[GEODE-5994] Add a service to contend for CPUs for testing purposes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.14.1, 1.15.0
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Dale Emery
• Reporter: Dale Emery
• Created: 06/Nov/18 01:08
• Updated: 07/Dec/21 16:45
• Resolved: 11/Jan/19 19:43

Description

Some test failures are easier to reproduce and diagnose when there is heavy contention for CPUs.

Add a simple utility to contend for CPUs. This can be added to a test while debugging, and removed after the problem has been diagnosed.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2788
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2937
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6852