tests: document (and reduce) the realtimelimit

Signed-off-by: Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>

diff --git a/tests/tests.sh b/tests/tests.sh
index 3fd5510..0e15c3e 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/tests.sh
+++ b/tests/tests.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ shopt -u nullglob
 outdir="out"
 compdir="nit_compile"
 
+# Real-time limit (in seconds)
+# Is used to avoid waiting or sleeping tests.
+# Require timeout or timelimit, or else is not used.
+realtimelimit=300 # 5 min
+
 usage()
 {
        e=`basename "$0"`
@@ -95,9 +100,9 @@ timestamp()
 
 # Detect a working timeout
 if sh -c "timelimit echo" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-       TIMEOUT="timelimit -t 600"
+       TIMEOUT="timelimit -t $realtimelimit"
 elif sh -c "timeout 1 echo" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-       TIMEOUT="timeout 600s"
+       TIMEOUT="timeout ${realtimelimit}s"
 else
        echo "No timelimit or timeout command detected. Tests may hang :("
 fi