Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 1/1] gpio-tools-test.bats: modify delays in toggle test

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 12:05 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:51:05AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:54 PM Slater, Joseph
> > <joe.slater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > [Slater, Joseph] I'll get rid of the comment and try the test with a shorter toggle time.
> > > The series of 159 tests takes, maybe, 10-15 minutes for me, so I don't think saving a
> > > second or two here would make much difference, though.
> > > Joe
> > >
> >
> > That can't be right, are you running it on a toaster? It takes 26
> > seconds on my regular lenovo thinkpad laptop which is still longer
> > than I'd like but quite acceptable for now (though I agree it would be
> > great to improve it).
> >
>
> Consider yourself blessed.
> I just got:
>
> real    2m25.956s
>
> on my test VM.
> Not sure exactly what the hold up is - it isn't using much CPU, or any
> other resources AFAICT.
> Compared to all the other test suites I run, this is far and away the
> slowest, especially since switching everything over to gpio-sim.

I agree it's too slow - be it 20 seconds or 2 minutes. But similarly
to you - it's very low on my TODO list as I only run it every once in
a while. I'd be happy to accept any patches improving the situation of
course.

Bart