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diff --git a/nova/tests/fixtures/nova.py b/nova/tests/fixtures/nova.py
index 5c3404200c..8294f9f99d 100644
--- a/nova/tests/fixtures/nova.py
+++ b/nova/tests/fixtures/nova.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
import functools
import logging as std_logging
import os
+import time
import warnings
import eventlet
@@ -431,6 +432,13 @@ class CellDatabases(fixtures.Fixture):
# yield to do the actual work. We can do schedulable things
# here and not exclude other threads from making progress.
# If an exception is raised, we capture that and save it.
+ # Note that it is possible that another thread has changed the
+ # global state (step #2) after we released the writer lock but
+ # before we acquired the reader lock. If this happens, we will
+ # detect the global state change and retry step #2 a limited number
+ # of times. If we happen to race repeatedly with another thread and
+ # exceed our retry limit, we will give up and raise a RuntimeError,
+ # which will fail the test.
# 4. If we changed state in #2, we need to change it back. So we grab
# a writer lock again and do that.
# 5. Finally, if an exception was raised in #3 while state was
@@ -449,29 +457,47 @@ class CellDatabases(fixtures.Fixture):
raised_exc = None
- with self._cell_lock.write_lock():
- if cell_mapping is not None:
- # This assumes the next local DB access is the same cell that
- # was targeted last time.
- self._last_ctxt_mgr = desired
+ def set_last_ctxt_mgr():
+ with self._cell_lock.write_lock():
+ if cell_mapping is not None:
+ # This assumes the next local DB access is the same cell
+ # that was targeted last time.
+ self._last_ctxt_mgr = desired
- with self._cell_lock.read_lock():
- if self._last_ctxt_mgr != desired:
- # NOTE(danms): This is unlikely to happen, but it's possible
- # another waiting writer changed the state between us letting
- # it go and re-acquiring as a reader. If lockutils supported
- # upgrading and downgrading locks, this wouldn't be a problem.
- # Regardless, assert that it is still as we left it here
- # so we don't hit the wrong cell. If this becomes a problem,
- # we just need to retry the write section above until we land
- # here with the cell we want.
- raise RuntimeError('Global DB state changed underneath us')
+ # Set last context manager to the desired cell's context manager.
+ set_last_ctxt_mgr()
+ # Retry setting the last context manager if we detect that a writer
+ # changed global DB state before we take the read lock.
+ for retry_time in range(0, 3):
try:
- with self._real_target_cell(context, cell_mapping) as ccontext:
- yield ccontext
- except Exception as exc:
- raised_exc = exc
+ with self._cell_lock.read_lock():
+ if self._last_ctxt_mgr != desired:
+ # NOTE(danms): This is unlikely to happen, but it's
+ # possible another waiting writer changed the state
+ # between us letting it go and re-acquiring as a
+ # reader. If lockutils supported upgrading and
+ # downgrading locks, this wouldn't be a problem.
+ # Regardless, assert that it is still as we left it
+ # here so we don't hit the wrong cell. If this becomes
+ # a problem, we just need to retry the write section
+ # above until we land here with the cell we want.
+ raise RuntimeError(
+ 'Global DB state changed underneath us')
+ try:
+ with self._real_target_cell(
+ context, cell_mapping
+ ) as ccontext:
+ yield ccontext
+ except Exception as exc:
+ raised_exc = exc
+ # Leave the retry loop after calling target_cell
+ break
+ except RuntimeError:
+ # Give other threads a chance to make progress, increasing the
+ # wait time between attempts.
+ time.sleep(retry_time)
+ set_last_ctxt_mgr()
with self._cell_lock.write_lock():
# Once we have returned from the context, we need