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(scripts/mtest2make.py reads it and sets the\nmeson test -t argument accordingly.)\n\nDocument this so it's not a secret feature only known to a select\nfew.\n\nSigned-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>\n---\n docs/devel/testing/main.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++\n 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)", "diff": "diff --git a/docs/devel/testing/main.rst b/docs/devel/testing/main.rst\nindex 0662766b5c..b01a374865 100644\n--- a/docs/devel/testing/main.rst\n+++ b/docs/devel/testing/main.rst\n@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ Before running tests, it is best to build QEMU programs first. Some tests\n expect the executables to exist and will fail with obscure messages if they\n cannot find them.\n \n+The timeouts for QEMU tests are set conservatively so you should not\n+in general find that tests time out. However, if you are running on a\n+particularly slow host or with a slow configuration (such as a build\n+with the clang address-sanitizer enabled) you can globally raise all\n+the timeouts, by setting the ``TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER`` environment\n+variable. For instance:\n+\n+.. code::\n+\n+ TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER=3 make check\n+\n+will run with all the default timeouts multiplied by three. You can\n+also disable timeouts entirely by setting the environment variable to\n+``0``.\n+\n .. _unit-tests:\n \n Unit tests\n@@ -959,6 +974,9 @@ Python. You can run the functional tests simply by executing:\n \n See :ref:`checkfunctional-ref` for more details.\n \n+The harness for the functional tests also honours the\n+``TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER`` environment variable.\n+\n .. _checktcg-ref:\n \n Testing with \"make check-tcg\"\n", "prefixes": [] }