Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-next-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest

Pull kselftest updates from Shuah Khan:

 - allow runners to override the timeout

   This change is made to avoid future increases of long timeouts

 - several other spelling and cleanups

 - a new subtest to video_device_test

 - enhancements to test coverage in clone3 test

 - other fixes to ftrace and cpufreq tests

* tag 'linux-kselftest-next-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest:
  selftests/ftace: Fix KTAP output ordering
  selftests/cpufreq: Don't enable generic lock debugging options
  kselftests: Sort the collections list to avoid duplicate tests
  selftest: pidfd: Omit long and repeating outputs
  selftests: allow runners to override the timeout
  selftests/ftrace: Add new test case which checks for optimized probes
  selftests/clone3: test clone3 with exit signal in flags
  kselftest: vDSO: Fix accumulation of uninitialized ret when CLOCK_REALTIME is undefined
  selftests: prctl: Fix spelling mistake "anonynous" -> "anonymous"
  selftests: media_tests: Add new subtest to video_device_test

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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index 12b575b76b20..dd214af7b7ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -168,6 +168,28 @@ the `-t` option for specific single tests. Either can be used multiple times::
 
 For other features see the script usage output, seen with the `-h` option.
 
+Timeout for selftests
+=====================
+
+Selftests are designed to be quick and so a default timeout is used of 45
+seconds for each test. Tests can override the default timeout by adding
+a settings file in their directory and set a timeout variable there to the
+configured a desired upper timeout for the test. Only a few tests override
+the timeout with a value higher than 45 seconds, selftests strives to keep
+it that way. Timeouts in selftests are not considered fatal because the
+system under which a test runs may change and this can also modify the
+expected time it takes to run a test. If you have control over the systems
+which will run the tests you can configure a test runner on those systems to
+use a greater or lower timeout on the command line as with the `-o` or
+the `--override-timeout` argument. For example to use 165 seconds instead
+one would use:
+
+   $ ./run_kselftest.sh --override-timeout 165
+
+You can look at the TAP output to see if you ran into the timeout. Test
+runners which know a test must run under a specific time can then optionally
+treat these timeouts then as fatal.
+
 Packaging selftests
 ===================