[Piglit] [PATCH v3 4/4] framework/test/base.py: use subprocess32 for timeouts.

Dylan Baker baker.dylan.c at gmail.com
Mon Nov 30 10:34:52 PST 2015


On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:04:34PM +0000, Thomas Wood wrote:
> On 12 November 2015 at 22:52,  <baker.dylan.c at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: Dylan Baker <baker.dylan.c at gmail.com>
> >
> > Subprocess32 provides a backport of (ironically) python 3.3's subprocess
> > module, which has a timeout parameter. When the timeout runs out then an
> > exception is raised, and when that exception is caught we can kill the
> > process.
> >
> > This is fairly similar to the way the current timeout mechanism works,
> > except that the current mechanism is not thread safe. Since one of the
> > major features of piglit is that it offer's processes isolated
> > concurrency of tests, it makes sense to make the effort to provide a
> > timeout mechanism that can be used outside of IGT, which is a
> > non-concurrent test suite.
> >
> > This patch look pretty substantial. It's not as big as it looks, since
> > it adds some fairly big tests.
> >
> > v3: - Wait before terminating process
> >     - use os.getgrpid instead of os.getsid
> 
> os.getpgid?
> 
> 
> >     - use subprocess32 for accel profile in tox
> >     - Add warning when using the dummy version of TimeoutMixin
> 
> TimeoutExpired?
> 

Both of these fixed locally

> 
> >     - mark more unittests as slow and add timeouts to them
> >     - Remove the use of a Mixin, timeouts are an important enough
> >       feature every test suite should have the option to use them, and
> >       by not using a mixin there is no need for the ugly interface.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dylan Baker <dylanx.c.baker at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  framework/results.py          |   2 +
> >  framework/test/base.py        | 130 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
> >  framework/tests/base_tests.py | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  tox.ini                       |  10 ++--
> >  4 files changed, 171 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/framework/results.py b/framework/results.py
> > index eeffcb7..ee41126 100644
> > --- a/framework/results.py
> > +++ b/framework/results.py
> > @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class StringDescriptor(object):  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
> >              setattr(instance, self.__name, value.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
> >          elif isinstance(value, unicode):
> >              setattr(instance, self.__name, value)
> > +        elif value is None:
> > +            setattr(instance, self.__name, u'')
> 
> Unrelated change?
> 

I'll have to look to be sure, but I think this actually was required in
the timeout case.

> 
> >          else:
> >              raise TypeError('{} attribute must be a str or unicode instance, '
> >                              'but was {}.'.format(self.__name, type(value)))
> > diff --git a/framework/test/base.py b/framework/test/base.py
> > index 7c7c410..d1b0c35 100644
> > --- a/framework/test/base.py
> > +++ b/framework/test/base.py
> > @@ -25,16 +25,36 @@
> >  from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
> >  import errno
> >  import os
> > -import subprocess
> >  import time
> >  import sys
> >  import traceback
> > -from datetime import datetime
> > -import threading
> > -import signal
> >  import itertools
> >  import abc
> >  import copy
> > +import signal
> > +import warnings
> > +
> > +try:
> > +    import subprocess32 as subprocess
> > +    _EXTRA_POPEN_ARGS = {'start_new_session': True}
> > +except ImportError:
> > +    import subprocess
> > +
> > +    class TimeoutExpired(Exception):
> > +        pass
> > +
> > +    class Popen(subprocess.Popen):
> > +        """Sublcass of Popen that accepts and ignores a timeout argument."""
> > +        def communicate(self, *args, **kwargs):
> > +            if 'timeout' in kwargs:
> > +                del kwargs['timeout']
> > +            return super(Popen, self).communicate(*args, **kwargs)
> > +
> > +    subprocess.TimeoutExpired = TimeoutExpired
> > +    subprocess.Popen = Popen
> > +    _EXTRA_POPEN_ARGS = {}
> > +
> > +    warnings.warn('Timeouts are not available')
> >
> >  from framework import exceptions, options
> >  from framework.results import TestResult
> > @@ -61,56 +81,6 @@ class TestRunError(exceptions.PiglitException):
> >          self.status = status
> >
> >
> > -class ProcessTimeout(threading.Thread):
> > -    """ Timeout class for test processes
> > -
> > -    This class is for terminating tests that run for longer than a certain
> > -    amount of time. Create an instance by passing it a timeout in seconds
> > -    and the Popen object that is running your test. Then call the start
> > -    method (inherited from Thread) to start the timer. The Popen object is
> > -    killed if the timeout is reached and it has not completed. Wait for the
> > -    outcome by calling the join() method from the parent.
> > -
> > -    """
> > -
> > -    def __init__(self, timeout, proc):
> > -        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
> > -        self.proc = proc
> > -        self.timeout = timeout
> > -        self.status = 0
> > -
> > -    def run(self):
> > -        start_time = datetime.now()
> > -        delta = 0
> > -
> > -        # poll() returns the returncode attribute, which is either the return
> > -        # code of the child process (which could be zero), or None if the
> > -        # process has not yet terminated.
> > -
> > -        while delta < self.timeout and self.proc.poll() is None:
> > -            time.sleep(1)
> > -            delta = (datetime.now() - start_time).total_seconds()
> > -
> > -        # if the test is not finished after timeout, first try to terminate it
> > -        # and if that fails, send SIGKILL to all processes in the test's
> > -        # process group
> > -
> > -        if self.proc.poll() is None:
> > -            self.status = 1
> > -            self.proc.terminate()
> > -            time.sleep(5)
> > -
> > -        if self.proc.poll() is None:
> > -            self.status = 2
> > -            if hasattr(os, 'killpg'):
> > -                os.killpg(self.proc.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
> > -            self.proc.wait()
> > -
> > -    def join(self):
> > -        threading.Thread.join(self)
> > -        return self.status
> > -
> > -
> >  def _is_crash_returncode(returncode):
> >      """Determine whether the given process return code correspond to a
> >      crash.
> > @@ -146,10 +116,10 @@ class Test(object):
> >      """
> >      __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
> >      __slots__ = ['run_concurrent', 'env', 'result', 'cwd', '_command',
> > -                 '__proc_timeout']
> > +                 'timeout']
> >      timeout = 0
> >
> > -    def __init__(self, command, run_concurrent=False):
> > +    def __init__(self, command, run_concurrent=False, timeout=None):
> >          assert isinstance(command, list), command
> >
> >          self.run_concurrent = run_concurrent
> > @@ -157,7 +127,9 @@ class Test(object):
> >          self.env = {}
> >          self.result = TestResult()
> >          self.cwd = None
> > -        self.__proc_timeout = None
> > +        if timeout is not None:
> > +            assert isinstance(timeout, int)
> > +            self.timeout = timeout
> >
> >      def execute(self, path, log, dmesg):
> >          """ Run a test
> > @@ -203,11 +175,7 @@ class Test(object):
> >          """Convert the raw output of the test into a form piglit understands.
> >          """
> >          if _is_crash_returncode(self.result.returncode):
> > -            # check if the process was terminated by the timeout
> > -            if self.timeout > 0 and self.__proc_timeout.join() > 0:
> > -                self.result.result = 'timeout'
> > -            else:
> > -                self.result.result = 'crash'
> > +            self.result.result = 'crash'
> >          elif self.result.returncode != 0 and self.result.result == 'pass':
> >              self.result.result = 'warn'
> >
> > @@ -253,10 +221,6 @@ class Test(object):
> >          """
> >          pass
> >
> > -    def __set_process_group(self):
> > -        if hasattr(os, 'setpgrp'):
> > -            os.setpgrp()
> > -
> >      def _run_command(self):
> >          """ Run the test command and get the result
> >
> > @@ -283,29 +247,17 @@ class Test(object):
> >                                            self.env.iteritems()):
> >              fullenv[key] = str(value)
> >
> > -        # preexec_fn is not supported on Windows platforms
> > -        if sys.platform == 'win32':
> > -            preexec_fn = None
> > -        else:
> > -            preexec_fn = self.__set_process_group
> >
> >          try:
> >              proc = subprocess.Popen(self.command,
> > +                                    env=fullenv,
> >                                      stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
> >                                      stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
> >                                      cwd=self.cwd,
> > -                                    env=fullenv,
> 
> Unrelated change?
> 
> 

Yup, rebasing artifact. Fixed locally.

> >                                      universal_newlines=True,
> > -                                    preexec_fn=preexec_fn)
> > -            # create a ProcessTimeout object to watch out for test hang if the
> > -            # process is still going after the timeout, then it will be killed
> > -            # forcing the communicate function (which is a blocking call) to
> > -            # return
> > -            if self.timeout > 0:
> > -                self.__proc_timeout = ProcessTimeout(self.timeout, proc)
> > -                self.__proc_timeout.start()
> > -
> > -            out, err = proc.communicate()
> > +                                    **_EXTRA_POPEN_ARGS)
> > +
> > +            out, err = proc.communicate(timeout=self.timeout)
> >              returncode = proc.returncode
> >          except OSError as e:
> >              # Different sets of tests get built under different build
> > @@ -315,6 +267,20 @@ class Test(object):
> >                  raise TestRunError("Test executable not found.\n", 'skip')
> >              else:
> >                  raise e
> > +        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
> > +            if proc.poll() is None:
> > +                time.sleep(3)
> 
> The terminate signal can be sent straight away if a timeout has occurred.

fixed locally

> 
> 
> > +                proc.terminate()
> > +
> > +            if proc.poll() is None:
> > +                time.sleep(3)
> > +                os.killpg(os.getpgid(proc.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
> > +
> > +            self.result.out, self.result.err = proc.communicate()
> > +
> > +            raise TestRunError(
> > +                'Test run time exceeded timeout out {}\n'.format(self.timeout),
> 
> "... timeout out {}\n" should perhaps be something like "... timeout
> value ({} seconds)\n"?

Your way sounds better. Also changed locally.

> 
> 
> > +                'timeout')
> >
> >          # The setter handles the bytes/unicode conversion
> >          self.result.out = out
> > diff --git a/framework/tests/base_tests.py b/framework/tests/base_tests.py
> > index 1b5ed9e..b1df9d4 100644
> > --- a/framework/tests/base_tests.py
> > +++ b/framework/tests/base_tests.py
> > @@ -21,11 +21,19 @@
> >  """ Tests for the exectest module """
> >
> >  from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
> > +import tempfile
> > +import textwrap
> > +import os
> >
> >  import mock
> >  import nose.tools as nt
> >  from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
> >
> > +try:
> > +    import psutil
> > +except ImportError:
> > +    pass
> > +
> >  import framework.tests.utils as utils
> >  from framework.test.base import (
> >      Test, WindowResizeMixin, ValgrindMixin, TestRunError
> > @@ -68,8 +76,111 @@ def test_run_return_early():
> >
> >
> >  @attr('slow')
> > + at nt.timed(8)
> > +def test_timeout_kill_children():
> > +    """test.base.Test: kill children if terminate fails
> > +
> > +    This creates a process that forks multiple times, and then checks that the
> > +    children have been killed.
> > +
> > +    This test could leave processes running if it fails.
> > +
> > +    """
> > +    utils.module_check('subprocess32')
> > +    utils.module_check('psutil')
> > +
> > +    import subprocess32  # pylint: disable=import-error
> > +
> > +    class PopenProxy(object):
> > +        """An object that proxies Popen, and saves the Popen instance as an
> > +        attribute.
> > +
> > +        This is useful for testing the Popen instance.
> > +
> > +        """
> > +        def __init__(self):
> > +            self.popen = None
> > +
> > +        def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
> > +            self.popen = subprocess32.Popen(*args, **kwargs)
> > +
> > +            # if commuincate cis called successfully then the proc will be
> > +            # reset to None, whic will make the test fail.
> > +            self.popen.communicate = mock.Mock(return_value=('out', 'err'))
> > +
> > +            return self.popen
> > +
> > +    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
> > +        # Create a file that will be executed as a python script
> > +        # Create a process with two subproccesses (not threads) that will run
> > +        # for a long time.
> > +        f.write(textwrap.dedent("""\
> > +            import time
> > +            from multiprocessing import Process
> > +
> > +            def p():
> > +                for _ in range(100):
> > +                    time.sleep(1)
> > +
> > +            a = Process(target=p)
> > +            b = Process(target=p)
> > +            a.start()
> > +            b.start()
> > +            a.join()
> > +            b.join()
> > +        """))
> > +        f.seek(0)  # we'll need to read the file back
> > +
> > +        # Create an object that will return a popen object, but also store it
> > +        # so we can access it later
> > +        proxy = PopenProxy()
> > +
> > +        test = TimeoutTest(['python', f.name])
> > +        test.timeout = 1
> > +
> > +        # mock out subprocess.Popen with our proxy object
> > +        with mock.patch('framework.test.base.subprocess') as mock_subp:
> > +            mock_subp.Popen = proxy
> > +            mock_subp.TimeoutExpired = subprocess32.TimeoutExpired
> > +            test.run()
> > +
> > +        # Check to see if the Popen has children, even after it should have
> > +        # recieved a TimeoutExpired.
> > +        proc = psutil.Process(os.getsid(proxy.popen.pid))
> > +        children = proc.children(recursive=True)
> > +
> > +        if children:
> > +            # If there are still running children attempt to clean them up,
> > +            # starting with the final generation and working back to the first
> > +            for child in reversed(children):
> > +                child.kill()
> > +
> > +            raise utils.TestFailure(
> > +                'Test process had children when it should not')
> > +
> > +
> > + at attr('slow')
> > + at nt.timed(8)
> >  def test_timeout():
> > -    """test.base.Test.run(): Sets status to 'timeout' when timeout exceeded"""
> > +    """test.base.TimeoutMixin: Stops running test after timeout expires
> 
> Perhaps tests.base.TimeoutExpired rather than tests.base.TimeoutMixin
> here and in the following tests?
> 
> 

I would have set them to tests.base.Test like the previous test, do you
prefer TimeoutExpired?

> > +
> > +    This is a little bit of extra time here, but without a sleep of 60 seconds
> > +    if the test runs 5 seconds it's run too long
> > +
> > +    """
> > +    utils.module_check('subprocess32')
> > +    utils.binary_check('sleep', 1)
> > +
> > +    test = TimeoutTest(['sleep', '60'])
> > +    test.timeout = 1
> > +    test.run()
> > +
> > +
> > + at attr('slow')
> > + at nt.timed(8)
> > +def test_timeout_timeout():
> > +    """test.base.TimeoutMixin: Sets status to 'timeout' when timeout exceeded"""
> > +    utils.module_check('subprocess32')
> >      utils.binary_check('sleep', 1)
> >
> >      test = TimeoutTest(['sleep', '60'])
> > @@ -78,9 +189,11 @@ def test_timeout():
> >      nt.eq_(test.result.result, 'timeout')
> >
> >
> > + at nt.timed(2)
> >  def test_timeout_pass():
> > -    """test.base.Test.run(): Doesn't change status when timeout not exceeded
> > +    """test.base.TimeoutMixin: Doesn't change status when timeout not exceeded
> >      """
> > +    utils.module_check('subprocess32')
> >      utils.binary_check('true')
> >
> >      test = TimeoutTest(['true'])
> > diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
> > index d1f1f16..3dd1851 100644
> > --- a/tox.ini
> > +++ b/tox.ini
> > @@ -13,20 +13,22 @@ commands = nosetests generated_tests/test_generators.py
> >  [testenv:py27-noaccel]
> >  passenv=HOME
> >  deps =
> > -    mako
> > -    nose
> >      coverage
> > +    mako
> >      mock
> > +    nose
> >  commands = nosetests framework/tests --attr="!privileged" --with-cover --cover-package=framework --cover-tests
> >
> >  [testenv:py27-accel]
> >  passenv=HOME
> >  deps =
> > -    mako
> > -    nose
> >      coverage
> > +    mako
> >      mock
> > +    nose
> > +    psutil
> >      simplejson
> >      lxml
> >      backports.lzma
> > +    subprocess32
> >  commands = nosetests framework/tests --attr="!privileged" --with-cover --cover-package=framework --cover-tests
> > --
> > 2.6.2
> >
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I'll look into whether that None case is necessary. Do you want to see a
v5?

Dylan
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