The test was flaky. The scenario looked like this:
1. Stop server 1.
2. Set its rf_rack_valid_keyspaces configuration option to true.
3. Create an RF-rack-invalid keyspace.
4. Start server 1 and expect a failure during start-up.
It was wrong. We cannot predict when the Raft mutation corresponding to
the newly created keyspace will arrive at the node or when it will be
processed. If the check of the RF-rack-valid keyspaces we perform at
start-up was done before that, it won't include the keyspace. This will
lead to a test failure.
Unfortunately, it's not feasible to perform a read barrier during
start-up. What's more, although it would help the test, it wouldn't be
useful otherwise. Because of that, we simply fix the test, at least for
now.
The new scenario looks like this:
1. Disable the rf_rack_valid_keyspaces configuration option on server 1.
2. Start the server.
3. Create an RF-rack-invalid keyspace.
4. Perform a read barrier on server 1. This will ensure that it has
observed all Raft mutations, and we won't run into the same problem.
5. Stop the node.
6. Set its rf_rack_valid_keyspaces configuration option to true.
7. Try to start the node and observe a failure.
This will make the test perform consistently.
---
I ran the test (in dev mode, on my local machine) three times before
these changes, and three times with them. I include the time results
below.
Before:
```
real 0m47.570s
user 0m41.631s
sys 0m8.634s
real 0m50.495s
user 0m42.499s
sys 0m8.607s
real 0m50.375s
user 0m41.832s
sys 0m8.789s
```
After:
```
real 0m50.509s
user 0m43.535s
sys 0m9.715s
real 0m50.857s
user 0m44.185s
sys 0m9.811s
real 0m50.873s
user 0m44.289s
sys 0m9.737s
```
Fixes SCYLLADB-1137
Backport: The test is present on all supported branches, and so we
should backport these changes to them.
Closesscylladb/scylladb#29218
* github.com:scylladb/scylladb:
test: cluster: Deflake test_startup_with_keyspaces_violating_rf_rack_valid_keyspaces
test: cluster: Mark test with @pytest.mark.asyncio in test_multidc.py
(cherry picked from commit d52fbf7ada)
Closesscylladb/scylladb#29670
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