Re: [PATCH v4 linux-kselftest-test 4/6] kunit: remove timeout dependence on sysctl_hung_task_timeout_seconds

Stephen Boyd
2019-11-19T21:06:30Z

Quoting Alan Maguire (2019-11-15 02:16:10)
> In discussion of how to handle timeouts, it was noted that if
> sysctl_hung_task_timeout_seconds is exceeded for a kunit test,
> the test task will be killed and an oops generated. This should
> suffice as a means of debugging such timeout issues for now.
>
> Hence remove use of sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs, which has the
> added benefit of avoiding the need to export that symbol from
> the core kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>