Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] support/testing: improve mosquitto test reliability

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hello,

On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:35:49 +0100
Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr> wrote:

> > Thanks a lot, I've applied to master. However, I'm not a huge fan of
> > those hardcoded "sleep 5": it makes the test longer even on fast
> > machines, and it doesn't necessarily resolve the problem in all
> > situations. But I think you had yourself mentioned in some other thread
> > that it would be nicer to have some kind of retry loop instead?  
> 
> I am not a fan either...  This will help for the time being.

Absolutely, that's why I applied even though it isn't the "perfect"
solution.

> I have few patches about a retry loop I need polish before proposing.
> I also don't want to include retry logic everywhere like this one:
> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2024.11-rc2/support/testing/tests/package/test_mdadm.py#L125
> 
> I currently add new functions in support/testing/infra/basetest.py for
> those situations.

Good idea!

Thomas
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