[DRMAA-WG] testsuite -- control and job_ps

[Peter Tröger]

Dear all,

I changed the test suite accordingly, the new version is "1.7.1.". 
Implementations that worked with 1.7.0 have no need to be re-tested.

Best regards,
Peter.

Peter Tröger schrieb:
>> I noticed at least in 2 places (suspending and resuming a job) that
>> the testsuite calls drmaa_control and expects drmaa_job_ps to return a
>> new state right after that. As far as I remember, the spec says that
>> it is only guaranteed that drmaa_control requests the state change
>> from DRM and that it doesn't have to block until the change takes
>> place actually.
> 
> Your are right, citing GFD.130 Section 9.8:
> 
> "This method SHALL return once the action has been acknowledged by the  
> DRM system, but
> MAY return before the action has been completed."
> 
> I think you talk about the cases where check_job_state() is  
> immediately called after drmaa_control() .  In the SVN trunk of  
> test_drmaa.c, I would blame everything around line 1887, 2076, and  
> 2091. Do you have other locations in mind ?
> 
> I would propose to relax 'check_job_state()' with some timeout  
> mechanism, in order to give all DRM's enough time to perform the state  
> change in a visible way.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter.
> 
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