Address review comments

Author: pvdrz

src/tools/remote-test-client/src/main.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const REMOTE_ADDR_ENV: &str = "TEST_DEVICE_ADDR";
 const DEFAULT_ADDR: &str = "127.0.0.1:12345";
 
 const CONNECT_TIMEOUT_ENV: &str = "TEST_DEVICE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS";
+/// The default timeout is high to not break slow CI or slow device starts.
 const DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_mins(30);
 
 macro_rules! t {
@@ -59,6 +60,17 @@ fn main() {
     }
 }
 
+fn connect_timeout() -> Duration {
+    match env::var(CONNECT_TIMEOUT_ENV).ok() {
+        Some(timeout) => timeout.parse().map(Duration::from_secs).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            panic!(
+                "error: parsing `{CONNECT_TIMEOUT_ENV}` value \"{timeout}\" as seconds failed: {e}"
+            )
+        }),
+        None => DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
+    }
+}
+
 fn spawn_emulator(target: &str, server: &Path, tmpdir: &Path, rootfs: Option<PathBuf>) {
     let device_address = env::var(REMOTE_ADDR_ENV).unwrap_or(DEFAULT_ADDR.to_string());
 
@@ -71,17 +83,11 @@ fn spawn_emulator(target: &str, server: &Path, tmpdir: &Path, rootfs: Option<Pat
         start_qemu_emulator(target, rootfs, server, tmpdir);
     }
 
-    // Wait for the emulator to come online
-    let mut total_dur = Duration::from_secs(0);
-    let timeout = env::var(CONNECT_TIMEOUT_ENV).ok().map_or(DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, |timeout| {
-        let seconds = timeout.parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-            panic!("The {CONNECT_TIMEOUT_ENV} env variable is not a valid integer");
-        });
-        Duration::from_secs(seconds)
-    });
-
+    let timeout = connect_timeout();
     let mut timed_out = true;
 
+    // Wait for the emulator to come online
+    let mut total_dur = Duration::from_secs(0);
     while total_dur < timeout {
         let dur = Duration::from_millis(2000);
         if let Ok(mut client) = TcpStream::connect(&device_address) {