[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit v2 4/4] info: Add tests for time, uptime and conntime modes.

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 11:53:32AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 9/28/19 3:02 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >---
> >  tests/Makefile.am           |  6 ++++
> >  tests/test-info-conntime.sh | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  tests/test-info-time.sh     | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  tests/test-info-uptime.sh   | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 204 insertions(+)
> >
> 
> >+# Test the info plugin with mode=conntime.
> >+
> >+source ./functions.sh
> >+set -e
> >+set -x
> >+
> >+requires nbdsh --version
> >+
> >+sock=`mktemp -u`
> >+files="info-conntime.out info-conntime.pid $sock"
> >+rm -f $files
> >+cleanup_fn rm -f $files
> >+
> >+# Run nbdkit.
> >+start_nbdkit -P info-conntime.pid -U $sock info mode=conntime
> >+
> 
> For conntime, is it worth testing 2 separate connections:
> 
> Connection 1: connect, sleep 1, read
> Connection 2: connect, read
> 
> where the delta read by connection 2 should be less than the delta
> read by 1?  (longer sleep if needed)
> 
> Conversely, for uptime, 2 separate connections with the same access
> pattern should show connection 2 greater than the delta of 1.
> 
> Otherwise looks good.

We do need to improve these tests - another thing which could be done
would be to measure and at least print the round trip time.

I tried to implement the new modes using clock_gettime but it wasn't
entirely simple, so I pushed it as is with a warning in the man page.

Rich.

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