node/test/pummel/test-regress-GH-814.js

// Flags: --expose_gc

function newBuffer(size, value) {
  var buffer = new Buffer(size);
  while (size--) {
    buffer[size] = value;
  }
  //buffer[buffer.length-2]= 0x0d;
  buffer[buffer.length - 1] = 0x0a;
  return buffer;
}


var common = require('../common');
var fs = require('fs');
var testFileName = require('path').join(common.tmpDir, 'GH-814_testFile.txt');
var testFileFD = fs.openSync(testFileName, 'w');
console.log(testFileName);



var kBufSize = 128 * 1024;
var PASS = true;
var neverWrittenBuffer = newBuffer(kBufSize, 0x2e); //0x2e === '.'
var bufPool = [];



var tail = require('child_process').spawn('tail', ['-f', testFileName]);
tail.stdout.on('data', tailCB);

function tailCB(data) {
  PASS = data.toString().indexOf('.') < 0;
}



var timeToQuit = Date.now() + 8e3; //Test during no more than this seconds.
(function main() {

  if (PASS) {
    fs.write(testFileFD, newBuffer(kBufSize, 0x61), 0, kBufSize, -1, cb);
    gc();
    var nuBuf = new Buffer(kBufSize);
    neverWrittenBuffer.copy(nuBuf);
    if (bufPool.push(nuBuf) > 100) {
      bufPool.length = 0;
    }
  }
  else {
    throw Error("Buffer GC'ed test -> FAIL");
  }

  if (Date.now() < timeToQuit) {
    process.nextTick(main);
  }
  else {
    tail.kill();
    console.log("Buffer GC'ed test -> PASS (OK)");
  }

})();


function cb(err, written) {
  if (err) {
    throw err;
  }
}