Re: [PATCH] gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp: Increase timeout values

[Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>]

On 2026-09-06 00:01, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> In the three Linux machines I tested (my x86_64 laptop and two aarch64
> servers), gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp has this timeout failure:
> 
> FAIL: gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp: pretty print type instance flags (timeout)
> 
> And the slower aarch64 server also has this one:
> 
> FAIL: gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp: start inner gdb (timeout)
> 
> Fix these failures by using timeout factors.  For the latter, a 2x factor
> is enough.  For the former, I needed 8x.  It appears that the "pretty print
> type instance flags" test is quite demanding.

Out of curiosity, is this with GDB build at -O0 or -O2 (or something
else)?  With ASan or other instrumentation?

I am asking because if it's -O2, then it's representative of what a user
would have in their hands.  If some commands take a minute to run, then
we could at least check if it's because GDB is doing something terribly
inefficient.

Simon