test: avoid running fsync on directory on AIX

jBarz · BethGriggs · commit 3128cb7da60e · 2019-03-21T11:59:41.000Z
On AIX the underlying fsync system call returns EBADF on a file descriptor for an open directory. So avoid running fsync on it. PR-URL: #21298 Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Beth Griggs <Bethany.Griggs@uk.ibm.com>
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ function stat_resource(resource) {
   if (typeof resource === 'string') {
     return fs.statSync(resource);
   } else {
+    const stats = fs.fstatSync(resource);
     // ensure mtime has been written to disk
+    // except for directories on AIX where it cannot be synced
+    if (common.isAIX && stats.isDirectory())
+      return stats;
     fs.fsyncSync(resource);
     return fs.fstatSync(resource);
   }
