linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Increase timeout from 180 to 900 seconds

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Message-Id: <20250609160719.9c07424afaf33651f64522aa@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 16:07:19 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>
Cc: <shuah@...nel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
 <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Increase timeout from 180 to 900 seconds

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 12:06:07 +0000 Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com> wrote:

> The mm selftests are timing out with the current 180-second limit.
> Testing shows that run_vmtests.sh takes approximately 11 minutes
> (664 seconds) to complete.
> 
> Increase the timeout to 900 seconds (15 minutes) to provide sufficient
> buffer for the tests to complete successfully.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/settings
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/settings
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -timeout=180
> +timeout=900

Gee, that's a bit crude, isn't it.  I have a laptop which will need 90000 ;)

I guess it's better than it was before.  Some sort of smarter monitor
of ongoing activity can be bothered about later.