Add a test for auto-GC

This currently fails because we're using POSIX file locks. So when the
garbage collector opens and closes its own temproots file, it causes
the lock to be released and then deleted by another GC instance.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 83cdf13a6a64..eeb2378393ae 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -871,7 +871,12 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
 
 void LocalStore::autoGC(bool sync)
 {
-    auto getAvail = [this]() {
+    static auto fakeFreeSpaceFile = getEnv("_NIX_TEST_FREE_SPACE_FILE", "");
+
+    auto getAvail = [this]() -> uint64_t {
+        if (!fakeFreeSpaceFile.empty())
+            return std::stoll(readFile(fakeFreeSpaceFile));
+
         struct statvfs st;
         if (statvfs(realStoreDir.c_str(), &st))
             throw SysError("getting filesystem info about '%s'", realStoreDir);
@@ -892,7 +897,7 @@ void LocalStore::autoGC(bool sync)
 
         auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
-        if (now < state->lastGCCheck + std::chrono::seconds(5)) return;
+        if (now < state->lastGCCheck + std::chrono::seconds(settings.minFreeCheckInterval)) return;
 
         auto avail = getAvail();
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 0af8215d1fd8..0c0a9ec544ea 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ public:
     Setting<uint64_t> maxFree{this, std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max(), "max-free",
         "Stop deleting garbage when free disk space is above the specified amount."};
 
+    Setting<uint64_t> minFreeCheckInterval{this, 5, "min-free-check-interval",
+        "Number of seconds between checking free disk space."};
+
     Setting<Paths> pluginFiles{this, {}, "plugin-files",
         "Plugins to dynamically load at nix initialization time."};
 };