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+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) 2020 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use strict;
+use v5.10.1;
+use Test::More;
+use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+require_ok 'PublicInbox::IPC';
+state $once = eval <<'';
+package PublicInbox::IPC;
+use strict;
+sub test_array { qw(test array) }
+sub test_scalar { 'scalar' }
+sub test_scalarref { \'scalarref' }
+sub test_undef { undef }
+sub test_die { shift; die @_; 'unreachable' }
+sub test_pid { $$ }
+1;
+
+my $ipc = bless {}, 'PublicInbox::IPC';
+my @t = qw(array scalar scalarref undef);
+my $test = sub {
+ my $x = shift;
+ for my $type (@t) {
+ my $m = "test_$type";
+ my @ret = $ipc->ipc_do($m);
+ my @exp = $ipc->$m;
+ is_deeply(\@ret, \@exp, "wantarray $m $x");
+
+ $ipc->ipc_do($m);
+
+ my $ret = $ipc->ipc_do($m);
+ my $exp = $ipc->$m;
+ is_deeply($ret, $exp, "!wantarray $m $x");
+ }
+ my $ret = eval { $ipc->test_die('phail') };
+ my $exp = $@;
+ $ret = eval { $ipc->ipc_do('test_die', 'phail') };
+ my $err = $@;
+ my %lines;
+ for ($err, $exp) {
+ s/ line (\d+).*//s and $lines{$1}++;
+ }
+ is(scalar keys %lines, 1, 'line numbers match');
+ is((values %lines)[0], 2, '2 hits on same line number');
+ is($err, $exp, "$x die matches");
+ is($ret, undef, "$x die did not return");
+};
+$test->('local');
+
+SKIP: {
+ require_mods(qw(Storable), 16);
+ my $pid = $ipc->ipc_worker_spawn('test worker');
+ ok($pid > 0 && kill(0, $pid), 'worker spawned and running');
+ defined($pid) or BAIL_OUT 'no spawn, no test';
+ is($ipc->ipc_do('test_pid'), $pid, 'worker pid returned');
+ $test->('worker');
+ {
+ my ($tmp, $for_destroy) = tmpdir();
+ $ipc->ipc_lock_init("$tmp/lock");
+ is($ipc->ipc_do('test_pid'), $pid, 'worker pid returned');
+ }
+ $ipc->ipc_worker_stop;
+ ok(!kill(0, $pid) && $!{ESRCH}, 'worker stopped');
+}
+$ipc->ipc_worker_stop; # idempotent
+done_testing;