linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for 5.5 1/1] rseq/selftests: Turn off timeout setting

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Message-ID: <f8f04858-ff13-8ec3-0249-8c864fad406a@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:44:45 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for 5.5 1/1] rseq/selftests: Turn off timeout setting

On 12/11/19 9:28 AM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> As the rseq selftests can run for a long period of time, disable the
> timeout that the general selftests have.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/rseq/settings | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rseq/settings
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/settings
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e7b9417537fb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/settings
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +timeout=0
> 

I am pulling this patch in for Linux 5.5-rc4.

Let me know if you have any objections.

thanks,
-- Shuah