On 8/2/19 9:15 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:11 PM David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/1/19 6:19 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>>> Do you really need 'sleep 1' everywhere?
>>> It makes them so slow to run...
>>> What happens if you just remove it ? Tests will fail? Why?
>>
>> yes, the sleep 1 is needed. A server process is getting launched into
>> the background. It's status is not relevant; the client's is the key.
>> The server needs time to initialize. And, yes I tried forking and it
>> gets hung up with bash and capturing the output for verbose mode.
> 
> That means that the tests are not suitable for CI servers
> where cpus are pegged to 100% and multiple tests run in parallel.
> The test will be flaky :(
> 

once the tests exist, they can be improved - by me or anyone else that
has the time and interest.

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