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Follow-up to #7802. As @hkaiser pointed out, test_wait_until_timeout_does_not_lose_signal is flaky on Jenkins (gcc-12-cuda-12). It fails with state.load() == 3 ('2' != '3') and then !left_over when the main thread gets the mutex only after the waiter's deadline. That iteration never sets up the race, so the waiter correctly times out.

The test now records whether the lock was taken before the deadline and always signals, joins and drains the semaphore. It only checks iterations that really exercised the race: 8 are needed, with at most 1000 attempts. It does not lengthen the deadline. With the #7802 fix reverted, the test still fails reliably at 2 or more threads. Test-only change.

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…pendent of scheduling

The regression test added in TheHPXProject#7802 assumed the main thread acquires the
mutex before the waiter's 10 ms deadline. On loaded CI nodes (Jenkins
gcc-12-cuda-12) the main thread can be scheduled after the deadline; the
waiter then correctly times out without the credit, and the test failed
with state 2 and a left-over credit even though the semaphore behaved
correctly. Record whether the lock was taken before the deadline, always
signal past the deadline, join and drain the semaphore, and only check
the iterations that actually exercised the timeout/signal race, with an
upper bound on attempts so the test cannot run forever.

Signed-off-by: aneek22112007-tech <[email protected]>
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    • Improved timeout test reliability by retrying until it exercises cases where signaling begins before the deadline.
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The timeout test retries until it collects eight attempts that reach signaling before the deadline or reaches 1,000 attempts. It skips late attempts and asserts that at least one qualifying attempt ran.

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The test retries up to 1,000 attempts to collect eight timely cases. It skips attempts that reach signaling after the deadline and asserts that at least one qualifying attempt ran.

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The test checks qualifying attempts without failing solely because a loaded scheduler produces fewer than eight. It is ready to merge after normal checks.

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- Line 276: Update the counting semaphore test loop so it waits until deadline +
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…aphore timeout test

When the main thread acquires the mutex only after the waiter's deadline
the attempt is not checked, yet the test still spun until deadline +
100 ms before signaling. On a heavily loaded node many such attempts
could add up to a long test runtime. Only spin past the deadline when
the lock was taken before it; late attempts still signal, join and drain
the semaphore immediately.

Signed-off-by: aneek22112007-tech <[email protected]>
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