sbotools2

commit c13edd93d68415fd4dce8af5c1258001b1d6194c
parent 15510c6735f851fe337e83e8318e689e561d12b8
Author: Andreas Guldstrand <andreas.guldstrand@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 May 2016 22:41:06 +0000

SBO::Lib: add _race::cond subroutine

for identifying, documenting, and testing race conditions

Diffstat:
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SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib.pm
 | 
5
+++++

1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib.pm b/SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib.pm
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ our $tempdir = tempdir(CLEANUP => 1, DIR => $tmpd);
 # t/01-test.t
 our $pkg_db = '/var/log/packages';
 
+# _race::cond will allow both documenting and testing race conditions
+# by overriding its implementation for tests
+sub _race::cond { return }
+
 # subroutine for throwing internal script errors
 sub script_error {
 	if (@_) {
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ sub open_fh {
 	}
 	my ($file, $op) = @_;
 	my $fh;
+	_race::cond 'possibly $file has been deleted between -f test and now';
 	unless (open $fh, $op, $file) {
 		my $warn = "Unable to open $file.\n";
 		my $exit = _ERR_OPENFH;