adapt FEP tests to not trigger GROMACS exclusion/rlist limitation

- add new kwarg exit_on_error=True|False to run runMD_or_exit() to only raise
  exceptions instead of calling sys.exit(); default is old behavior (True)
- added tests for runMD_or_exit() failure modes
- use better error handling in runMD_or_exit to check if we triggered the
  non-bonded interactions beyond cutoff issue and if so, pass with xfail
- close #175

CHANGES

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Enhancements
 * new workflows module (#217)
 * new automated dihedral analysis workflow (detect dihedrals with SMARTS,
   analyze with EnsembleAnalysis, and generate seaborn violinplots) (#217)
+* add new exit_on_error=False|True argument to run.runMD_or_exit() so
+  that failures just raise exceptions and not call sys.exit() (PR #249)
 
 Fixes
 

mdpow/run.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def get_mdp_files(cfg, protocols):
             logger.debug("%(protocol)s: Using MDP file %(mdp)r from config file", vars())
     return mdpfiles
 
-def runMD_or_exit(S, protocol, params, cfg, exit_on_error=False, **kwargs):
+def runMD_or_exit(S, protocol, params, cfg, exit_on_error=True, **kwargs):
     """run simulation
 
     Can launch :program:`mdrun` itself (:class:`gromacs.run.MDrunner`) or exit so
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def runMD_or_exit(S, protocol, params, cfg, exit_on_error=False, **kwargs):
       :class:`~gromacs.tools.Mdrun`.
 
     .. versionchanged:: 0.9.0
-       New kwarg `exit_in_error`.
+       New kwarg `exit_on_error`.
 
     """
     dirname = kwargs.pop("dirname", None)

mdpow/tests/test_fep_script.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-from . import tempdir as td
-
 import os
+import pytest
 import pybol
 
+from . import tempdir as td
+
 import gromacs
 
 import mdpow
@@ -43,14 +44,26 @@ def _run_fep(self, solvent, dirname):
             gromacs.cbook.edit_mdp(mdp,
                                    new_mdp=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), fep_mdp_name),
                                    cutoff_scheme="group")
-        self.S = fep_simulation(cfg, solvent, dirname=dirname)
+        self.savefilename = fep_simulation(cfg, solvent, dirname=dirname, exit_on_error=False)
 
-    def test_default_run(self):
+    def test_default_run(self, capsys):
         with gromacs.utilities.in_dir(self.tmpdir.name, create=False):
             try:
                 self._run_fep('water', 'benzene/')
             except Exception as err:
-                raise AssertionError('FEP simulations failed with exception:\n{0}'.format(str(err)))
+                # check if log file contains
+                #   'There are 2 perturbed non-bonded pair interactions beyond the pair-list cutoff'
+                # This error can happen and still counts as passing. (It is stochastic and is due
+                # to a poorly designed test system together with GROMACS having become better at detecting
+                # internal problems.)
+                captured = capsys.readouterr()
+                for line in captured:
+                    if "perturbed non-bonded pair interactions beyond the pair-list cutoff'" in line:
+                        pytest.xfail("Stochastic test failure (perturbed non-bonded beyond cutoff). "
+                                     "Still works as expected, see #175.")
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise AssertionError('FEP simulations failed with exception:\n{0}'.format(str(err)))
 
             assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.tmpdir.name,
                                                'benzene', 'FEP', 'water', 'VDW', '0000', 'md.edr'))

mdpow/tests/test_run.py

@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 import pytest
+import pybol
+
+import gromacs.run
+import gromacs.exceptions
 
 from numpy.testing import assert_equal
 
 import mdpow.run
 import mdpow.config
+import mdpow.equil
+
+from . import RESOURCES
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def cfg():
     # default bundled config
     return mdpow.config.get_configuration()
 
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("protocols", [["energy_minimize"],
                                        ["MD_relaxed"],
                                        ["MD_NPT", "FEP"],
@@ -35,3 +43,54 @@ def test_get_mdp_files_ValueError(cfg):
     cfg.conf['FEP']['mdp'] = "smoke_and_mirror.mdp"
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         mdpow.run.get_mdp_files(cfg, ["MD_NPT", "FEP"])
+
+
+# To test the failure modes of runMD_or_exit() we mock the functions
+# and methods that would return failures, so that we don't have to
+# actually run simulations.
+
+# mock gromacs.run.MDrunner
+@pytest.fixture
+def MDrunner_failure(monkeypatch):
+    def mock_run_check(*args, **kwargs):
+        return False
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gromacs.run.MDrunner, 'run_check', mock_run_check)
+
+# mock gromacs.run.check_mdrun_success(logfile)
+@pytest.fixture
+def check_mdrun_success_failure(monkeypatch):
+    def mock_check_mdrun_success(arg):
+        return False
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gromacs.run, 'check_mdrun_success', mock_check_mdrun_success)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("runlocal,exception",
+                         [(True, gromacs.exceptions.GromacsError),
+                          (False, gromacs.exceptions.MissingDataError)])
+def test_runMD_or_exit_exceptions(runlocal, exception, cfg, MDrunner_failure, check_mdrun_success_failure,
+                                  monkeypatch, tmpdir):
+    params = {'deffnm': 'md'}
+    S = {}
+
+    def mock_getboolean(*args):
+        return runlocal
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cfg, "getboolean", mock_getboolean)
+
+    with pytest.raises(exception):
+        mdpow.run.runMD_or_exit(S, "FEP", params, cfg,
+                                dirname=str(tmpdir),
+                                exit_on_error=False)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("runlocal", [True, False])
+def test_runMD_or_exit_SysExit(runlocal, cfg, MDrunner_failure, check_mdrun_success_failure,
+                               monkeypatch, tmpdir):
+    params = {'deffnm': 'md'}
+    S = {}
+
+    def mock_getboolean(*args):
+        return runlocal
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cfg, "getboolean", mock_getboolean)
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        mdpow.run.runMD_or_exit(S, "FEP", params, cfg,
+                                dirname=str(tmpdir),
+                                exit_on_error=True)