On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 06:01:19PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> > > 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@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- This patch makes sense to me, Reviewed-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx> 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` >