[jira] [Updated] (HBASE-14421) TestFastFail* are flakey

["stack (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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stack updated HBASE-14421:
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    Attachment: 14421.txt

Patch I pushed to branch-1.2+

Small, test-only change.

Will look at backporting later, after evidence of benefit.

> TestFastFail* are flakey
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>
>                 Key: HBASE-14421
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-14421
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: test
>            Reporter: stack
>            Assignee: stack
>         Attachments: 14421.txt
>
>
> Running master test suite on a cluster, too often rig stops with a TestFastFail#testFastFail failure with 'There *should* be at least one Premptive exception...' (emphasis mine). 'should' seems too weak a basis for an assertion. Disable (there are plenty of other assertions on how TestFastFail runs at end of test for it still to be valuable). I also see TestFastFailWithoutTestUtil failing in testPreemptiveFastFailException. Here there is an issue with the latching that needs looking into. For now, rather than fail the test, just dump out a thread dump. Someone can spend time on it later. Meantime, stop it preventing test rig running.
> Also add in a timeout on the TestHCM class... I see this one stuck hanging out ... as a zombie inside a test. A timeout might convert this to a test fail. Trying.



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