[llvm-dev] Timeout tests timing out

[Dan Liew via llvm-dev]

> > One thing we could do to remove fragility in the test is to remove the
> > running of `short.py` in the test. This is only invoked to check that
> > it's possible for a command to run to completion in the presence of a
> > fixed timeout. If we can live without testing that part (i.e. we only
> > test that a timeout can be reached) then the test should be much more
> > robust.
>
> If you're on board with that, it's a tradeoff I think is probably
> reasonable from a test coverage V reliability V development time
> tradeoff.

Sorry for the delay here. I've put a patch up for review that goes
with this approach: https://reviews.llvm.org/D88807