Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Increase timeout from 180 to 900 seconds

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 12:06:07 +0000 Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The mm selftests are timing out with the current 180-second limit.
> Testing shows that run_vmtests.sh takes approximately 11 minutes
> (664 seconds) to complete.
> 
> Increase the timeout to 900 seconds (15 minutes) to provide sufficient
> buffer for the tests to complete successfully.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/settings
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/settings
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -timeout=180
> +timeout=900

Gee, that's a bit crude, isn't it.  I have a laptop which will need 90000 ;)

I guess it's better than it was before.  Some sort of smarter monitor
of ongoing activity can be bothered about later.