tests: Test without a cache directory by default

Several tests generate summaries and then expect to use the generated
summary immediately. However, this can cause intermittent test failures
when they inadvertantly get a cached summary file. This typically
happens when the test is run on a filesystem that doesn't support user
extended attributes. In that case, the caching code can only use the
last modified time, which only has 1 second granularity. If tests don't
carefully manage the summary modification times or the repo cache then
they are likely subject to races in some test environments.

This introduces an environment variable `OSTREE_SKIP_CACHE` that
prevents the repo from using a cache directory. This is enabled by
default in tests and disabled for tests that are a explicitly trying to
test the caching behavior.

Fixes: #2313
Fixes: #2351
This commit is contained in:
Dan Nicholson committed 2021-04-19 11:09:44 -06:00
1 parent 2458df446f
commit e660855796
5 files changed
+15 -1

No files matched your search

+1 -1
View File
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@ ostree_repo_open (OstreeRepo *self,
if (!glnx_opendirat (self->repo_dir_fd, "tmp", TRUE, &self->tmp_dir_fd, error))
return FALSE;
if (self->writable)
if (self->writable && getenv ("OSTREE_SKIP_CACHE") == NULL)
{
if (!glnx_shutil_mkdir_p_at (self->tmp_dir_fd, _OSTREE_CACHE_DIR, DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_MODE, cancellable, error))
return FALSE;