X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/disorder/blobdiff_plain/61b761862db3feb9bd0135a64ac3729f70917f89..0024bde0fcca14f018c647f41d8192b4564df96e:/tests/dtest.py

diff --git a/tests/dtest.py b/tests/dtest.py
index 49bbfaa..235d746 100644
--- a/tests/dtest.py
+++ b/tests/dtest.py
@@ -238,20 +238,23 @@ Start the daemon."""
                               stderr=errs)
     # Wait for the socket to be created
     waited = 0
+    sleep_resolution = 0.125
     while not os.path.exists(socket):
         rc = daemon.poll()
         if rc is not None:
             print "FATAL: daemon failed to start up"
             sys.exit(1)
-        waited += 1
+        waited += sleep_resolution
+        if sleep_resolution < 1:
+            sleep_resolution *= 2
         if waited == 1:
             print "  waiting for socket..."
         elif waited >= 60:
             print "FATAL: took too long for socket to appear"
             sys.exit(1)
-        time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(sleep_resolution)
     if waited > 0:
-        print "  took about %ds for socket to appear" % waited
+        print "  took about %ss for socket to appear" % waited
     # Wait for root user to be created
     command(["disorder",
              "--config", disorder._configfile, "--no-per-user-config",
@@ -294,8 +297,6 @@ Stop the daemon if it has not stopped already"""
     else:
         print "  daemon already stopped"
     daemon = None
-    # Wait a bit for subprocess to finish too, to try to avoid stupid races
-    time.sleep(2)
 
 def run(module=None, report=True):
     """dtest.run(MODULE)