fix test of cudf spilling metrics (dask#8478)

distributed/diagnostics/tests/test_cudf_diagnostics.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import os
 
 import pytest
@@ -24,22 +25,27 @@ def force_spill():
 
     manager = get_global_manager()
 
-    # 24 bytes
+    # Allocate a new dataframe and trigger spilling by setting a 1 byte limit
     df = cudf.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})
+    manager.spill_to_device_limit(1)
 
-    return manager.spill_to_device_limit(1)
+    # Get bytes spilled from GPU to CPU
+    spill_totals, _ = get_global_manager().statistics.spill_totals[("gpu", "cpu")]
+    return spill_totals
 
 
 @gen_cluster(
     client=True,
     nthreads=[("127.0.0.1", 1)],
 )
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=10, reruns_delay=5)
 async def test_cudf_metrics(c, s, *workers):
     w = list(s.workers.values())[0]
     assert "cudf" in w.metrics
     assert w.metrics["cudf"]["cudf-spilled"] == 0
 
-    await c.run(force_spill)
-
-    assert w.metrics["cudf"]["cudf-spilled"] == 24
+    spill_totals = (await c.run(force_spill, workers=[w.address]))[w.address]
+    assert spill_totals > 0
+    # We have to wait for the worker's metrics to update.
+    # TODO: avoid sleep, is it possible to wait on the next update of metrics?
+    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+    assert w.metrics["cudf"]["cudf-spilled"] == spill_totals