The pytest "cacheprovider" plugin produces a .cache/v/cache/lastfailed
file, which holds a Python dictionary structure with failed tests.
However, on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) the file is created even though the
test passed and the file contains just an empty dictionary ("{}").
Given that we are not interested in this feature, disabling the
"cacheprovider" plugin globally and removing per-test removals of the
.cache directory seems like the best course of action.
(cherry picked from commit e1c3034107)
The system test framework starts all named instances with the "-d 99"
command line option (unless it is overridden by a named.args file in a
given instance's working directory). This causes a lot of log messages
to be written to named.run files - currently over 5 million lines for a
single test suite run. While debugging information preserved in the log
files is essential for troubleshooting intermittent test failures, some
system tests involve sending hundreds or even thousands of queries,
which causes the relevant log files to explode in size. When multiple
tests (or even multiple test suites) are run in parallel, excessive
logging contributes considerably to the I/O load on the test host,
increasing the odds of intermittent test failures getting triggered.
Decrease the debug level for the seven most verbose named instances:
- use "-d 3" for ns2 in the "cacheclean" system test (it is the lowest
logging level at which the test still passes without the need to
apply any changes to tests.sh),
- use "-d 1" for the other six named instances.
This roughly halves the number of lines logged by each test suite run
while still leaving enough information in the logs to allow at least
basic troubleshooting in case of test failures.
This approach was chosen as it results in a greater decrease in the
number of lines logged than running all named instances with "-d 3",
without causing any test failures.
(cherry picked from commit 4a8d404876)
The system tests were missing a test that would test tcp-initial-timeout
and tcp-idle-timeout.
This commit adds new "timeouts" system test that adds:
* Test that waits longer than tcp-initial-timeout and then checks
whether the socket was closed
* Test that sends and receives DNS message then waits longer than
tcp-initial-timeout but shorter time than tcp-idle-timeout than
sends DNS message again than waits longer than tcp-idle-timeout
and checks whether the socket was closed
* Similar test, but bursting 25 DNS messages than waiting longer than
tcp-initial-timeout and shorter than tcp-idle-timeout than do second
25 DNS message burst
* Check whether transfer longer than tcp-initial-timeout succeeds
