faster server starting in Redis tests

tests/support/server.tcl

@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ proc ping_server {host port} {
         }
         close $fd
     } e]} {
-        puts "Can't PING server at $host:$port... $e"
+        puts -nonewline "."
+    } else {
+        puts -nonewline "ok"
     }
     return $retval
 }
@@ -170,14 +172,33 @@ proc start_server {options {code undefined}} {
 
     if {$::valgrind} {
         exec valgrind src/redis-server $config_file > $stdout 2> $stderr &
-        after 2000
     } else {
         exec src/redis-server $config_file > $stdout 2> $stderr &
-        after 500
     }
     
     # check that the server actually started
-    if {$code ne "undefined" && ![ping_server $::host $::port]} {
+    # ugly but tries to be as fast as possible...
+    set retrynum 20
+    set serverisup 0
+
+    puts -nonewline "=== ($tags) Starting server ${::host}:${::port} "
+    after 10
+    if {$code ne "undefined"} {
+        while {[incr retrynum -1]} {
+            catch {
+                if {[ping_server $::host $::port]} {
+                    set serverisup 1
+                }
+            }
+            if {$serverisup} break
+            after 50
+        }
+    } else {
+        set serverisup 1
+    }
+    puts {}
+
+    if {!$serverisup} {
         error_and_quit $config_file [exec cat $stderr]
     }
     

tests/unit/other.tcl

-start_server {} {
+start_server {tags {"other"}} {
     test {SAVE - make sure there are all the types as values} {
         # Wait for a background saving in progress to terminate
         waitForBgsave r

tests/unit/protocol.tcl

-start_server {} {
+start_server {tags {"protocol"}} {
     test {Handle an empty query well} {
         set fd [r channel]
         puts -nonewline $fd "\r\n"