From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rost...@goodmis.org>
Before ktest issues a reboot, it will try to connect to the target machine
to make sure that it is still alive. If the target does not respond within 5
seconds, it will power cycle the box instead of issuing a reboot.
Five seconds may be too short, and ktest may unnecessarially power cycle the
box. I have found 25 seconds seems to be a better timeout for this purpose.
But even 25 may be too arbitrary. Add a CONNECT_TIMEOUT option to let the
user determine the timeout time before rebooting. By default, it has been
raised to 25 seconds.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rost...@goodmis.org>
---
tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl | 7 +++++--
tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 4eece2a9772c..a959b6f79ce5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ my %default = (
"GRUB_REBOOT" => "grub2-reboot",
"SYSLINUX" => "extlinux",
"SYSLINUX_PATH" => "/boot/extlinux",
+ "CONNECT_TIMEOUT" => 25,
# required, and we will ask users if they don't have them but we keep the
default
# value something that is common.
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ my $store_failures;
my $store_successes;
my $test_name;
my $timeout;
+my $connect_timeout;
my $booted_timeout;
my $detect_triplefault;
my $console;
@@ -296,6 +298,7 @@ my %option_map = (
"STORE_SUCCESSES" => \$store_successes,
"TEST_NAME" => \$test_name,
"TIMEOUT" => \$timeout,
+ "CONNECT_TIMEOUT" => \$connect_timeout,
"BOOTED_TIMEOUT" => \$booted_timeout,
"CONSOLE" => \$console,
"CLOSE_CONSOLE_SIGNAL" => \$close_console_signal,
@@ -1328,8 +1331,8 @@ sub reboot {
my ($time) = @_;
my $powercycle = 0;
- # test if the machine can be connected to within 5 seconds
- my $stat = run_ssh("echo check machine status", 5);
+ # test if the machine can be connected to within a few seconds
+ my $stat = run_ssh("echo check machine status", $connect_timeout);
if (!$stat) {
doprint("power cycle\n");
$powercycle = 1;
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 6c58cd8bbbae..8df62c837dd1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -725,6 +725,13 @@
# (default 120)
#TIMEOUT = 120
+# The timeout in seconds when to test if the box can be rebooted
+# or not. Before issuing the reboot command, a ssh connection
+# is attempted to see if the target machine is still active.
+# If the target does not connect within this timeout, a power cycle
+# is issued instead of a reboot.
+# CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 25
+
# In between tests, a reboot of the box may occur, and this
# is the time to wait for the console after it stops producing
# output. Some machines may not produce a large lag on reboot
--
2.16.3
