Re: [PATCH] tests/unit/test-iov: Fix timeout problem on NetBSD and OpenBSD

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 04:33:47PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The test-iov code uses usleep() with small values (<= 30) in some
> nested loops with many iterations. This causes a small delay on OSes
> like Linux that have a precise sleeping mechanism, but on systems
> like NetBSD and OpenBSD, each usleep() call takes multiple microseconds,
> which then sum up in a total test time of multiple minutes!
> 
> Looking at the code, the usleep() does not really seem to be necessary
> here - if not enough data could be send, we should simply always use
> select() to wait 'til we can send more. Thus remove the usleep() and
> re-arrange the code a little bit to make it more clear what is going
> on here.
> 
> Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tests/unit/test-iov.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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