func (cl continuousLoadTest) startLoad(f *terrafarm.Farmer) error {
if *flagCLTWriters > len(f.Nodes()) {
return errors.Errorf("writers (%d) > nodes (%d)", *flagCLTWriters, len(f.Nodes()))
}
// We may have to retry restarting the load generators, because CockroachDB
// might have been started too recently to start accepting connections.
started := make(map[int]bool)
return util.RetryForDuration(10*time.Second, func() error {
for i := 0; i < *flagCLTWriters; i++ {
if !started[i] {
if err := f.Start(i, cl.Process); err != nil {
return err
}
}
}
return nil
})
}
