1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
index 60a5fbbfbf..3e9503277e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 
-from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
+import time
+import signal
+
+from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase, run_network_serialdebug
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
@@ -11,9 +16,23 @@ class SSHTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
     @OETestDepends(['ping.PingTest.test_ping'])
     @OEHasPackage(['dropbear', 'openssh-sshd'])
     def test_ssh(self):
-        (status, output) = self.target.run('uname -a')
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='SSH Test failed: %s' % output)
-        (status, output) = self.target.run('cat /etc/masterimage')
-        msg = "This isn't the right image  - /etc/masterimage " \
-              "shouldn't be here %s" % output
-        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg=msg)
+        for i in range(5):
+          status, output = self.target.run("uname -a", timeout=30, ignore_ssh_fails=True)
+          if status == 0:
+              break
+          elif status == 255 or status == -signal.SIGTERM:
+              # ssh returns 255 only if a ssh error occurs.  This could
+              # be an issue with "Connection refused" because the port
+              # isn't open yet, and this could check explicitly for that
+              # here.  However, let's keep it simple and just retry for
+              # all errors a limited amount of times with a sleep to
+              # give it time for the port to open.
+              # We sometimes see -15 (SIGTERM) on slow emulation machines too, likely
+              # from boot/init not being 100% complete, retry for these too.
+              time.sleep(5)
+              continue
+          else:
+              run_network_serialdebug(self.target.runner)
+              self.fail("uname failed with \"%s\" (exit code %s)" % (output, status))
+        if status != 0:
+            self.fail("ssh failed with \"%s\" (exit code %s)" % (output, status))