Re: [PATCH 1/3] tests/tcg: Use SIGKILL for timeout

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> writes:

> There are some tests for which SIGTERM appears insufficient.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> ---
>  tests/tcg/Makefile.target | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
> index 14bc013181..a3b0aaf8af 100644
> --- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
> +++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
> @@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ cc-option = if $(call cc-test, $1); then \
>  
>  # $1 = test name, $2 = cmd, $3 = desc
>  ifeq ($(filter %-softmmu, $(TARGET)),)
> -run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2 > $1.out, \
> +run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout -s KILL --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2 > $1.out, \
>  	TEST,$(or $3, $*, $<) on $(TARGET_NAME))
>  else
> -run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2, \
> +run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout -s KILL --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2, \
>          TEST,$(or $3, $*, $<) on $(TARGET_NAME))
>  endif

I'll queue this directly into testing/next, thanks. Is this to deal with
the hanging tests on the s390x box?

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro