From: Brian Warner <warner@allmydata.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 07:42:52 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: only run a single (short) py_ecc test on slave3, since it is so slow the tests timeout
X-Git-Tag: tahoe_v0.1.0-0-UNSTABLE~398
X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/components/%22news.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=409d92e7467ba2b1a0661c9d069cbe8a43db3b1c;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git

only run a single (short) py_ecc test on slave3, since it is so slow the tests timeout
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diff --git a/src/allmydata/encode.py b/src/allmydata/encode.py
index 80c01aad..ceba80b2 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/encode.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/encode.py
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ class PyRSEncoder(object):
 
     # TODO: this will write a 733kB file called 'ffield.lut.8' in the current
     # directory the first time it is run, to cache the lookup table for later
-    # use. It appears to take about 15 seconds to create this the first time.
-    # Make sure this file winds up somewhere reasonable.
+    # use. It appears to take about 15 seconds to create this the first time,
+    # and about 0.5s to load it in each time afterwards. Make sure this file
+    # winds up somewhere reasonable.
 
     # TODO: the encoder/decoder RSCode object depends upon the number of
     # required/total shares, but not upon the data. We could probably save a
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@ class PyRSEncoder(object):
     # any time we use the same required/total share numbers (which will
     # probably be always).
 
+    # on my workstation (fluxx, a 3.5GHz Athlon), this encodes data at a rate
+    # of 6.7kBps. Zooko's mom's 1.8GHz G5 got 2.2kBps .
+
     def set_params(self, data_size, required_shares, total_shares):
         assert required_shares <= total_shares
         self.data_size = data_size
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/test_encode_share.py b/src/allmydata/test/test_encode_share.py
index 1f887351..1e707ecd 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/test_encode_share.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/test_encode_share.py
@@ -81,12 +81,16 @@ class Tester:
         return d
 
     def test_encode(self):
+        if os.uname()[1] == "slave3" and self.enc_class == PyRSEncoder:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("slave3 is really slow")
         return self.do_test(1000, 25, 100)
 
     def test_encode1(self):
         return self.do_test(8, 8, 16)
 
     def test_encode2(self):
+        if os.uname()[1] == "slave3" and self.enc_class == PyRSEncoder:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("slave3 is really slow")
         return self.do_test(123, 25, 100)
 
     def test_sizes(self):