consensus: add note about replay test

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Ethan Buchman 2016-08-23 11:33:18 -04:00
parent 3998bdbfc1
commit 678599c7d4
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ func waitForBlock(newBlockCh chan interface{}) {
func runReplayTest(t *testing.T, cs *ConsensusState, fileName string, newBlockCh chan interface{}) {
cs.config.Set("cswal", fileName)
cs.Start()
// wait to make a new block
// Wait to make a new block.
// This is just a signal that we haven't halted; its not something contained in the WAL itself.
// Assuming the consensus state is running, replay of any WAL, including the empty one,
// should eventually be followed by a new block, or else something is wrong
waitForBlock(newBlockCh)
cs.Stop()
}