Using a fixed delay of 1 microsecond has proven flaky in slow CPU environment, e.g. Github Actions CI system. This patch adds exponential backoff with a cap of 50ms to reduce the flakiness of the test. Initial delay is chosen at random in the range [0ms, 5ms). Signed-off-by: Yucong Sun <fallentree@xxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c index 2caf58b40d40..340695d5d652 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c @@ -1420,11 +1420,16 @@ static int map_update_retriable(int map_fd, const void *key, const void *value, static int map_delete_retriable(int map_fd, const void *key, int attempts) { + int delay = rand() % MIN_DELAY_RANGE_US; + while (bpf_map_delete_elem(map_fd, key)) { if (!attempts || (errno != EAGAIN && errno != EBUSY)) return -errno; - usleep(1); + if (delay <= MAX_DELAY_US / 2) + delay *= 2; + + usleep(delay); attempts--; } -- 2.30.2