From 09fcf494a10c4b1ad2b037d093f571e7462e08c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:53:10 +0100
Subject: tests: make tests requiring a delay to pass, more robust

* tests/init.cfg: Introduce a retry_delay_() function to
repeatedly call a test function that requires a delay.
This delay can now be shorter for the common case on fast
systems, but will double until a configurable limit it reached
before failing on slower systems.
* tests/dd/reblock: Use retry_delay_.
* tests/misc/cat-buf: Likewise.
* tests/misc/stdbuf: Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/F-vs-rename: Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/flush-initial: Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/wait: Likewise.
* test/dd/misc: Comment that delay is needed to trigger failure.
---
 tests/dd/misc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tests/dd/misc')

diff --git a/tests/dd/misc b/tests/dd/misc
index 7caacbc7b..ddd7bbd9e 100755
--- a/tests/dd/misc
+++ b/tests/dd/misc
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 outbytes=`echo x | dd bs=3 ibs=10 obs=10 conv=sync 2>/dev/null | wc -c`
 test "$outbytes" -eq 3 || fail=1
 
+# A delay is required to trigger a failure.
+# There might be some missed failures but it's unlikely.
 (echo a; sleep .1; echo b) \
   | env LC_ALL=C dd bs=4 status=noxfer iflag=fullblock >out 2>err || fail=1
 printf 'a\nb\n' > out_ok || framework_failure
-- 
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