On 4/28/21 10:37 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 03:34:55PM +0300, Pavel Balaev wrote: >> Test equal and different seed values for IPv4/IPv6 >> multipath routing. > > The test does not follow the usual convention of forwarding tests that > are expected to be run with both veth pairs and loop backed physical > devices. See: tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/README (and > existing tests for reference) > > This approach allows us to test both the software and hardware data paths. > > You can construct a test where you have multiple VRFs instead of > multiple namespaces. These VRFs emulate your hosts and routers. Send > multiple flows from one host and check the distribution across the > multiple paths connecting your two routers. Change the seed, expect a > different distribution. Go back to original seed and expect the original > distribution. > Pavel: I think net-next is closing soon, so this will need to wait until next cycle (2 weeks from now). I'll take a look at the patch set in the next few days. You can send follow up sets as RFCs while net-next is closed, so this will be ready once it opens.
