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-rw-r--r--INSTALL5
-rw-r--r--config.h.in3
-rwxr-xr-xconfigure16
-rw-r--r--configure.ac7
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi5
-rw-r--r--support/support_test_main.c2
6 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 02dcf6b1ca..899d7f1ed7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ if 'CFLAGS' is specified it must enable optimization.  For example:
      particular case and potentially change debugging information and
      metadata only).
 
+'--with-timeoutfactor=NUM'
+     Specify an integer NUM to scale the timeout of test programs.  This
+     factor can be changed at run time using 'TIMEOUTFACTOR' environment
+     variable.
+
 '--disable-shared'
      Don't build shared libraries even if it is possible.  Not all
      systems support shared libraries; you need ELF support and
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 0a6f57b006..2f5124684e 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if libpthread actually resides in libc.  */
 #define PTHREAD_IN_LIBC 0
 
+/* An integer used to scale the timeout of test programs.  */
+#define TIMEOUTFACTOR 1
+
 /*
  */
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2f9adca064..e4d013907c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ with_selinux
 with_headers
 with_default_link
 with_nonshared_cflags
+with_timeoutfactor
 enable_sanity_checks
 enable_shared
 enable_profile
@@ -1482,6 +1483,8 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-default-link     do not use explicit linker scripts
   --with-nonshared-cflags=CFLAGS
                           build nonshared libraries with additional CFLAGS
+  --with-timeoutfactor=NUM
+                          specify an integer to scale the timeout
   --with-cpu=CPU          select code for CPU variant
 
 Some influential environment variables:
@@ -3386,6 +3389,19 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
+# Check whether --with-timeoutfactor was given.
+if test "${with_timeoutfactor+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_timeoutfactor; timeoutfactor=$withval
+else
+  timeoutfactor=1
+fi
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define TIMEOUTFACTOR $timeoutfactor
+_ACEOF
+
+
 # Check whether --enable-sanity-checks was given.
 if test "${enable_sanity_checks+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_sanity_checks; enable_sanity=$enableval
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7eb4239359..a91a7f399c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([nonshared-cflags],
 	    [extra_nonshared_cflags=])
 AC_SUBST(extra_nonshared_cflags)
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([timeoutfactor],
+	    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-timeoutfactor=NUM],
+			   [specify an integer to scale the timeout]),
+	    [timeoutfactor=$withval],
+	    [timeoutfactor=1])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TIMEOUTFACTOR, $timeoutfactor)
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([sanity-checks],
 	      AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-sanity-checks],
 			     [really do not use threads (should not be used except in special situations) @<:@default=yes@:>@]),
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 46f73b538d..fce5155c22 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ that the objects in @file{libc_nonshared.a} are compiled with this flag
 (although this will not affect the generated code in this particular
 case and potentially change debugging information and metadata only).
 
+@item --with-timeoutfactor=@var{NUM}
+Specify an integer @var{NUM} to scale the timeout of test programs.
+This factor can be changed at run time using @env{TIMEOUTFACTOR}
+environment variable.
+
 @c disable static doesn't work currently
 @c @item --disable-static
 @c Don't build static libraries.  Static libraries aren't that useful these
diff --git a/support/support_test_main.c b/support/support_test_main.c
index 66a754b84f..0e07dc53cd 100644
--- a/support/support_test_main.c
+++ b/support/support_test_main.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ support_test_main (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *config)
   int direct = 0;       /* Directly call the test function?  */
   int status;
   int opt;
-  unsigned int timeoutfactor = 1;
+  unsigned int timeoutfactor = TIMEOUTFACTOR;
   pid_t termpid;
 
   /* If we're debugging the test, we need to disable timeouts and use