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+// Copyright 2021 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package backend_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/mvcc/backend"
+	betesting "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/mvcc/backend/testing"
+)
+
+var (
+	bucket = []byte("bucket")
+	key    = []byte("key")
+)
+
+func TestBackendPreCommitHook(t *testing.T) {
+	be := newTestHooksBackend(t, backend.DefaultBackendConfig())
+
+	tx := be.BatchTx()
+	prepareBuckenAndKey(tx)
+	tx.Commit()
+
+	// Empty commit.
+	tx.Commit()
+
+	write(tx, []byte("foo"), []byte("bar"))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, ">cc", getCommitsKey(t, be), "expected 2 explict commits")
+	tx.Commit()
+	assert.Equal(t, ">ccc", getCommitsKey(t, be), "expected 3 explict commits")
+}
+
+func TestBackendAutoCommitLimitHook(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := backend.DefaultBackendConfig()
+	cfg.BatchLimit = 3
+	be := newTestHooksBackend(t, cfg)
+
+	tx := be.BatchTx()
+	prepareBuckenAndKey(tx) // writes 2 entries.
+
+	for i := 3; i <= 9; i++ {
+		write(tx, []byte("i"), []byte{byte(i)})
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, ">ccc", getCommitsKey(t, be))
+}
+
+func write(tx backend.BatchTx, k, v []byte) {
+	tx.Lock()
+	defer tx.Unlock()
+	tx.UnsafePut(bucket, k, v)
+}
+
+func TestBackendAutoCommitBatchIntervalHook(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cfg := backend.DefaultBackendConfig()
+	cfg.BatchInterval = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	be := newTestHooksBackend(t, cfg)
+	tx := be.BatchTx()
+	prepareBuckenAndKey(tx)
+
+	// Edits trigger an auto-commit
+	waitUntil(ctx, t, func() bool { return getCommitsKey(t, be) == ">c" })
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	// No additional auto-commits, as there were no more edits
+	assert.Equal(t, ">c", getCommitsKey(t, be))
+
+	write(tx, []byte("foo"), []byte("bar1"))
+
+	waitUntil(ctx, t, func() bool { return getCommitsKey(t, be) == ">cc" })
+
+	write(tx, []byte("foo"), []byte("bar1"))
+
+	waitUntil(ctx, t, func() bool { return getCommitsKey(t, be) == ">ccc" })
+}
+
+func waitUntil(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, f func() bool) {
+	for !f() {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.Fatalf("Context cancelled/timedout without condition met: %v", ctx.Err())
+		default:
+		}
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}
+
+func prepareBuckenAndKey(tx backend.BatchTx) {
+	tx.Lock()
+	defer tx.Unlock()
+	tx.UnsafeCreateBucket(bucket)
+	tx.UnsafePut(bucket, key, []byte(">"))
+}
+
+func newTestHooksBackend(t testing.TB, baseConfig backend.BackendConfig) backend.Backend {
+	cfg := baseConfig
+	cfg.Hooks = backend.NewHooks(func(tx backend.BatchTx) {
+		k, v := tx.UnsafeRange(bucket, key, nil, 1)
+		t.Logf("OnPreCommit executed: %v %v", string(k[0]), string(v[0]))
+		assert.Len(t, k, 1)
+		assert.Len(t, v, 1)
+		tx.UnsafePut(bucket, key, append(v[0], byte('c')))
+	})
+
+	be, _ := betesting.NewTmpBackendFromCfg(t, cfg)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		betesting.Close(t, be)
+	})
+	return be
+}
+
+func getCommitsKey(t testing.TB, be backend.Backend) string {
+	rtx := be.BatchTx()
+	rtx.Lock()
+	defer rtx.Unlock()
+	_, v := rtx.UnsafeRange(bucket, key, nil, 1)
+	assert.Len(t, v, 1)
+	return string(v[0])
+}