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-rw-r--r--src/test/isolation/README15
-rw-r--r--src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c10
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/README b/src/test/isolation/README
index 8457a5689fb..5818ca50038 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/README
+++ b/src/test/isolation/README
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ pg_isolation_regress is a tool similar to pg_regress, but instead of using
psql to execute a test, it uses isolationtester. It accepts all the same
command-line arguments as pg_regress.
-By default, isolationtester will wait at most 300 seconds (5 minutes)
+By default, isolationtester will wait at most 360 seconds (6 minutes)
for any one test step to complete. If you need to adjust this, set
-the environment variable PGISOLATIONTIMEOUT to the desired timeout
-in seconds.
+the environment variable PG_TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT to half the desired
+timeout in seconds.
Test specification
@@ -138,10 +138,11 @@ Each step may contain commands that block until further action has been taken
deadlock). A test that uses this ability must manually specify valid
permutations, i.e. those that would not expect a blocked session to execute a
command. If a test fails to follow that rule, isolationtester will cancel it
-after PGISOLATIONTIMEOUT seconds. If the cancel doesn't work, isolationtester
-will exit uncleanly after a total of twice PGISOLATIONTIMEOUT. Testing
-invalid permutations should be avoided because they can make the isolation
-tests take a very long time to run, and they serve no useful testing purpose.
+after 2 * PG_TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT seconds. If the cancel doesn't work,
+isolationtester will exit uncleanly after a total of 4 *
+PG_TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT. Testing invalid permutations should be avoided
+because they can make the isolation tests take a very long time to run, and
+they serve no useful testing purpose.
Note that isolationtester recognizes that a command has blocked by looking
to see if it is shown as waiting in the pg_locks view; therefore, only
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
index 12179f25146..095db8f35c1 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int nconns = 0;
static bool any_new_notice = false;
/* Maximum time to wait before giving up on a step (in usec) */
-static int64 max_step_wait = 300 * USECS_PER_SEC;
+static int64 max_step_wait = 360 * USECS_PER_SEC;
static void check_testspec(TestSpec *testspec);
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
conninfo = "dbname = postgres";
/*
- * If PGISOLATIONTIMEOUT is set in the environment, adopt its value (given
- * in seconds) as the max time to wait for any one step to complete.
+ * If PG_TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT is set, adopt its value (given in seconds)
+ * as half the max time to wait for any one step to complete.
*/
- env_wait = getenv("PGISOLATIONTIMEOUT");
+ env_wait = getenv("PG_TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT");
if (env_wait != NULL)
- max_step_wait = ((int64) atoi(env_wait)) * USECS_PER_SEC;
+ max_step_wait = 2 * ((int64) atoi(env_wait)) * USECS_PER_SEC;
/* Read the test spec from stdin */
spec_yyparse();