netdev - Re: [PATCH 11/11] selftests: net/fcnal: Reduce client timeout

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Message-ID: <3ed2262e-fce2-c587-5112-e4583cd042ed@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 09:01:08 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Leonard Crestez <cdleonard@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Seth David Schoen <schoen@...alty.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] selftests: net/fcnal: Reduce client timeout

On 10/6/21 5:47 AM, Leonard Crestez wrote:
> Reduce default client timeout from 5 seconds to 500 miliseconds.
> Can be overridden from environment by exporting NETTEST_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=5
> 
> Some tests need ICMP timeouts so pass an explicit -t5 for those.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <cdleonard@...il.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/net/fcnal-test.sh | 17 +++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

The problem with blindly reducing the timeouts is running the script on
a loaded server. Some tests are expected to timeout while for tests a
timeout is a failure.