Re: [PATCH 2/8] tests/vm: increased max timeout for vm boot.

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>]

Hi Robert,

On 1/24/20 5:53 PM, Robert Foley wrote:
> Add change to increase timeout waiting for VM to boot.
> Needed for some emulation cases where it can take longer
> than 5 minutes to boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Foley <robert.foley@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Puhov <peter.puhov@linaro.org>
> ---
>   tests/vm/basevm.py | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
> index 991115e44b..86908f58ec 100755
> --- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
> +++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class BaseVM(object):
>       def print_step(self, text):
>           sys.stderr.write("### %s ...\n" % text)
>   
> -    def wait_ssh(self, seconds=300):
> +    def wait_ssh(self, seconds=600):
>           starttime = datetime.datetime.now()
>           endtime = starttime + datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
>           guest_up = False
> 

I once suggested "When using TCG, wait longer for a VM to start"
https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg550610.html

Cleber took some notes about 'kicking a expiring timer' but I can't find 
it. This might be related:
https://trello.com/c/MYdgH4mz/90-delayed-failures

Regards,

Phil.