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diff --git a/report/bib/combox.bib b/report/bib/combox.bib index dc5c803..face48a 100644 --- a/report/bib/combox.bib +++ b/report/bib/combox.bib @@ -225,17 +225,6 @@ title = "Nose - a nicer testing for python", url = "https://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/", } -@misc{combox-issue-tracker, -title = "combox issue tracker (org-mode)", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/plain/TODO.org", -} - -@misc{combox-wd-fix, -title = "combox - watchdog 'file create event' bug fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=8c86e7c28738c66c0e04ae7886b44dbcdfc6369e", - -} - @misc{pylib:watchdog, title = "Watchdog - Python API library and shell utilities to monitor file system events.", @@ -248,31 +237,6 @@ title = "rclone - command line program to sync files and directories url = "http://rclone.org/", } -@misc{git:dropbox-fix, -title = "combox - git commits - Dropbox client behavior fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/log/?qt=range&q=3d714c5..6e1133f" -} - -@misc{git:bug-four-fix, -title = "combox - git commit - shard modification fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=d5b52030348d40600b4c9256f76e5183a85fbb17" -} - -@misc{git:bug-googledc-fix, -title = "combox - git commit - google client behavior fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=37385a90f90cb9d4dfd13d9d2e3cbcace8011e9e", -} - -@misc{git:bug-six-fix, -title = "combox - git commit - bug six fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=9d14db03da5d10d5ab0d7cc76b20e7b1ed5523bf" -} - -@misc{git:bug-seven-fix, -title = "combox - git commit - bug seven fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=422238eb4904de14842221fa09a2b4028801afb1" -} - @article{article:vnc, author = "Richardson, T. and Stafford-Fraser, Q. and Wood, K. R. and Hopper, A.", title = "Virtual network computing", @@ -284,29 +248,4 @@ number = 1, pages = {33-38}, doi = "10.1109/4236.656066", ISSN = "1089-7801", -} - -@misc{program:dump, -title = "dump script (python) for stressing testing combox", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox-paper/plain/dumper/dump", -} - -@misc{program:dumps.el, -title = "dumps.el - Emacs Lisp magic to slurp and process output from combox", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox-paper/plain/scripts/dumps.el", -} - -@misc{doc:benchmarks.org, -title = "benchmarks.org - document containing all information about the stress testing combox", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox-paper/plain/notes/benchmarks.org", -} - -@misc{git:bug-eleven-fix, -title = "combox - git commit - bug eleven fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=5aa1ba0c1dcad62931ba27bb66bf115233086d6c", -} - -@misc{git:bug-ten-fix, -title = "combox - git commit - bug ten fix", -url = "https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit?id=7ed3c9cbe6e56223b043a23408474f9df08f119e", }
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/report/chapters/3-arch-d.tex b/report/chapters/3-arch-d.tex index 8350f63..98c739a 100644 --- a/report/chapters/3-arch-d.tex +++ b/report/chapters/3-arch-d.tex @@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ The database is a JSON file on the disk, stored by default at is the sole interface to read from and write to database. The database is primarily accessed and modified by the combox directory monitor (\verb+ComboxDirMonitor+) and the node directory monitor -(\verb+NodeDirMonitor+) through a shared Lock\cite{py:threading.Lock} -that ensures that only one entity\footnote{An entity can be the combox - directory monitor or one of the node directory monitors} can -access/modify the database at a time. +(\verb+NodeDirMonitor+) through a shared Lock that ensures that only +one entity\footnote{An entity can be the combox directory monitor or + one of the node directory monitors} can access/modify the database +at a time. Below is an illustration of the structure of the combox database: diff --git a/report/chapters/4-testing.tex b/report/chapters/4-testing.tex index f25a75e..fb64665 100644 --- a/report/chapters/4-testing.tex +++ b/report/chapters/4-testing.tex @@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ combox's node directory monitor always assumed that a file's first shard (\verb+shard0+) is always available; while this assumption did not create any problems on GNU/Linux, on OS X, this assumption made the node directory monitor to behave erratically -- this issue (bug -\#4\cite{combox-issue-tracker} was immediately found when the unit -tests were run for the first time on OS X. Another instance where unit -tests helped was just before the \verb+v0.2.0+ release; major changes, -including the introduction of file locks in the -\verb+ComboxDirMonitor+, were made to the \verb+combox.events+. When -the unit tests were run OS X, two tests failed, revealing a difference -in behavior of watchdog\cite{pylib:watchdog} on GNU/Linux and OS X on -file creation\cite{combox-wd-fix}; without unit tests, there is a high +\#4 was immediately found when the unit tests were run for the first +time on OS X. Another instance where unit tests helped was just before +the \verb+v0.2.0+ release; major changes, including the introduction +of file locks in the \verb+ComboxDirMonitor+, were made to the +\verb+combox.events+. When the unit tests were run OS X, two tests +failed, revealing a difference in behavior of +watchdog\cite{pylib:watchdog} on GNU/Linux and OS X on file +creation\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=8c86e7c28738c66c0e04ae7886b44dbcdfc6369exo}; without unit tests, there is a high probability that this bug would never have been found by now. \subsection{Caveats} @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ feature did not consider or did not think about while writing the respective feature. As Dijkstra correctly observed: Unit tests failed to reveal bugs \#4, \#5 \#6 \#7 \#5 \#10 -\#11\cite{combox-issue-tracker}; these bugs were found when manually +\#11\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/plain/TODO.org}; these bugs were found when manually testing combox. \section{Manual testing}\label{sec:4-manual-testing} @@ -127,10 +127,11 @@ sync files from Google Drive directory to Google Drive' server. the shards and scattered the shards across the node directories. The right thing for combox to do was to ignore these backup files and do nothing about them. This issue was fixed on - \verb+2015-09-29+\cite{combox-issue-tracker}. Now the - \verb+ComboxDirMonitor+, on a ``file created'' or ``file modified'' - event, returns from the \verb+on_created+ or \verb+on_modified+ - callback when it finds that the file is a backup/temporary file. + \verb+2015-09-29+\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/plain/TODO.org}. Now + the \verb+ComboxDirMonitor+, on a ``file created'' or ``file + modified'' event, returns from the \verb+on_created+ or + \verb+on_modified+ callback when it finds that the file is a + backup/temporary file. \item Dropbox client maintains the \verb+.dropbox.cache+ directory under the root of the Dropbox directory. @@ -153,8 +154,8 @@ sync files from Google Drive directory to Google Drive' server. All of the above behavior of the Dropbox client epically broke combox. Commits \verb+3d714c5+ to - \verb+6e1133f+\cite{git:dropbox-fix} fixed combox by making it aware - of Dropbox's client behavior. + \verb+6e1133f+\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/log/?qt=range\&q=3d714c5..6e1133f} + fixed combox by making it aware of Dropbox's client behavior. \end{itemize} \subsubsection{Demo} @@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ Google Drive directory to Google Drive's server on GNU/Linux. stored in the Dropbox directory, it will momentarily disappear before the most updated shard becomes available in the Dropbox directory; this broke combox. This issue was fixed on - 2015-08-25\cite{git:bug-four-fix}. This issue is not got to do with + 2015-08-25\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=d5b52030348d40600b4c9256f76e5183a85fbb17}. This issue is not got to do with the nature of the setup but it is related to the Dropbox's behavior elaborated in section \ref{ch-4-2gnus-issues}. \item The official Google Drive client when it pulls an updated @@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ Google Drive directory to Google Drive's server on GNU/Linux. the respective location in the Google Drive directory; this behavior of the Google Drive confused and broke combox. This issue was fixed 2015-09-06 by making combox under the official Google Client's - behavior\cite{git:bug-googledc-fix}. + behavior\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=37385a90f90cb9d4dfd13d9d2e3cbcace8011e9e}. \item When a non-empty directory was move/renamed on another computer, the old directory was not getting properly deleted on this computer; this was happening because the files under the directory being @@ -276,10 +277,10 @@ Google Drive directory to Google Drive's server on GNU/Linux. to \verb+rmdir+ the old directory. This issue again is not specific to the nature of the setup but was found while testing combox on this setup. This issue was fixed on - 2015-09-12\cite{git:bug-six-fix}. + 2015-09-12\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=9d14db03da5d10d5ab0d7cc76b20e7b1ed5523bf}. \item It was found that \verb+combox.file.rm_path+ function failed when it was given a non-existent path to remove; this issue was - fixed on 2015-09-12\cite{git:bug-seven-fix}. + fixed on 2015-09-12\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=422238eb4904de14842221fa09a2b4028801afb1}. \end{itemize} \subsubsection{Demo} @@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ calculated for each dump. Stress testing was first done on \verb+2015-11-08+. In mid November the \verb+ComboxDirMonitor+ was drastically modified to make it use the file Lock shared the instances of -\verb+NodeDirMonitor+\cite{git:bug-eleven-fix}; my hunch was that this +\verb+NodeDirMonitor+\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit/?id=5aa1ba0c1dcad62931ba27bb66bf115233086d6c}; my hunch was that this change in \verb+ComboxDirMonitor+ directly affected the performance of combox and therefore the results that were got from stress testing on \verb+2015-11-08+ would no longer be valid. Stress testing was again @@ -572,14 +573,14 @@ avg. time to split and encrypt a file & 3423.087539ms\\ \subsection{Tools used}\label{4-st-tu} -The \verb+dump+ script\cite{program:dump} was used to dump files to +The \verb+dump+ script\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox-paper/plain/dumper/dump} was used to dump files to the combox directory between one second intervals; a night of Emacs Lisp indulgence made it possible to quickly slurp the required data from the combox output and calculate the average time to split and encrypt a file and the total amount of time taken to process the files -for a given dump\cite{program:dumps.el}; lastly \verb+org-mode+ was +for a given dump\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox-paper/plain/scripts/dumps.el}; lastly \verb+org-mode+ was used to document all data gathered during stress -testing\cite{doc:benchmarks.org}. +testing\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox-paper/plain/notes/benchmarks.org}. \subsection{Observations}\label{4-st-o} @@ -662,7 +663,7 @@ testing\cite{doc:benchmarks.org}. modification of a huge file, a delay proportional to the size of the file was created in the \verb+on_modified+ callback methods in both \verb+ComboxDirMonitor+ and - \verb+NodeDirMonitor+\cite{git:bug-ten-fix}, this fixed the + \verb+NodeDirMonitor+\footnote{https://git.ricketyspace.net/combox/commit?id=7ed3c9cbe6e56223b043a23408474f9df08f119e}, this fixed the issue. Also, this it might be useful to note here that this was ``the'' hardest issue I dealt with in working on combox. \end{itemize}
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