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impala/tests/benchmark/plugins/clear_buffer_cache.py
Nong Li 6642c377d5 Update clear buffer cache plugin to only flush page cache.
More detail: http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches

Change-Id: I7fa675ccdc81f375d88e9cfab330fca3bc983ec8
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.ent.cloudera.com:8080/1157
Reviewed-by: Alex Behm <alex.behm@cloudera.com>
Reviewed-by: Lenni Kuff <lskuff@cloudera.com>
Tested-by: Nong Li <nong@cloudera.com>
2014-01-08 10:54:37 -08:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python
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from tests.util.cluster_controller import ClusterController
from tests.benchmark.plugins import Plugin
class ClearBufferCache(Plugin):
"""Plugin that clears the buffer cache before a query is run."""
__name__ = "ClearBufferCache"
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.cluster_controller = ClusterController(*args, **kwargs)
Plugin.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
def run_pre_hook(self, context=None):
# Drop the page cache (drop_caches=1). We'll leave the inodes and dentries
# since that is not what we are testing and it causes excessive performance
# variability.
cmd = "sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=1 vm.drop_caches=0"
self.cluster_controller.run_cmd(cmd)