Merge #9098: [qa] Handle zombies and cluttered tmpdirs

fab0f07 [qa] rpc-tests: Apply random offset to portseed (MarcoFalke)
fae19aa [qa] test_framework: Exit when tmpdir exists (MarcoFalke)

qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py

@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ class RPCTestHandler:
         self.test_list = test_list
         self.flags = flags
         self.num_running = 0
+        # In case there is a graveyard of zombie bitcoinds, we can apply a
+        # pseudorandom offset to hopefully jump over them.
+        # (625 is PORT_RANGE/MAX_NODES)
+        self.portseed_offset = int(time.time() * 1000) % 625
         self.jobs = []
 
     def get_next(self):
@@ -253,7 +257,7 @@ class RPCTestHandler:
             # Add tests
             self.num_running += 1
             t = self.test_list.pop(0)
-            port_seed = ["--portseed=%s" % len(self.test_list)]
+            port_seed = ["--portseed={}".format(len(self.test_list) + self.portseed_offset)]
             log_stdout = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=2**16)
             log_stderr = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=2**16)
             self.jobs.append((t,

qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py

@@ -139,16 +139,11 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(object):
 
         success = False
         try:
-            if not os.path.isdir(self.options.tmpdir):
+            os.makedirs(self.options.tmpdir, exist_ok=False)
-                os.makedirs(self.options.tmpdir)
             self.setup_chain()
-
             self.setup_network()
-
             self.run_test()
-
             success = True
-
         except JSONRPCException as e:
             print("JSONRPC error: "+e.error['message'])
             traceback.print_tb(sys.exc_info()[2])