Re: [PATCH OSSTEST] get_hostflags: return an empty list when there is no flight/job.

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>]

On Wed, 2015-08-05 at 11:50 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 16:39 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 16:31 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH OSSTEST] get_hostflags: return an empty 
> > > list 
> > > when there is no flight/job."):
> > > > From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Otherwise trying to use mg-hosts mkpxedir fails with:
> > > 
> > > I think your proposed fix is incorrect.  It is wrong to call
> > > get_hostflags outside the context of a job, because get_hostflags is
> > > supposed to return the job's host flags for that ident.
> > > 
> > > The bug was introduced by me in 11e788f7 "JobDB/Executive: Improve an
> > > internal `die' error", where a refactoring meant that we always call
> > > get_hostflags.
> > > 
> > > How about this instead ?
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Osstest/JobDB/Executive.pm b/Osstest/JobDB/Executive.pm
> > > index 1ec947e..cc52f57 100644
> > > --- a/Osstest/JobDB/Executive.pm
> > > +++ b/Osstest/JobDB/Executive.pm
> > > @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ sub host_check_allocated ($$) { #method
> > >          $ho->{Shared} &&
> > >          $ho->{Shared}{State} eq 'ready';
> > >      my $harness = get_harness_rev();
> > > -    my @flags = get_hostflags($ho->{Ident});
> > > +    my @flags = defined($job) ? get_hostflags($ho->{Ident}) : 
> > > qw(OUTSIDE
> > > -JOB);
> > >      $ho->{SharedReady}=
> > >  	$ho->{SharedMaybeOthers} &&
> > >          !! (grep { $_." ".$harness eq "share-".$ho->{Shared}{Type} }
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> > 
> > LGTM, I suppose the use of the OUTSIDE-JOB sentinel value is just for 
> > the
> > benefit of the reader of the following die() should it occur.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> 
> I fabricated some sort of commit message and pushed to pretest.
> 
> commit 2e51119a34d06162b69275f38010130193d5501e
> Author: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> Date:   Wed Aug 5 11:42:10 2015 +0100
> 
>     Executive: Support host_check_allocated outside a job.
>     
>     When called outside a job there are no hostflags, so get_hostflags
>     cannot be used. Instead assume a new pseudo-flag "OUTSIDE-JOB" when
>     there is no $job.
>     
>     Otherwise uses of select_host such as "mg-hosts mkpxedir" fail.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
>     Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
>     [ ijc -- wrong commit message ]

I really meant wrote here, sorry. It's through the gate now though.