Re: [RFA/testsuite] Reset the timeout duration at the start of each testcase.

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>]

> How about gdb_test_timeout, then?

Sure. Attached is what I have checked in.

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Joel

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

        * lib/gdb.exp (gdb_test_timeout): New global variable.
        Set it to timeout if not already set.
        (gdb_init): Reset the value of timeout to gdb_test_timeout.

---
 gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 9b06a2f..621fc3b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -2410,7 +2410,22 @@ proc default_gdb_init { args } {
     }
 }
 
+# The default timeout used when testing GDB commands.  We want to use
+# the same timeout as the default dejagnu timeout, unless the user has
+# already provided a specific value (probably through a site.exp file).
+global gdb_test_timeout
+if ![info exists gdb_test_timeout] {
+    set gdb_test_timeout $timeout
+}
+
 proc gdb_init { args } {
+    # Reset the timeout value to the default.  This way, any testcase
+    # that changes the timeout value without resetting it cannot affect
+    # the timeout used in subsequent testcases.
+    global gdb_test_timeout
+    global timeout
+    set timeout $gdb_test_timeout
+
     return [eval default_gdb_init $args];
 }
 
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