'use strict'; var common = require('../common'); var assert = require('assert'); var count = 100; var fs = require('fs'); // person.jpg is 57kb. We just need some file that is sufficiently large. var filename = require('path').join(common.fixturesDir, 'person.jpg'); function tryToKillEventLoop() { console.log('trying to kill event loop ...'); fs.stat(__filename, function(err) { if (err) { throw new Exception('first fs.stat failed'); } else { fs.stat(__filename, function(err) { if (err) { throw new Exception('second fs.stat failed'); } else { console.log('could not kill event loop, retrying...'); setTimeout(function() { if (--count) { tryToKillEventLoop(); } else { console.log('done trying to kill event loop'); process.exit(0); } }, 1); } }); } }); } // Generate a lot of thread pool events var pos = 0; fs.open(filename, 'r', 0o666, function(err, fd) { if (err) throw err; function readChunk() { fs.read(fd, 1024, 0, 'binary', function(err, chunk, bytesRead) { if (err) throw err; if (chunk) { pos += bytesRead; //console.log(pos); readChunk(); } else { fs.closeSync(fd); throw new Exception("Shouldn't get EOF"); } }); } readChunk(); }); tryToKillEventLoop(); process.on('exit', function() { console.log('done with test'); assert.ok(pos > 10000); });