1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index a3d2e9ea7c..4a791ff40e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ class DevtoolBase(OESelftestTestCase):
                         'under the build directory')
         self.append_config(self.sstate_conf)
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # devtools tests are heavy on IO and if bitbake can't write out its caches, we see timeouts.
+        # call sync around the tests to ensure the IO queue doesn't get too large, taking any IO
+        # hit here rather than in bitbake shutdown.
+        super().tearDown()
+        os.system("sync")
+
     def _check_src_repo(self, repo_dir):
         """Check srctree git repository"""
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(repo_dir, '.git')),