--- jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2017/05/12 18:12:51	1.222
+++ jsr166/src/test/tck/JSR166TestCase.java	2017/05/13 19:13:09	1.223
@@ -658,12 +658,17 @@ public class JSR166TestCase extends Test
         LONG_DELAY_MS   = SHORT_DELAY_MS * 200;
     }
 
+    private static final long TIMEOUT_DELAY_MS
+        = (long) (12.0 * Math.cbrt(delayFactor));
+
     /**
-     * Returns a timeout in milliseconds to be used in tests that
-     * verify that operations block or time out.
+     * Returns a timeout in milliseconds to be used in tests that verify
+     * that operations block or time out.  We want this to be longer
+     * than the OS scheduling quantum, but not too long, so don't scale
+     * linearly with delayFactor; we use "crazy" cube root instead.
      */
-    long timeoutMillis() {
-        return SHORT_DELAY_MS / 4;
+    static long timeoutMillis() {
+        return TIMEOUT_DELAY_MS;
     }
 
     /**