Revert of Enable presubmit pylint in build/android.

build/android/pylib/utils/timeout_retry.py

Index: build/android/pylib/utils/timeout_retry.py
diff --git a/build/android/pylib/utils/timeout_retry.py b/build/android/pylib/utils/timeout_retry.py
index bc7e891d0b15dd82088911b500d4f788ee7080cf..cdd8b9a593bf5943f748b259b44b4dd3ba267806 100644
--- a/build/android/pylib/utils/timeout_retry.py
+++ b/build/android/pylib/utils/timeout_retry.py
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 """A utility to run functions with timeouts and retries."""
-# pylint: disable=W0702
 
+import functools
 import threading
 
-from pylib.utils import reraiser_thread
-from pylib.utils import watchdog_timer
+import reraiser_thread
+import watchdog_timer
 
 
-def Run(func, timeout, retries, args=None, kwargs=None):
+def Run(func, timeout, retries, args=[], kwargs={}):
   """Runs the passed function in a separate thread with timeouts and retries.
 
   Args:
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ def Run(func, timeout, retries, args=None, kwargs=None):
   Returns:
     The return value of func(*args, **kwargs).
   """
-  if not args:
-    args = []
-  if not kwargs:
-    kwargs = {}
-
   # The return value uses a list because Python variables are references, not
   # values. Closures make a copy of the reference, so updating the closure's
   # reference wouldn't update where the original reference pointed.