tests/functional/test_x86_64_hotplug_cpu: Fix race condition during unplug

When unplugging the CPU, the test tries to check for a successful
unplug by changing to the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1 directory
to see whether that fails. However, the "cd" could be faster than
the unplug operation in the kernel, so there is a race condition
and the test sometimes fails here.
Fix it by trying to change the directory in a loop until the the
CPU has really been unplugged.
While we're at it, also add a "cd .." before unplugging to make
the console output a little bit less confusing (since the path
is echoed in the shell prompt).

Reported-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]>

Author: huth

tests/functional/test_x86_64_hotplug_cpu.py

@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ def test_hotplug(self):
                                           'cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1',
                                           'cpu1#')
 
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cd ..', prompt)
         self.vm.cmd('device_del', id='c1')
 
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self,
-                                          'cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1',
-                                          'No such file or directory')
+                                    'while cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1 ;'
+                                    ' do sleep 0.2 ; done',
+                                    'No such file or directory')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     LinuxKernelTest.main()