From df24e34993206d5a53061ba667a580f9b65dc8a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Basil Hess <bhe@zurich.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 17:17:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add readme note on ctest timeouts & disable timeouts for KAT
 tests.

---
 README.md           | 4 +++-
 test/CMakeLists.txt | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 243be6e..d37cb51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ The test harness consists of the following units:
 - Self-tests: runs random self-tests (key-generation, signing and verifying) - `SQIsign_<level>_SELFTEST`
 - Sub-library specific unit-tests.
 
+Note that, ctest has a default timeout of 1500s, which is applied to all tests except the KAT tests. To override the default timeout, run `ctest --timeout <seconds>`.
+
 ## Known Answer Tests (KAT)
 
 KAT are available in folder `KAT`. They can be generated by running the apps built in the `apps` folder:
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ KAT are available in folder `KAT`. They can be generated by running the apps bui
 
 A successful execution will generate the `.req` and `.rsp` files.
 
-KAT verification is done as part of the test harness (see previous section).
+A full KAT test is done as part of the test harness (see previous section).
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 2461029..51c0c46 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ FOREACH(SVARIANT ${SVARIANT_S})
 
     add_test(sqisign_${SVARIANT}_KAT sqisign_test_kat_${SVARIANT})
     add_test(sqisign_${SVARIANT}_SELFTEST sqisign_test_scheme_${SVARIANT})
+
+    set_tests_properties(sqisign_${SVARIANT}_KAT PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 0)
 ENDFOREACH()