[LTP] [PATCH v2 01/30] Introduce a concept of max runtime

Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz
Thu May 5 13:19:42 CEST 2022


Hi!
> Previously, setting LTP_TIMEOUT_MUL meant that test could run twice as long.
> After patch, the description above could probably use more detail, to explain
> what this variable will affect and what's the difference compared to
> LTP_RUNTIME_MUL.

Indeed more documentation is needed.

The key point of this patchset is that timeout composes of two different
parts, static setup/cleanum timeout and runtime and each of them can be
tuned separately, so something along these lines should be added here as
well.

> > +| 'LTP_RUNTIME_MUL'     | Multiplies maximal test iteration runtime. Tests
> > +                          that run for more than a second or two are capped on
> > +                         runtime. You can scale the default runtime both up
> > +                         and down with this multiplier.
> >  | 'LTP_VIRT_OVERRIDE'   | Overrides virtual machine detection in the test
> >                            library. Setting it to empty string tell the library
> >                            that system is not a virtual machine. Other possible
> 

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz


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