Re: [PATCH 6.9 000/197] 6.9.9-rc1 review

Mark Brown
2024-07-10T17:20:52Z

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On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 02:04:55PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> # # RUN rtc.date_read_loop ...
> # # rtctest.c:95:date_read_loop:Continuously reading RTC time for 30s (with 11ms breaks after every read).
> # # rtctest.c:122:date_read_loop:Performed 2954 RTC time reads.
> # # OK rtc.date_read_loop

> Bisection points to "selftests/harness: Fix tests timeout and race
> condition" but this looks like a test bug, the timeout for tests is 30s
> and the test tries to run for 30s which obviously doesn't add up.
> Previously the test would pass because the bug the patch is fixing is
> that timeout had no effect. I'm also running the test on other
> platforms without it triggering new timeouts, it's just this one
> specific platform that triggered which is a bit worrying.

> I'll send a patch for the test.

Sorry, spoke too soon on that - the test is explicitly overriding the
timeout to be longer so there's something else going on here.

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