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Re: [RFA 2/3] Fix gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.exp blocking under high load/slow gdb


On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 21:00:21 +0100
Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> wrote:

> When running multi-arch-exec.exp under valgrind, the test succeeds
> when the machine is not loaded, but blocks when the machine is highly
> loaded (e.g. when running the testsuite with valgrind with -j X
> where X is one more than the nr of available cores).
> 
> The problem is that the hello program dies too early due to the alarm (30).
> 
> So, increase the alarm timer.
> Note that this does not make the test take longer (it takes about
> 3.5 seconds on my system).  As I understand, the alarm is just there
> to avoid hello staying there forever in case of another problem.
> 
> 2019-03-23  Philippe Waroquiers  <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
> 
> 	* gdb.multi/hello.c (main): Increase alarm timer.

Okay.

Kevin


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