LU-13982 tests: fix infinite loop in sanity test_184c

[fs/lustre-release.git] / lustre / tests / sanity.sh

diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index adcf85b..4212768 100755 (executable)
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -16022,8 +16022,9 @@ test_184c() {
        dd if=$ref1 of=$file1 bs=16k &
        local DD_PID=$!
 
-       # Make sure dd starts to copy file
-       while [ ! -f $file1 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+       # Make sure dd starts to copy file, but wait at most 5 seconds
+       local loops=0
+       while [ ! -s $file1 -a $((loops++)) -lt 50 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
 
        $LFS swap_layouts $file1 $file2
        local rc=$?