Using localhost requires the host to have a /etc/hosts file with that specific line in it. By default my dev box did not, they used ip6-localhost, so the test was failing. To fix remove the need for any /etc/hosts and use ::1. I could just add the line, but this seems easier. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_server.py | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py index a53ed58..bfff82b 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ serverPort = int(sys.argv[1]) # create active socket sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM) try: - sock.connect(('localhost', serverPort)) + sock.connect(('::1', serverPort)) except socket.error as e: sys.exit(1) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_server.py b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_server.py index 0ca60d1..42ab888 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_server.py +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_server.py @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ serverSocket = None # create passive socket serverSocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM) -try: serverSocket.bind(('localhost', 0)) +try: serverSocket.bind(('::1', 0)) except socket.error as msg: print('bind fails: ' + str(msg)) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c index c1da540..7a68c90 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) } if (system("which ping6 &>/dev/null") == 0) - assert(!system("ping6 localhost -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null")); + assert(!system("ping6 ::1 -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null")); else - assert(!system("ping -6 localhost -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null")); + assert(!system("ping -6 ::1 -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null")); if (bpf_prog_query(cgroup_fd, BPF_CGROUP_INET_EGRESS, 0, NULL, NULL, &prog_cnt)) {