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sneak d58e9fe256 Stop the disk size tests failing at random on ZFS (closes #150)
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unix.Sync can return before ZFS has counted a file's blocks, so a test
that expected the size on disk to be settled after it failed at random.
The test that needs the size to change now calls unix.Sync in a loop
until it does, for at most 30 seconds. All three tests read the size
before and after the scan and accept either value.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-11-02 22:32:07 +00:00
clawbot 4ecf8dc484 Rewrite TODO.md sentence by sentence (closes #135)
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Rewrites `TODO.md` from scratch for #135, by the rules applied to `README.md`. Every completed step keeps its date, its issue or branch and its facts, in short sentences, with lists as bullets. An entry superseded later says so. Entries record history, so they were not corrected against the code.

Known stale: the 2026-10-17 release-rule entry.
Changed: one product name in the 2026-10-15 entry is replaced by a description.

Model: fable-5-1 (rewrite); opus-5-5 (review, landing message)
2026-11-02 23:29:22 +01:00
clawbot 2322f8bb02 Rewrite README.md sentence by sentence for a newcomer
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Rewrites `README.md` from scratch for #135, so that a newcomer can follow each sentence on one reading. It leads with what the program is and how to use it, then the reference, then development. Where the old text and the code disagreed, it states what the code does; #140 lists each point. Test comments that cited moved text cite the new headings.

Review scope: full reviews through the 16th, then only text changed since.
Dropped: the permission to add `github.com/spf13/viper`.

Model: fable-5-1 (rewrite); opus-5-5 (review, landing message)
2026-11-02 23:12:27 +01:00
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@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ func writeFile(t *testing.T, dir, name string, data []byte) string {
}
// diskSizeOf returns the bytes the file at path takes on disk, from its
// own lstat: st_blocks counts 512-byte units. ZFS counts a new file's
// blocks only seconds after the write, and fsync does not hasten that.
// A test therefore calls unix.Sync, which waits for it, before the scan
// whose disk_size it compares with this.
// own lstat: st_blocks counts 512-byte units. ZFS counts a write's
// blocks only when it commits the write, seconds later and sometimes in
// steps, so this value can change at any moment. fsync does not hasten
// that. unix.Sync usually does, but it can return before the blocks are
// counted. A test that needs the value to change therefore waits for
// that, and a test that compares it with a scan's disk_size reads it
// before and after the scan and accepts either.
func diskSizeOf(t *testing.T, path string) int64 {
t.Helper()
@@ -1446,22 +1449,26 @@ func TestScanStoresDiskSize(t *testing.T) {
p := sparseFile(t, t.TempDir(), "sparse", length)
pokeAt(t, p, 0, []byte("x"))
unix.Sync() // see diskSizeOf
want := diskSizeOf(t, p)
if want == 0 || want >= length {
size := diskSizeOf(t, p)
if size == 0 || size >= length {
t.Fatalf("the file takes %d bytes on disk, want more than none "+
"and fewer than its length %d", want, length)
"and fewer than its length %d", size, length)
}
for _, operand := range []string{filepath.Dir(p), p} {
db := openTestDB(t)
// ZFS may count the blocks during the scan; see diskSizeOf.
before := diskSizeOf(t, p)
syncTree(t, db, operand)
after := diskSizeOf(t, p)
got := recordByPath(t, dbRecords(t, db), p).diskSize
if got != want {
t.Errorf("scan of %s: disk_size = %d, want %d",
operand, got, want)
if got != before && got != after {
t.Errorf("scan of %s: disk_size = %d, want %d or %d",
operand, got, before, after)
}
}
}
@@ -1479,7 +1486,7 @@ func TestSyncScanRewriteUpdatesDiskSize(t *testing.T) {
syncTree(t, db, dir)
before := recordByPath(t, dbRecords(t, db), p).diskSize
recorded := recordByPath(t, dbRecords(t, db), p).diskSize
pokeAt(t, p, 512*1024, pattern(7, 64*1024))
@@ -1492,22 +1499,31 @@ func TestSyncScanRewriteUpdatesDiskSize(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatal(err)
}
unix.Sync() // see diskSizeOf
// Wait for ZFS to count the write; see diskSizeOf.
deadline := time.Now().Add(30 * time.Second)
for diskSizeOf(t, p) == recorded {
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
t.Fatalf("the file still takes %d bytes on disk 30 seconds "+
"after the write into its hole", recorded)
}
want := diskSizeOf(t, p)
if want == before {
t.Fatalf("the file still takes %d bytes on disk after the write "+
"into its hole", want)
unix.Sync()
}
// ZFS may still be counting, so the size may change during the rescan.
before := diskSizeOf(t, p)
st := syncTree(t, db, dir)
after := diskSizeOf(t, p)
if st != (scanStats{walked: 1, updated: 1}) {
t.Fatalf("rescan stats = %+v, want 1 updated", st)
}
got := recordByPath(t, dbRecords(t, db), p).diskSize
if got != want {
t.Errorf("disk_size = %d, want %d", got, want)
if got != before && got != after {
t.Errorf("disk_size = %d, want %d or %d", got, before, after)
}
}
@@ -1531,17 +1547,21 @@ func TestSyncScanUnchangedUpdatesDiskSize(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatal(err)
}
unix.Sync() // see diskSizeOf
// ZFS may count the blocks during the rescan; see diskSizeOf.
before := diskSizeOf(t, p)
// A file read again would count as updated.
st := syncTree(t, db, dir)
after := diskSizeOf(t, p)
if st != (scanStats{walked: 1, unchanged: 1}) {
t.Fatalf("rescan stats = %+v, want 1 unchanged", st)
}
got := recordByPath(t, dbRecords(t, db), p).diskSize
if want := diskSizeOf(t, p); got != want {
t.Errorf("disk_size = %d, want %d", got, want)
if got != before && got != after {
t.Errorf("disk_size = %d, want %d or %d", got, before, after)
}
}