travis timeout workaround

.travis.yml

@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ script:
   - travis_wait 45 ci/test_driver.sh
   - travis_wait 45 ci/test_riscv_isa.sh
   - travis_wait 45 ci/test_opencl.sh
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=rtlsim
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=1 --scope --app=demo --args="-n1"
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --debug
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=1 
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=2
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=4
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=2 --l2cache
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=4 --l2cache
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=2 --l2cache --clusters=2
-  - travis_wait 45 ci/blackbox.sh --travis --driver=vlsim --cores=2 --l2cache --clusters=4
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=rtlsim
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=1 --scope --app=demo --args="-n1"
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --debug
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=1 
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=2
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=4
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=2 --l2cache
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=4 --l2cache
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=2 --l2cache --clusters=2
+  - travis_wait 45 ./ci/travis_run.py ./ci/blackbox.sh --driver=vlsim --cores=2 --l2cache --clusters=4
   
 after_success:
   # Gather code coverage

ci/blackbox.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 show_usage()
 {
     echo "Vortex BlackBox Test Driver v1.0"
-    echo "Usage: [[--clusters=#n] [--cores=#n] [--warps=#n] [--threads=#n] [--l2cache] [[--driver=rtlsim|vlsim] [--debug] [--scope] [--travis] [--app=vecadd|sgemm|basic|demo|dogfood] [--args=<args>] [--help]]"
+    echo "Usage: [[--clusters=#n] [--cores=#n] [--warps=#n] [--threads=#n] [--l2cache] [[--driver=rtlsim|vlsim] [--debug] [--scope] [--app=vecadd|sgemm|basic|demo|dogfood] [--args=<args>] [--help]]"
 }
 
 DRIVER=vlsim
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ THREADS=4
 L2=0
 DEBUG=0
 SCOPE=0
-TRAVIS=0
 HAS_ARGS=0
 
 for i in "$@"
@@ -65,17 +64,13 @@ case $i in
         HAS_ARGS=1
         shift
         ;;
-    --travis)
-        TRAVIS=1
-        shift
-        ;;
     --help)
         show_usage
-        exit
+        exit 0
         ;;
     *)
     show_usage   
-    exit       
+    exit -1       
     ;;
 esac
 done
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ case $DRIVER in
         ;;
     *)
         echo "invalid driver: $DRIVER"
-        exit
+        exit -1
         ;;
 esac
 
@@ -113,7 +108,7 @@ case $APP in
         ;;
     *)
         echo "invalid app: $APP"
-        exit
+        exit -1
         ;;
 esac
 
@@ -124,13 +119,7 @@ echo "CONFIGS=$CONFIGS"
 make -C $DRIVER_PATH clean
 
 if [ $DEBUG -eq 1 ]
-then
-    if [ $TRAVIS -eq 1 ]
-    then
-        while sleep 5m; do echo "*** still running..."; done &
-        sleep_pid=$!
-    fi
-    
+then    
     if [ $SCOPE -eq 1 ]
     then
         DEBUG=1 SCOPE=1 CONFIGS="$CONFIGS" make -C $DRIVER_PATH $DRIVER_EXTRA > build.log 2>&1
@@ -144,29 +133,13 @@ then
     else
         make -C $APP_PATH run-$DRIVER > run.log 2>&1
     fi
-
-    if [ $TRAVIS -eq 1 ]
-    then
-        kill $sleep_pid
-    fi
 else
-    if [ $TRAVIS -eq 1 ]
-    then
-        while sleep 5m; do echo "*** still running..."; done &
-        sleep_pid=$!
-    fi
-
     if [ $SCOPE -eq 1 ]
     then
         SCOPE=1 CONFIGS="$CONFIGS" make -C $DRIVER_PATH $DRIVER_EXTRA > build.log 2>&1
     else
         CONFIGS="$CONFIGS" make -C $DRIVER_PATH $DRIVER_EXTRA > build.log 2>&1
     fi
-
-    if [ $TRAVIS -eq 1 ]
-    then
-        kill $sleep_pid
-    fi
     
     if [ $HAS_ARGS -eq 1 ]
     then

ci/travis_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+import time
+import threading
+import subprocess
+
+PingInterval = 15
+
+def PingCallback(stop):
+    wait_time = 0    
+    while True:                   
+        time.sleep(PingInterval)     
+        wait_time += PingInterval   
+        print(" + still running (" + str(wait_time) + "s) ...")
+        sys.stdout.flush()        
+        if stop(): 
+            break
+
+def run_command(command):
+    process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    while True:
+        output = process.stdout.readline()
+        if output == '' and process.poll() is not None:
+            break
+        if output:
+            print output.strip()
+    return process.returncode
+
+def main(argv):
+
+    stop_threads = False
+    t = threading.Thread(target = PingCallback, args =(lambda : stop_threads, ))
+    t.start()
+
+    exitcode = run_command(argv)
+    print(" + exitcode="+str(exitcode))
+
+    stop_threads = True
+    t.join()
+
+    sys.exit(exitcode)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+   main(sys.argv[1:])