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+"""
+This script concurrently builds and migrates instances. This can be useful when
+troubleshooting race-conditions in virt-layer code.
+
+Expects:
+
+    novarc to be sourced in the environment
+
+Helper Script for Xen Dom0:
+
+    # cat /tmp/destroy_cache_vdis
+    #!/bin/bash
+    xe vdi-list | grep "Glance Image" -C1 | grep "^uuid" | awk '{print $5}' |
+        xargs -n1 -I{} xe vdi-destroy uuid={}
+"""
+import argparse
+import contextlib
+import multiprocessing
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+DOM0_CLEANUP_SCRIPT = "/tmp/destroy_cache_vdis"
+
+
+def run(cmd):
+    ret = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
+    if ret != 0:
+        print >> sys.stderr, "Command exited non-zero: %s" % cmd
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def server_built(server_name, image_name, flavor=1, cleanup=True):
+    run("nova boot --image=%(image_name)s --flavor=%(flavor)s"
+        " --poll %(server_name)s" % locals())
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        if cleanup:
+            run("nova delete %(server_name)s" % locals())
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def snapshot_taken(server_name, snapshot_name, cleanup=True):
+    run("nova image-create %(server_name)s %(snapshot_name)s"
+        " --poll" % locals())
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        if cleanup:
+            run("nova image-delete %(snapshot_name)s" % locals())
+
+
+def migrate_server(server_name):
+    run("nova migrate %(server_name)s --poll" % locals())
+
+    cmd = "nova list | grep %(server_name)s | awk '{print $6}'" % locals()
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+    stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
+    status = stdout.strip()
+    if status.upper() != 'VERIFY_RESIZE':
+        print >> sys.stderr, "Server %(server_name)s failed to rebuild"\
+                             % locals()
+        return False
+
+    # Confirm the resize
+    run("nova resize-confirm %(server_name)s" % locals())
+    return True
+
+
+def test_migrate(context):
+    count, args = context
+    server_name = "server%d" % count
+    cleanup = args.cleanup
+    with server_built(server_name, args.image, cleanup=cleanup):
+        # Migrate A -> B
+        result = migrate_server(server_name)
+        if not result:
+            return False
+
+        # Migrate B -> A
+        return migrate_server(server_name)
+
+
+def rebuild_server(server_name, snapshot_name):
+    run("nova rebuild %(server_name)s %(snapshot_name)s --poll" % locals())
+
+    cmd = "nova list | grep %(server_name)s | awk '{print $6}'" % locals()
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+    stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
+    status = stdout.strip()
+    if status != 'ACTIVE':
+        print >> sys.stderr, "Server %(server_name)s failed to rebuild"\
+                             % locals()
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def test_rebuild(context):
+    count, args = context
+    server_name = "server%d" % count
+    snapshot_name = "snap%d" % count
+    cleanup = args.cleanup
+    with server_built(server_name, args.image, cleanup=cleanup):
+        with snapshot_taken(server_name, snapshot_name, cleanup=cleanup):
+            return rebuild_server(server_name, snapshot_name)
+
+
+def _parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+            description='Test Nova for Race Conditions.')
+
+    parser.add_argument('tests', metavar='TESTS', type=str, nargs='*',
+                        default=['rebuild', 'migrate'],
+                        help='tests to run: [rebuilt|migrate]')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--image', help="image to build from",
+                        required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--num-runs', type=int, help="number of runs",
+                        default=1)
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--concurrency', type=int, default=5,
+                        help="number of concurrent processes")
+    parser.add_argument('--no-cleanup', action='store_false', dest="cleanup",
+                        default=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--dom0-ips',
+                        help="IP of dom0's to run cleanup script")
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    dom0_cleanup_script = DOM0_CLEANUP_SCRIPT
+    args = _parse_args()
+
+    if args.dom0_ips:
+        dom0_ips = args.dom0_ips.split(',')
+    else:
+        dom0_ips = []
+
+    start_time = time.time()
+    batch_size = min(args.num_runs, args.concurrency)
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes=args.concurrency)
+
+    results = []
+    for test in args.tests:
+        test_func = globals().get("test_%s" % test)
+        if not test_func:
+            print >> sys.stderr, "test '%s' not found" % test
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        contexts = [(x, args) for x in range(args.num_runs)]
+
+        try:
+            results += pool.map(test_func, contexts)
+        finally:
+            if args.cleanup:
+                for dom0_ip in dom0_ips:
+                    run("ssh root@%(dom0_ip)s %(dom0_cleanup_script)s"
+                        % locals())
+
+    success = all(results)
+    result = "SUCCESS" if success else "FAILED"
+
+    duration = time.time() - start_time
+    print "%s, finished in %.2f secs" % (result, duration)
+
+    sys.exit(0 if success else 1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()