Re: [PATCH 05/11] test-util-sockets: Synchronize properly, don't sleep(1)

[Eric Blake]

On 10/29/20 8:38 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> The abstract sockets test spawns a thread to listen and a accept, and

s/and a/and/

> a second one to connect, with a sleep(1) in between to "ensure" the
> former is listening when the latter tries to connect.  Review fail.
> Risks spurious test failure, say when a heavily loaded machine doesn't
> schedule the first thread quickly enough.  It's also slow.
> 
> Listen and accept in the main thread, and start the connect thread in
> between.  Look ma, no sleep!  Run time drops from 2s wall clock to a
> few milliseconds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tests/test-util-sockets.c | 39 +++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

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