linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: allow runners to override the timeout

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Message-ID: <CAB=NE6Wx=PQ6n__hdseLzahNdkGoyUXDW4w9B5bBLvg-kVxbXA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2023 08:26:42 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        tiwai@...e.de, tianfei.zhang@...el.com, russell.h.weight@...el.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, tweek@...gle.com, a.manzanares@...sung.com,
        dave@...olabs.net, vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: allow runners to override the timeout

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 1:34 AM Muhammad Usama Anjum
<usama.anjum@...labora.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/15/23 12:38 AM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > The default timeout for selftests tests is 45 seconds. Although
> > we already have 13 settings for tests of about 96 sefltests which
> > use a timeout greater than this, we want to try to avoid encouraging
> > more tests to forcing a higher test timeout as selftests strives to
> > run all tests quickly. Selftests also uses the timeout as a non-fatal
> > error. Only tests runners which have control over a system would know
> > if to treat a timeout as fatal or not.
> >
> > To help with all this:
> >
> >   o Enhance documentation to avoid future increases of insane timeouts
> >   o Add the option to allow overriding the default timeout with test
> >     runners with a command line option
> >
> > Suggested-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
> Tested-by:Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>

Shuah, just a friendly poke! This is needed to allow me to enable full
automation for kdevops for selftests.

 Luis