The raw_skew test currently sleeps for 120 seconds to estimate clock
drift. This is a very long time for a single test, and can cause
timeouts in automated test suites or CI systems.

Allow overriding the sleep time via a command line argument,
so it can be adjusted if needed in different environments, while
keeping the default at 120 seconds to preserve original behavior.

Also add -h/--help support to document this option.

Signed-off-by: Wake Liu <wakel@google.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
index a7bae7d80916..5fff3eaf1307 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/raw_skew.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <include/vdso/time64.h>
 #include "kselftest.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 #define shift_right(x, s) ({		\
 	__typeof__(x) __x = (x);	\
@@ -87,11 +88,30 @@ void get_monotonic_and_raw(struct timespec *mon, struct timespec *raw)
 	}
 }
 
+static void usage(char *argv0)
+{
+	printf("Usage: %s [sleep_secs]\n", argv0);
+	printf("  sleep_secs: time to sleep in seconds to estimate clock drift (default: 120s)\n");
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct timespec mon, raw, start, end;
 	long long delta1, delta2, interval, eppm, ppm;
 	struct timex tx1, tx2;
+	int sleep_sec = 120;
+
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		if (strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+			usage(argv[0]);
+			ksft_exit_pass();
+		}
+		sleep_sec = atoi(argv[1]);
+		if (sleep_sec <= 0) {
+			printf("Invalid sleep time, using default 120s\n");
+			sleep_sec = 120;
+		}
+	}
 
 	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
 
@@ -109,9 +129,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (tx1.offset)
 		printf("WARNING: ADJ_OFFSET in progress, this will cause inaccurate results\n");
 
-	printf("Estimating clock drift: ");
+	printf("Estimating clock drift (%ds): ", sleep_sec);
 	fflush(stdout);
-	sleep(120);
+	sleep(sleep_sec);
 
 	get_monotonic_and_raw(&mon, &raw);
 	end = mon;
-- 
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM Wake Liu <wakel@google.com> wrote:
>
> The raw_skew test currently sleeps for 120 seconds to estimate clock
> drift. This is a very long time for a single test, and can cause
> timeouts in automated test suites or CI systems.
>
> Allow overriding the sleep time via a command line argument,
> so it can be adjusted if needed in different environments, while
> keeping the default at 120 seconds to preserve original behavior.
>
> Also add -h/--help support to document this option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wake Liu <wakel@google.com>

Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>

Hi,

Friendly ping on this v2 patch.

It addresses the feedback from v1 by adding the usage documentation and -h/--help support.

Please let me know if you have any comments or if this looks good.

Thanks,
Wake