Dear Community,

> This code adds new flag - '--allow-time-setting' to cross-test-ssh.sh
> script to indicate if it is allowed to alter the date on the system
> on which tests are executed. This change is supposed to be used with
> test systems, which use virtual machines for testing.
> 
> The GLIBC_TEST_ALLOW_TIME_SETTING env variable is exported to the
> remote environment on which the eligible test is run and brings no
> functional change when it is not.

Do you have any more comments regarding this patch? It is crucial one
as it allows setting time on ARM VM, which facilitates the Y2038
validation process.

> ---
>  scripts/cross-test-ssh.sh | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/cross-test-ssh.sh b/scripts/cross-test-ssh.sh
> index 6d8fbcdfd2..1d49978197 100755
> --- a/scripts/cross-test-ssh.sh
> +++ b/scripts/cross-test-ssh.sh
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
>  
>  progname="$(basename $0)"
>  
> -usage="usage: ${progname} [--ssh SSH] HOST COMMAND ..."
> +usage="usage: ${progname} [--ssh SSH][--allow-time-setting] HOST
> COMMAND ..." help="Run a glibc test COMMAND on the remote machine
> HOST, via ssh, preserving the current working directory, and
> respecting quoting. 
> @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ instead of ordinary 'ssh'.
>  If the '--timeoutfactor FACTOR' flag is present, set TIMEOUTFACTOR on
>  the remote machine to the specified FACTOR.
>  
> +If the '--allow-time-setting' flag is present, set
> +GLIBC_TEST_ALLOW_TIME_SETTING on the remote machine to inform that
> +time can be safely adjusted when e.g. tests are run in a virtual
> +machine.
> +
>  To use this to run glibc tests, invoke the tests as follows:
>  
>    $ make test-wrapper='ABSPATH/cross-test-ssh.sh HOST' tests
> @@ -81,6 +86,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
>        timeoutfactor="$1"
>        ;;
>  
> +    "--allow-time-setting")
> +      settimeallowed="1"
> +      ;;
> +
>      "--help")
>        echo "$usage"
>        echo "$help"
> @@ -127,6 +136,12 @@ if [ "$timeoutfactor" ]; then
>  ${command}"
>  fi
>  
> +# Add command to set the info that time on target can be adjusted,
> +# if required.
> +if [ "$settimeallowed" ]; then
> +  command="export GLIBC_TEST_ALLOW_TIME_SETTING=1 ${command}"
> +fi
> +
>  # HOST's sshd simply concatenates its arguments with spaces and
>  # passes them to some shell.  We want to force the use of /bin/sh,
>  # so we need to re-quote the whole command to ensure it appears as




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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