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Re: TEST_DIRECT flag and nptl eintr/stdio tests

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Will Hawkins <whh8b@virginia.edu> wrote:
> Sorry to respond to myself, but I think that I uncovered the problem.
>
> It appears that those tests rely on the fact that, by default, the
> test-skeleton will only run the actual test for a fixed amount of time
> before raising SIGALRM. However, when the TEST_DIRECT flag is set,
> alarm() is not called before the test is executed. Therefore, it never
> times out and simply keeps running and running.
>
> I am working on a fix now and I will submit a patch if/when I think
> that I've resolved the issue.

In a similar vein to this:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00828.html

Cheers,
Carlos.
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