[CASSANDRA-15777] All test targets to set jvm arg "java.io.tmpdir" according to ${tmp.dir}

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.17, 3.0.21, 3.11.7, 4.0-beta1, 4.0
• Component/s: Build, Test/unit
• Bug Category: Degradation - Resource Management
• Severity: Normal
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Discovered By: Unit Test
• Platform: All
• Since Version: 2.1 rc3

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/b44a2140f88e49ac533bb1cfe3db4308929a33ea

Test and Documentation Plan

ASF CI

• Assignee: Ekaterina Dimitrova
• Reporter: Michael Semb Wever

Authors

Ekaterina Dimitrova

Reviewers

Berenguer Blasi, Ekaterina Dimitrova

• Created: 30/Apr/20 11:43
• Updated: 14/Jun/20 08:47
• Resolved: 30/Apr/20 17:50

Description

Make all test targets declare the temp directory (java.io.tmpdir) as defined by tmp.dir

This was originally done in CASSANDRA-7712 but has been eroded over time as the test targets evolved.

The attached patch moves the

<jvmarg value="-Djava.io.tmpdir=${tmp.dir}"/>

into the testmacrohelper macrodef.

Like CASSANDRA-7712, jenkins agents are filling up their root volumes because of what's left behind under "/tmp"

The build scripts have already been configured to define the temp directory to be within the jenkins job's workspace: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-builds/commit/33ba1e30ea196180f7d70f8e6ec47fdf6844f3f6#diff-91876f5f158ec50dab9a70cc06c06922

Issue Links

• fixes: CASSANDRA-14508 Jenkins Slave doesn't have permission to write to /tmp/ directory
• relates to: CASSANDRA-7712 temporary files need to be cleaned by unit tests