tests: fix races in and standardize the tail tests
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # inotify-based tail -f didn't flush its initial output before blocking
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
20 print_ver_ tail
22 # Speedup the non inotify case
23 fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'
25 echo line > in || framework_failure_
26 # Output should be buffered since we're writing to file
27 # so we're depending on the flush to write out
28 tail $fastpoll -f in > out & tail_pid=$!
30 # Wait for 3.1s for the file to be flushed.
31 tail_flush()
33 local delay="$1"
35 test -s out ||
36 { sleep "$delay"; return 1; }
38 retry_delay_ tail_flush .1 5 || fail=1
40 kill $tail_pid
42 wait $tail_pid
44 Exit $fail