Bug 1437105 - Remove flaky timing tests from ESR branch that sometimes fail with time clamping. r=baku, a=test-only

Because we hardcode time clamping in ESR (as opposed to having a pref) I
don't see a way to guarentee that this test won't fail when we lose the
race and clamp downwards.

MozReview-Commit-ID: IMwejbOBmDu

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/dom/performance/tests/test_worker_performance_now.js b/dom/performance/tests/test_worker_performance_now.js
index c2a9050319..dee4efce68 100644
--- a/dom/performance/tests/test_worker_performance_now.js
+++ b/dom/performance/tests/test_worker_performance_now.js
@@ -26,51 +26,5 @@ var n = self.performance.now(), d = Date.now();
 ok(n >= 0, "The value of now() should be equal to or greater than 0.");
 ok(self.performance.now() >= n, "The value of now() should monotonically increase.");
 
-// The spec says performance.now() should have micro-second resolution, but allows 1ms if the platform doesn't support it.
-// Our implementation does provide micro-second resolution, except for windows XP combined with some HW properties
-// where we can't use QueryPerformanceCounters (see comments at mozilla-central/xpcom/ds/TimeStamp_windows.cpp).
-// This XP-low-res case results in about 15ms resolutions, and can be identified when perf.now() returns only integers.
-//
-// Since setTimeout might return too early/late, our goal is that perf.now() changed within 2ms
-// (or 25ms for XP-low-res), rather than specific number of setTimeout(N) invocations.
-// See bug 749894 (intermittent failures of this test)
-var platformPossiblyLowRes;
-workerTestGetOSCPU(function(oscpu) {
-    platformPossiblyLowRes = oscpu.indexOf("Windows NT 5.1") == 0; // XP only
-    setTimeout(checkAfterTimeout, 1);
-});
-var allInts = (n % 1) == 0; // Indicator of limited HW resolution.
-var checks = 0;
+workerTestDone();
 
-function checkAfterTimeout() {
-  checks++;
-  var d2 = Date.now();
-  var n2 = self.performance.now();
-
-  allInts = allInts && (n2 % 1) == 0;
-  var lowResCounter = platformPossiblyLowRes && allInts;
-
-  if ( n2 == n && checks < 50 && // 50 is just a failsafe. Our real goals are 2ms or 25ms.
-       ( (d2 - d) < 2 // The spec allows 1ms resolution. We allow up to measured 2ms to ellapse.
-         ||
-         lowResCounter &&
-         (d2 - d) < 25
-       )
-     ) {
-    setTimeout(checkAfterTimeout, 1);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Loose spec: 1ms resolution, or 15ms resolution for the XP-low-res case.
-  // We shouldn't test that dt is actually within 2/25ms since the iterations break if it isn't, and timeout could be late.
-  ok(n2 > n, "Loose - the value of now() should increase within 2ms (or 25ms if low-res counter) (delta now(): " + (n2 - n) + " ms).");
-
-  // Strict spec: if it's not the XP-low-res case, while the spec allows 1ms resolution, it prefers microseconds, which we provide.
-  // Since the fastest setTimeout return which I observed was ~500 microseconds, a microseconds counter should change in 1 iteretion.
-  ok(n2 > n && (lowResCounter || checks == 1),
-     "Strict - [if high-res counter] the value of now() should increase after one setTimeout (hi-res: " + (!lowResCounter) +
-                                                                                              ", iters: " + checks +
-                                                                                              ", dt: " + (d2 - d) +
-                                                                                              ", now(): " + n2 + ").");
-  workerTestDone();
-};