Re: [RFA/testsuite] Some feedback about bigcore.exp...

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

> Hello,
> 
> Just FYI, in case others may feel the same way?
> 
> We have now run this test pretty much on most of our Unix native
> platforms, and have found that the bigcore.exp testcase is usually quite
> stressful for the host where the testing is being conducted. For
> instance, on sparc-solaris, the system ran out of virtual memory and
> swap space, and started killing processes at random. It also requires a
> very large amount of disk space to be available for the core file (2GB
> on x86-linux). So I was told by other fellow machine users to please
> stop running this test on our build machines.
> 
> One thing I would recommend is to delete the core file once the test is
> finished. I had a testsuite run that got ruined because the core file
> filled up all my disk, and left no space available for the rest of the
> run...
> 
> 2004-03-12  J. Brobecker  <brobecker@gnat.com>
> 
>         * gdb.base/bigcore.exp: Delete core file after test has completed.

No - it will mean throwing away testsuite information.  If a system is 
filling disk space with really large core files (as determined by du, 
not ls) then that system should have the test disabled -> no sparse core 
file support.

Andrew


> Sounds reasonable?
> 
> -- Joel
> 
> 
> 
> Index: bigcore.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.4
> diff -u -r1.4 bigcore.exp
> --- bigcore.exp	27 Feb 2004 16:48:03 -0000	1.4
> +++ bigcore.exp	12 Mar 2004 22:17:59 -0000
> @@ -190,3 +190,7 @@
>  
>  check_heap next $next_heap
>  check_heap prev $prev_heap
> +
> +# The generated core file uses a large amount of disk-space, so we
> +# delete it now that we're done.
> +remote_exec build "rm -f $corefile"