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    Problem Report Number 1388
    Submitter's Classification Test Suite problem
    State Resolved
    Resolution Test Suite Deficiency (TSD)
    Problem Resolution ID TSD.X.0670
    Raised 1970-01-01 08:00
    Updated 2003-03-13 08:00
    Published 1996-08-28 08:00
    Product Standard Internationalised System Calls and Libraries Extended (UNIX 95)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSU version 4.1.0
    Test Identification CAPIbase/fsyslog 2
    Problem Summary TSD4U.00147 This test fails intermittently when the timestamp created by the syslog call is a second later than the timestamp expected by the program.
    Problem Text
    This assertion is failing (very rarely) on our system when we have
    a very heavy workload running, and the failure is timing related,

    Increasing the value of VSU_MACHINE_PERFORMANCE does not resolve
    this timing related failure.

    This assertion tests to verify that the logged messages created
    by a call to syslog() shall include (among other things) a
    timestamp. You can see from the journal, that a timestamp is
    included it is just 1 second after the "expected" value of
    the timestamp that was created by:
    fd2=popen(datecmd,"r");
    fgets(timestamp,512,fd2);
    before syslog() was called, and subsequently stat() was called
    to get the timestamp info of the logged message. Under a very heavy
    load these time stamps may differ by 1 second, but the requirement
    of this assertion is passed, namely that we include a timestamp.
    Test Output
    TEST PURPOSE #2
    The logged messages created by a call to
    void syslog(int priority, const char *message, ... /*
    argument */) shall include a message header consisting
    of a facility indicator, a severity level indicator, a
    timestamp, a tag string, and optionally the process ID.
    PREP: Close logging facility
    PREP: Start logging facility
    PREP: Call openlog()
    PREP: Call setlogmask()
    PREP: Open file to which messages are sent
    PREP: Send message using syslog
    PREP: Wait for syslog output
    TEST: Message received against expected format
    ERROR: Message did not match expected result
    Timestamp "Aug 22 12:27:31" missing
    Received = Aug 22 12:27:32 OEBRAND APTEST syslog2: This is a test
    2 FAIL

    Review Information

    Review Type TSMA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Recommendation No Resolution Given
    Review Response
    We agree this is a test suite deficiency in the test
    suite version(s) listed.

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Test Suite Deficiency (TSD)
    Review Conclusion
    This is an agreed Test Suite Deficiency.

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