Serialise the tests that install process-global host seams - #131
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…sai#130) `Module (own workspace)` fails on main roughly one run in three, always on the same assertion, and independently of what the PR changed. `tinymemory_core`'s seams are `static`s owned by the process, and three tests in this crate's single test binary install or read them: `install_wires_every_seam_this_module_can_supply` (through `install_seams`), `manual_override_outranks_a_paused_gate_and_is_bounded` and `override_member_opens_a_window_that_outranks_a_paused_gate`. libtest runs them on parallel threads, so one test's `set_scheduler_gate` or `set_manual_override` lands between another's write and its assertion. The observed failure is the first read after `set_scheduler_gate`, which is what that produces. `HostSeamsRestore` looks like it should already cover this and does not: restoring what a test found fixes ordering, so a later test cannot inherit an earlier one's gate, but says nothing about two tests running at once. All three now hold a shared lock for their whole body. It is tokio's rather than the standard library's because two of the three are `#[tokio::test]` and hold it across `.await`, which is what `clippy::await_holding_lock` exists to prevent with a `std` guard. The lock's own exclusivity is pinned by a test, because everything here depends on it and a refactor could quietly make it a no-op — a second `OnceLock`, a guard dropped at the end of its statement — with nothing else noticing. The suite would simply go back to being flaky elsewhere.
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In `@crates/tinymemory-module/src/seam_lock.rs`:
- Around line 59-60: Move the module-local test function
only_one_thread_holds_the_seams_at_a_time from seam_lock.rs into a new
seam_lock/test.rs module, preserving its private-item access and behavior. Keep
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Move this module-local test to crates/tinymemory-module/src/seam_lock/test.rs.
Keep seam_lock.rs for the implementation. Declare the test submodule with #[cfg(test)] mod test;.
As per coding guidelines, “Module-local unit tests live in crates/<package>/src/<feature>/test.rs and may touch private items.”
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In `@crates/tinymemory-module/src/seam_lock.rs` around lines 59 - 60, Move the
module-local test function only_one_thread_holds_the_seams_at_a_time from
seam_lock.rs into a new seam_lock/test.rs module, preserving its private-item
access and behavior. Keep seam_lock.rs implementation-only and declare the test
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Review point: module-local tests do not belong in the implementation file. Correct, and the crate is consistent about it — `provider.rs`, `chat.rs`, `config.rs` and `host.rs` each declare `#[cfg(test)] #[path = "<name>_test.rs"] mod test;`. Kept to that flat pattern rather than the `seam_lock/test.rs` the review suggested: a directory is what `service/` uses because it is already a directory, and creating one here for a single file would break the convention every other flat module in the crate follows.
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Summary
Fixes the intermittent
Module (own workspace)failure onmain— roughly onerun in three, always the same assertion, independent of what the PR changed.
tinymemory_core's seams arestatics owned by the process, and three testsin this crate's single test binary install or read them:
install_wires_every_seam_this_module_can_supplyinstall_seams(None)→set_scheduler_gatemanual_override_outranks_a_paused_gate_and_is_boundedset_scheduler_gate/set_manual_overridedirectlyoverride_member_opens_a_window_that_outranks_a_paused_gateset_scheduler_gate, then the override memberlibtest runs them on parallel threads, so one test's
set_scheduler_gateorset_manual_overridelands between another's write and its assertion. Thefailure we see is the first read after
set_scheduler_gate, which is exactlywhat that produces — either the gate was replaced, or a manual override from the
other test made
current_policy()answerNormal.HostSeamsRestorelooks like it should already cover this, and I want to beexplicit about why it does not, because the existing comment at
host_test.rsreasons about ordering and stops there. Restoring what a test found fixes
ordering — a later test cannot inherit an earlier one's gate. It says nothing
about two tests running at the same time.
All three now hold a shared lock for their whole body, taken before anything is
captured.
Related issue
Closes #130.
API or behavior changes
None. Test-only: the new module is
#[cfg(test)].Validation
Module workspace (
crates/tinymemory-module, its own workspace and lockfile):cargo fmt --all -- --check— cleancargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings— no new findingscargo build --all-targets— cleancargo test— 15 targets, 0 failures (77 in--lib, up from 76)Main workspace:
cargo test --all-features— 33 targets, 0 failures.Tests
I could not reproduce the race locally, and I would rather say so than imply
otherwise: 40 full-suite runs at
--test-threads 16, then 150 runs of just thetwo gate-installing tests at
--test-threads 8— zero failures. The service testdoes substantial async setup (tempdir, connection, service construction) before
it touches the gate, so on a fast machine the windows rarely align. CI's runners
are slower and more contended, which is consistent with it firing there.
So the evidence for the diagnosis is static rather than reproduced: three tests
mutate the same process globals, libtest runs them in parallel, and the observed
assertion is precisely the one that race breaks. That is not in question; only
the timing is.
What I did pin is the guarantee the fix rests on —
only_one_thread_holds_the_seams_at_a_timeruns eight threads through the lock200 times each and asserts the peak occupancy is one. Verified to fail when the
lock is made a no-op. Without it, a refactor could quietly neuter this (a second
OnceLock, a guard dropped at the end of its own statement) and nothing wouldnotice except the suite going back to being flaky somewhere else.
Documentation
The new module's docs carry the reasoning, including why
HostSeamsRestoreisnot sufficient and why the lock is tokio's rather than the standard library's —
two of the three callers hold it across
.await, which is whatclippy::await_holding_lockexists to stop you doing with astdguard. Hencethe two accessors: the sync one is not an alternative, it is for the caller that
has no runtime.
Checklist
#[allow(...)],#[ignore], or relaxed lints.envcontents in the diff or the descriptionSummary by CodeRabbit