lix-releng-staging/tests/functional/gc-non-blocking.sh

# Test whether the collector is non-blocking, i.e. a build can run in
# parallel with it.
source common.sh

needLocalStore "the GC test needs a synchronisation point"

clearStore

# This FIFO is read just after the global GC lock has been acquired,
# but before the root server is started.
fifo1=$TEST_ROOT/test2.fifo
mkfifo "$fifo1"

# This FIFO is read just after the roots have been read, but before
# the actual GC starts.
fifo2=$TEST_ROOT/test.fifo
mkfifo "$fifo2"

dummy=$(nix store add-path ./simple.nix)

running=$TEST_ROOT/running
touch $running

# Start GC.
(_NIX_TEST_GC_SYNC_1=$fifo1 _NIX_TEST_GC_SYNC_2=$fifo2 nix-store --gc -vvvvv; rm $running) &
pid=$!

sleep 2

# Delay the start of the root server to check that the build below
# correctly handles ENOENT when connecting to the root server.
(sleep 1; echo > $fifo1) &
pid2=$!

# Start a build. This should not be blocked by the GC in progress.
outPath=$(nix-build --max-silent-time 60 -o "$TEST_ROOT/result" -E "
  with import ./config.nix;
  mkDerivation {
    name = \"non-blocking\";
    buildCommand = \"set -x; test -e $running; mkdir \$out; echo > $fifo2\";
  }")

wait $pid
wait $pid2

(! test -e $running)
(! test -e $dummy)
test -e $outPath