Re: [PATCH] selftests/livepatch: Disable the timeout

[Joe Lawrence]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 01:50:41PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Commit 852c8cbf34d3 ("selftests/kselftest/runner.sh: Add 45 second
> timeout per test") introduced a timeout per test. Livepatch tests could
> run longer than 45 seconds, especially on slower machines. They do not
> hang and they detect if something goes awry with internal accounting.
> 
> Better than looking for an arbitrary value, just disable the timeout for
> livepatch selftests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/settings | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/settings
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/settings
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e7b9417537fb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/settings
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +timeout=0
> -- 
> 2.23.0
> 

Yes, disabling the timeout for our tests makes sense since they already
have internal checking.  Tested this in a VM and looks good to me,
thanks.

Reviewed-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- Joe