#!/usr/bin/env python
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from tests.util.cluster_controller import ClusterController
from tests.benchmark.plugins import Plugin

class ClearBufferCache(Plugin):
  """Plugin that clears the buffer cache before a query is run."""

  __name__ = "ClearBufferCache"

  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    self.cluster_controller = ClusterController(*args, **kwargs)
    Plugin.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

  def run_pre_hook(self, context=None):
    cmd = "sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3 vm.drop_caches=0"
    self.cluster_controller.run_cmd(cmd)

@@ -1040,16 +1040,194 @@
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+    # Drop the page cache (drop_caches=1). We'll leave the inodes and dentries%0A    # since that is not what we are testing and it causes excessive performance%0A    # variability.%0A
     cmd 
@@ -1258,9 +1258,9 @@
 hes=
-3
+1
  vm.

Update clear buffer cache plugin to only flush page cache.