test_multiprocessing_fork running without any timeout

[doko42]

BPO	46999
Nosy	@doko42

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[doko42]

the test_multiprocessing_fork test is a bit unreliable, at least on both the Debian and Ubuntu test infrastructures, sometimes running for 100+ hours. When running locally, I cannot reproduce these issues. Note that the test and build infrastructure is usually limited to 4-6 cores and 20GB of RAM (including swap). What else could be an issue for these hangs?

How can this test reliably timeout? I know it takes a few hours on slow architectures even when succeeding.