fix also for 2.2.0 and 2.1.0

Author: lgetwan

plugins/module_utils/discovery_210.py

@@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ def _service_completion_api(self):
 
     def _wait_for_completion(self, what):
         now = time.time()
-        deadline = now + self.timeout
+        if self.timeout > 0:
+            deadline = now + self.timeout
+        else:
+            deadline = 0  # In case of infinite timeout
+
         while True:
             now = time.time()
-            if now > deadline:
+            if self.timeout > 0 and now > deadline:
                 return generate_result(
                     msg="Timeout reached while waiting for %s discovery" % what
                 )

plugins/module_utils/discovery_220.py

@@ -144,10 +144,14 @@ def _service_completion_api(self):
 
     def _wait_for_completion(self, what):
         now = time.time()
-        deadline = now + self.timeout
+        if self.timeout > 0:
+            deadline = now + self.timeout
+        else:
+            deadline = 0  # In case of infinite timeout
+
         while True:
             now = time.time()
-            if now > deadline:
+            if self.timeout > 0 and now > deadline:
                 return generate_result(
                     msg="Timeout reached while waiting for %s discovery" % what
                 )

plugins/modules/discovery.py

@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@
         type: bool
         default: True
     wait_timeout:
-        description: The time in seconds to wait for (previous/current) completion.
+        description:
+            - The time in seconds to wait for (previous/current) completion.
+            - Default is -1, which means infinite.
         type: int
-        default: -1 (infinite)
+        default: -1
 
 
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