Attaching gdbserver implies that the qmp socket
should wait indefinitely for an answer from QEMU.

Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
---
 tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index c86f239d81..e176a84620 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -477,10 +477,14 @@ def __init__(self, seconds, errmsg="Timeout"):
         self.seconds = seconds
         self.errmsg = errmsg
     def __enter__(self):
+        if qemu_gdb:
+            return self
         signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.timeout)
         signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, self.seconds)
         return self
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, value, traceback):
+        if qemu_gdb:
+            return False
         signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, 0)
         return False
     def timeout(self, signum, frame):
@@ -575,7 +579,7 @@ class VM(qtest.QEMUQtestMachine):
 
     def __init__(self, path_suffix=''):
         name = "qemu%s-%d" % (path_suffix, os.getpid())
-        timer = 15.0
+        timer = 15.0 if not qemu_gdb else None
         super().__init__(qemu_prog, qemu_opts, name=name,
                          base_temp_dir=test_dir,
                          socket_scm_helper=socket_scm_helper,
-- 
2.31.1