diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 136387422b00..7da5e31fa0ed 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ run_test() { # testfile
     local testlog=/proc/self/fd/1
   fi
   export TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/ftracetest-dir.XXXXXX`
+  export FTRACETEST_ROOT=$TOP_DIR
   echo "execute$INSTANCE: "$1 > $testlog
   SIG_RESULT=0
   if [ $VERBOSE -eq -1 ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc
index 492426e95e09..7650a82db3f5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event with function tracer
 
 [ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-grep function available_tracers || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+grep "function" available_tracers || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
 
 # prepare
 echo nop > current_tracer
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/selftest/bashisms.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/selftest/bashisms.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b081e910e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/selftest/bashisms.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Meta-selftest: Checkbashisms
+
+if [ ! -f $FTRACETEST_ROOT/ftracetest ]; then
+  echo "Hmm, we can not find ftracetest"
+  exit_unresolved
+fi
+
+if ! which checkbashisms > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+  echo "No checkbashisms found. skipped."
+  exit_unresolved
+fi
+
+checkbashisms $FTRACETEST_ROOT/ftracetest
+checkbashisms $FTRACETEST_ROOT/test.d/functions
+for t in $(find $FTRACETEST_ROOT/test.d -name \*.tc); do
+  checkbashisms $t
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 941d9391377f..2067c6b0e8a1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#define TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT 30
 
 /* Utilities exposed to the test definitions */
 #ifndef TH_LOG_STREAM
@@ -169,7 +170,8 @@
 	static void test_name(struct __test_metadata *_metadata); \
 	static struct __test_metadata _##test_name##_object = \
 		{ .name = "global." #test_name, \
-		  .fn = &test_name, .termsig = _signal }; \
+		  .fn = &test_name, .termsig = _signal, \
+		  .timeout = TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT, }; \
 	static void __attribute__((constructor)) _register_##test_name(void) \
 	{ \
 		__register_test(&_##test_name##_object); \
@@ -280,12 +282,15 @@
  */
 /* TODO(wad) register fixtures on dedicated test lists. */
 #define TEST_F(fixture_name, test_name) \
-	__TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, -1)
+	__TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, -1, TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT)
 
 #define TEST_F_SIGNAL(fixture_name, test_name, signal) \
-	__TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, signal)
+	__TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, signal, TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT)
 
-#define __TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, signal) \
+#define TEST_F_TIMEOUT(fixture_name, test_name, timeout) \
+	__TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, -1, timeout)
+
+#define __TEST_F_IMPL(fixture_name, test_name, signal, tmout) \
 	static void fixture_name##_##test_name( \
 		struct __test_metadata *_metadata, \
 		FIXTURE_DATA(fixture_name) *self); \
@@ -307,6 +312,7 @@
 		.name = #fixture_name "." #test_name, \
 		.fn = &wrapper_##fixture_name##_##test_name, \
 		.termsig = signal, \
+		.timeout = tmout, \
 	 }; \
 	static void __attribute__((constructor)) \
 			_register_##fixture_name##_##test_name(void) \
@@ -632,6 +638,7 @@ struct __test_metadata {
 	int termsig;
 	int passed;
 	int trigger; /* extra handler after the evaluation */
+	int timeout;
 	__u8 step;
 	bool no_print; /* manual trigger when TH_LOG_STREAM is not available */
 	struct __test_metadata *prev, *next;
@@ -696,7 +703,7 @@ void __run_test(struct __test_metadata *t)
 	t->passed = 1;
 	t->trigger = 0;
 	printf("[ RUN      ] %s\n", t->name);
-	alarm(30);
+	alarm(t->timeout);
 	child_pid = fork();
 	if (child_pid < 0) {
 		printf("ERROR SPAWNING TEST CHILD\n");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
index b2065536d407..66af608fb4c6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ TEST_F(rtc, date_read) {
 	       rtc_tm.tm_hour, rtc_tm.tm_min, rtc_tm.tm_sec);
 }
 
-TEST_F(rtc, uie_read) {
+TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, uie_read, NUM_UIE + 2) {
 	int i, rc, irq = 0;
 	unsigned long data;
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set) {
 	ASSERT_EQ(new, secs);
 }
 
-TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute) {
+TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute, 65) {
 	struct timeval tv = { .tv_sec = 62 };
 	unsigned long data;
 	struct rtc_time tm;
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute) {
 	ASSERT_EQ(new, secs);
 }
 
-TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set_minute) {
+TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set_minute, 65) {
 	struct timeval tv = { .tv_sec = 62 };
 	struct rtc_wkalrm alarm = { 0 };
 	struct rtc_time tm;