqres.full > > > > echo "sleep for $delay seconds" > > sleep $delay # sleep to allow time to move on for access > > cat $testfile > > -time2=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` > > +time2=`_access_time $testfile` > > +echo $time2 >> $seqres.full > > > > cd / > > _test_cycle_mount > > -time3=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` > > +time3=`_access_time $testfile` > > +echo $time3 >> $seqres.full > > > > delta1=`expr $time2 - $time1` > > delta2=`expr $time3 - $time1` > > > >
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 06:01:19PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> > > I have a theory that when the nfs server that hosts the root fs for my > testing VMs gets backed up, it can take a while for path resolution and > loading of echo, cat, or tee to finish. That delays the test enough to > result in: Heh, I've seen these warnings quite a lot in the past, but not recently. The change looks good to me, though: Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
--- /tmp/fstests/tests/generic/192.out 2023-11-29 15:40:52.715517458 -0800 +++ /var/tmp/fstests/generic/192.out.bad 2023-12-15 21:28:02.860000000 -0800 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ QA output created by 192 sleep for 5 seconds test -delta1 is in range +delta1 has value of 12 +delta1 is NOT in range 5 .. 7 delta2 is in range Therefore, invoke all these utilities with --help before the critical section to make sure they're all in memory. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> --- tests/generic/192 | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/generic/192 b/tests/generic/192 index 0d3cd03b4b..2825486635 100755 --- a/tests/generic/192 +++ b/tests/generic/192 @@ -29,17 +29,27 @@ delay=5 testfile=$TEST_DIR/testfile rm -f $testfile +# Preload every binary used between sampling time1 and time2 so that loading +# them has minimal overhead even if the root fs is hosted over a slow network. +# Also don't put pipe and tee creation in that critical section. +for i in echo stat sleep cat; do + $i --help &>/dev/null +done + echo test >$testfile -time1=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` +time1=`_access_time $testfile` +echo $time1 >> $seqres.full echo "sleep for $delay seconds" sleep $delay # sleep to allow time to move on for access cat $testfile -time2=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` +time2=`_access_time $testfile` +echo $time2 >> $seqres.full cd / _test_cycle_mount -time3=`_access_time $testfile | tee -a $seqres.full` +time3=`_access_time $testfile` +echo $time3 >> $seqres.full delta1=`expr $time2 - $time1` delta2=`expr $time3 - $time1`
From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> I have a theory that when the nfs server that hosts the root fs for my testing VMs gets backed up, it can take a while for path resolution and loading of echo, cat, or tee to finish. That delays the test enough to result in: