Re: [PATCH] selftests/kselftest/runner.sh: Add 45 second timeout per test

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Thu Sep 19 2019 - 14:55:34 EST


On 19/09/2019 11:06:44-0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Commit a745f7af3cbd ("selftests/harness: Add 30 second timeout per
> test") solves the problem of kselftest_harness.h-using binary tests
> possibly hanging forever. However, scripts and other binaries can still
> hang forever. This adds a global timeout to each test script run.
>
> To make this configurable (e.g. as needed in the "rtc" test case),
> include a new per-test-directory "settings" file (similar to "config")
> that can contain kselftest-specific settings. The first recognized field
> is "timeout".
>

Seems good to me. I was also wondering whether this is actually
reasonable to have tests running for so long. I wanted to discuss that
at LPC but I missed the session.

> Additionally, this splits the reporting for timeouts into a specific
> "TIMEOUT" not-ok (and adds exit code reporting in the remaining case).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh | 36 +++++++++++++++++++--
> tools/testing/selftests/rtc/settings | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rtc/settings
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
> index 00c9020bdda8..84de7bc74f2c 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
> @@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
> #
> # Runs a set of tests in a given subdirectory.
> export skip_rc=4
> +export timeout_rc=124
> export logfile=/dev/stdout
> export per_test_logging=
>
> +# Defaults for "settings" file fields:
> +# "timeout" how many seconds to let each test run before failing.
> +export kselftest_default_timeout=45
> +
> # There isn't a shell-agnostic way to find the path of a sourced file,
> # so we must rely on BASE_DIR being set to find other tools.
> if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
> @@ -24,6 +29,16 @@ tap_prefix()
> fi
> }
>
> +tap_timeout()
> +{
> + # Make sure tests will time out if utility is available.
> + if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ] ; then
> + /usr/bin/timeout "$kselftest_timeout" "$1"
> + else
> + "$1"
> + fi
> +}
> +
> run_one()
> {
> DIR="$1"
> @@ -32,6 +47,18 @@ run_one()
>
> BASENAME_TEST=$(basename $TEST)
>
> + # Reset any "settings"-file variables.
> + export kselftest_timeout="$kselftest_default_timeout"
> + # Load per-test-directory kselftest "settings" file.
> + settings="$BASE_DIR/$DIR/settings"
> + if [ -r "$settings" ] ; then
> + while read line ; do
> + field=$(echo "$line" | cut -d= -f1)
> + value=$(echo "$line" | cut -d= -f2-)
> + eval "kselftest_$field"="$value"
> + done < "$settings"
> + fi
> +
> TEST_HDR_MSG="selftests: $DIR: $BASENAME_TEST"
> echo "# $TEST_HDR_MSG"
> if [ ! -x "$TEST" ]; then
> @@ -44,14 +71,17 @@ run_one()
> echo "not ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG"
> else
> cd `dirname $TEST` > /dev/null
> - (((((./$BASENAME_TEST 2>&1; echo $? >&3) |
> + ((((( tap_timeout ./$BASENAME_TEST 2>&1; echo $? >&3) |
> tap_prefix >&4) 3>&1) |
> (read xs; exit $xs)) 4>>"$logfile" &&
> echo "ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG") ||
> - (if [ $? -eq $skip_rc ]; then \
> + (rc=$?; \
> + if [ $rc -eq $skip_rc ]; then \
> echo "not ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG # SKIP"
> + elif [ $rc -eq $timeout_rc ]; then \
> + echo "not ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG # TIMEOUT"
> else
> - echo "not ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG"
> + echo "not ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG # exit=$rc"
> fi)
> cd - >/dev/null
> fi
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/settings
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ba4d85f74cd6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/settings
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +timeout=90
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook

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