1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/test-barrier.c b/src/test/test-barrier.c
index 2d109a30e7..f37cb49c85 100644
--- a/src/test/test-barrier.c
+++ b/src/test/test-barrier.c
@@ -438,6 +438,16 @@ TEST_BARRIER(test_barrier_pending_exit,
         TEST_BARRIER_WAIT_SUCCESS(pid2));
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+        /*
+         * This test uses real-time alarms and sleeps to test for CPU races
+         * explicitly. This is highly fragile if your system is under load. We
+         * already increased the BASE_TIME value to make the tests more robust,
+         * but that just makes the test take significantly longer. Hence,
+         * disable the test by default, so it will not break CI.
+         */
+        if (argc < 2)
+                return EXIT_TEST_SKIP;
+
         log_parse_environment();
         log_open();