netdev - [PATCH 3/5] VSOCK: add full barrier between test cases

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:49:09 +0000
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@...are.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] VSOCK: add full barrier between test cases

See code comment for details.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
---
 tools/testing/vsock/util.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/vsock/util.c b/tools/testing/vsock/util.c
index 75a78f295b37..2be923fe9922 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vsock/util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vsock/util.c
@@ -165,10 +165,24 @@ void run_tests(const struct test_case *test_cases,
 		printf("%s...", test_cases[i].name);
 		fflush(stdout);
 
-		if (opts->mode == TEST_MODE_CLIENT)
+		if (opts->mode == TEST_MODE_CLIENT) {
+			/* Full barrier before executing the next test.  This
+			 * ensures that client and server are executing the
+			 * same test case.  In particular, it means whoever is
+			 * faster will not see the peer still executing the
+			 * last test.  This is important because port numbers
+			 * can be used by multiple test cases.
+			 */
+			control_expectln("NEXT");
+			control_writeln("NEXT");
+
 			run = test_cases[i].run_client;
-		else
+		} else {
+			control_writeln("NEXT");
+			control_expectln("NEXT");
+
 			run = test_cases[i].run_server;
+		}
 
 		if (run)
 			run(opts);
-- 
2.14.3