Hello Heikki,
>> Yep. The attached version does only the tailing stuff under -R and not all
>> threads were stopped on errors, with comments to tell about the why.
>
> Hmm. How about we just remove this special case from doCustom():
>
>> case CSTATE_START_THROTTLE:
>> // ...
>> if (duration > 0 && st->txn_scheduled > end_time)
>> {
>> st->state = CSTATE_FINISHED;
>> break;
>> }
>
> That way, we let the client go into CSTATE_THROTTLE state, even though we
> know that the timer will run out before we reach txn_scheduled. Then it will
> work the way we want, right? One small difference is that then the clients
> will keep the connections open longer, until the timer expires, but I think
> that's reasonable. Less surprising than the current behavior, even.
Hmmm... in this instance, and if this test is removed, ISTM that it can
start the transaction, re-establishing a connection under --connect, and
the transaction will run to its end even if it is beyond the expected end
of run. So removing this test does not seem desirable.
--
Fabien.