test: move tick.js from test/async-hooks to test/common

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23551
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/common/README.md b/test/common/README.md
index 63b7905113..6d86e51d5e 100644
--- a/test/common/README.md
+++ b/test/common/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This directory contains modules used to test the Node.js implementation.
 * [Heap dump checker module](#heap-dump-checker-module)
 * [HTTP2 module](#http2-module)
 * [Internet module](#internet-module)
+* [tick module](#tick-module)
 * [tmpdir module](#tmpdir-module)
 * [WPT module](#wpt-module)
 
@@ -744,6 +745,11 @@ a full `setImmediate()` invocation passes.
 should not be in scope when `listener.ongc()` is created.
 
 
+## tick Module
+
+The `tick` module provides a helper function that can be used to call a callback
+after a given number of event loop "ticks".
+
 ## tmpdir Module
 
 The `tmpdir` module supports the use of a temporary directory for testing.
diff --git a/test/common/tick.js b/test/common/tick.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b02315b10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/tick.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
+module.exports = function tick(x, cb) {
+  function ontick() {
+    if (--x === 0) {
+      if (typeof cb === 'function') cb();
+    } else {
+      setImmediate(ontick);
+    }
+  }
+  setImmediate(ontick);
+};