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

[David Ahern]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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.