[PATCH] selftests: timers: Make sleep time in raw_skew configurable

From: Wake Liu

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 22:51:59 EST


The raw_skew test currently sleeps for 120 seconds to estimate clock
drift. This is a very long time for a single test, and can cause
timeouts in automated test suites or CI systems.

Allow overriding the sleep time via a command line argument,
so it can be adjusted if needed in different environments, while
keeping the default at 120 seconds to preserve original behavior.

Signed-off-by: Wake Liu <wakel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
index a7bae7d80916..03cdcecba8f4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
struct timespec mon, raw, start, end;
long long delta1, delta2, interval, eppm, ppm;
struct timex tx1, tx2;
+ int sleep_sec = 120;
+
+ if (argc > 1) {
+ sleep_sec = atoi(argv[1]);
+ if (sleep_sec <= 0) {
+ printf("Invalid sleep time, using default 120s\n");
+ sleep_sec = 120;
+ }
+ }

setbuf(stdout, NULL);

@@ -109,9 +118,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
if (tx1.offset)
printf("WARNING: ADJ_OFFSET in progress, this will cause inaccurate results\n");

- printf("Estimating clock drift: ");
+ printf("Estimating clock drift (%ds): ", sleep_sec);
fflush(stdout);
- sleep(120);
+ sleep(sleep_sec);

get_monotonic_and_raw(&mon, &raw);
end = mon;
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog