linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/kselftest/runner.sh: Add 45 second timeout per test

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Message-ID: <201909191357.7B79D5D427@keescook>
Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:58:53 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Tim.Bird@...y.com
Cc:     shuah@...nel.org, anders.roxell@...aro.org,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/kselftest/runner.sh: Add 45 second timeout per
 test

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 08:49:14PM +0000, Tim.Bird@...y.com wrote:
> > > +export timeout_rc=124
> > what are the units here?  I presume seconds?
> 
> Nevermind.  I misread this.  This is the return code from the 'timeout' program, right?

Correct -- given the skip_rc usage, it felt weird to hard-code it in the
if/else statements.

As for the "45" I chose, that was just to be "more than 30" which was
the per-sub-test for tests built using kselftest_harness.h.

-- 
Kees Cook