Database record locking for test parallelization

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• obtaining, by a computing device, a first test case from a plurality of test cases, wherein software is configured to operate in a testbed environment and has access to a plurality of data entries in persistent storage, wherein the computing device is configured to test the software in parallel, wherein the first test case causes the software to access a subset of the data entries, and wherein a plurality of locks respectively facilitate exclusive access to the plurality of data entries, one lock per entry;
• attempting, by the computing device, to acquire a subset of the locks that correspond to the subset of the data entries;
• determining when to execute the first test case based on whether all of the subset of the locks have been acquired, wherein at least one of the subset of the locks has been acquired by a second test case from the plurality of test cases;
• and
• executing the first test case in parallel with the second test case in response to acquiring all of the subset of locks have been acquired.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a first test case from a plurality of test cases, wherein a software is configured to operate in a testbed environment and has access to a plurality of data entries, wherein the computing device is configured to test the software in parallel, wherein the first test case causes the software to access a subset of the data entries, and wherein a plurality of locks respectively facilitate exclusive access to the plurality of data entries, one lock per entry;
• attempting to acquire a subset of the locks that correspond to the subset of the data entries;
• and
• determining when to execute the first test case based on whether all of the subset of the locks have been acquired, and wherein at least one of the subset of the locks has been acquired by a second test case from the plurality of test cases;
• and
• executing the first test case in parallel with the second test case in response to acquiring all of the subset of locks have been acquired.