CI: Replace the requirement for 'sudo' with a call to 'ulimit -n'
Using 'sudo' required quite a few workarounds in various places. Setting an
explicit 'ulimit -n' removes the requirement for 'sudo', resulting in a cleaner
workflow configuration.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vtest.yml b/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
index 7867133..1dc216e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
@@ -99,13 +99,14 @@
run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/vtest.json"
- name: Run VTest for HAProxy ${{ steps.show-version.outputs.version }}
id: vtest
- # sudo is required, because macOS fails due to an open files limit.
- run: sudo make reg-tests VTEST_PROGRAM=../vtest/vtest REGTESTS_TYPES=default,bug,devel
+ run: |
+ # This is required for macOS which does not actually allow to increase
+ # the '-n' soft limit to the hard limit, thus failing to run.
+ ulimit -n 5000
+ make reg-tests VTEST_PROGRAM=../vtest/vtest REGTESTS_TYPES=default,bug,devel
- name: Show results
if: ${{ failure() }}
- # The chmod / sudo is necessary due to the `sudo` while running the tests.
run: |
- sudo chmod a+rX ${TMPDIR}/haregtests-*/
for folder in ${TMPDIR}/haregtests-*/vtc.*; do
printf "::group::"
cat $folder/INFO
@@ -115,6 +116,6 @@
shopt -s nullglob
for asan in asan.log*; do
echo "::group::$asan"
- sudo cat $asan
+ cat $asan
echo "::endgroup::"
done