From b45e38edab72e4f09b24a5c9672df818f8df020c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:30:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] testlimits: optionally accept '-timeout' input

Fixes: #1032

The testlimits tests can use a lot of system resources, and thus they
may fail when run on systems under heavy load, given that the default
parsing timeout is set to two seconds. Retain this default value, but
make the timeout length configurable with a new '-timeout' flag.

Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
---
 testlimits.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testlimits.c b/testlimits.c
index 695cbf483..87fcd1a1d 100644
--- a/testlimits.c
+++ b/testlimits.c
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ static int tests_quiet = 0;
  *									*
  ************************************************************************/
 
-/* maximum time for one parsing before declaring a timeout */
-#define MAX_TIME 2 /* seconds */
+/* default maximum time for one parsing before declaring a timeout */
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_TIME 2 /* seconds */
 
+static int max_time = DEFAULT_MAX_TIME;
 static clock_t t0;
 static int timeout = 0;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ static void reset_timout(void) {
 
 static int check_time(void) {
     clock_t tnow = clock();
-    if (((tnow - t0) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC) > MAX_TIME) {
+    if (((tnow - t0) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC) > max_time) {
         timeout = 1;
         return(0);
     }
@@ -1228,22 +1229,40 @@ runcrazy(void) {
     return(ret);
 }
 
-
 int
 main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
     int i, a, ret = 0;
     int subset = 0;
+    char *endptr;
+    long val;
 
     fillFilling();
     initializeLibxml2();
 
     for (a = 1; a < argc;a++) {
         if (!strcmp(argv[a], "-v"))
-	    verbose = 1;
+            verbose = 1;
         else if (!strcmp(argv[a], "-quiet"))
-	    tests_quiet = 1;
+            tests_quiet = 1;
         else if (!strcmp(argv[a], "-crazy"))
-	    subset = 1;
+            subset = 1;
+        else if (!strcmp(argv[a], "-timeout")) {
+            if (a + 1 >= argc) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: -timeout requires a value in seconds\n");
+                return 1;
+            }
+            val = strtol(argv[a + 1], &endptr, 10);
+            if (endptr == argv[a + 1] || *endptr != '\0') {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: -timeout value '%s' is not a valid number\n", argv[a + 1]);
+                return 1;
+            }
+            if (val <= 0 || val > INT_MAX) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: -timeout must be a positive integer (got %s)\n", argv[a + 1]);
+                return 1;
+            }
+            max_time = (int)val;
+            a++;
+        }
     }
     if (subset == 0) {
 	for (i = 0; testDescriptions[i].func != NULL; i++) {