[ovs-dev] [PATCH, RFC] tests: Add a default timeout for control utilities

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 08:14:59PM +0300, Alin Gabriel Serdean wrote:
> Let's suppose that ovsdb-server is running properly, but ovs-vswitchd
> is not responsive/crashed. We try to add a port via ovs-vsctl and it will
> hang.
> This patch aims at that scenario and tries to make life easier when
> debugging hanging tests.
> 
> Some shells do not allow dashes in function names (default behavior),
> we shall try to define an alias to overcome dashes if the shell allows it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alin Gabriel Serdean <aserdean at ovn.org>
> Suggested-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>