This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled selftests: forwarding: ethtool_extended_state: Skip when using veth pairs to the 6.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: selftests-forwarding-ethtool_extended_state-skip-when-using-veth-pairs.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From b3d9305e60d121dac20a77b6847c4cf14a4c0001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 17:14:54 +0300 Subject: selftests: forwarding: ethtool_extended_state: Skip when using veth pairs From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> commit b3d9305e60d121dac20a77b6847c4cf14a4c0001 upstream. Ethtool extended state cannot be tested with veth pairs, resulting in failures: # ./ethtool_extended_state.sh TEST: Autoneg, No partner detected [FAIL] Expected "Autoneg", got "Link detected: no" [...] Fix by skipping the test when used with veth pairs. Fixes: 7d10bcce98cd ("selftests: forwarding: Add tests for ethtool extended state") Reported-by: Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/adc5e40d-d040-a65e-eb26-edf47dac5b02@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230808141503.4060661-9-idosch@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_extended_state.sh | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_extended_state.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_extended_state.sh @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ no_cable() ip link set dev $swp3 down } +skip_on_veth + setup_prepare tests_run Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from idosch@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-ethtool-skip-when-using-veth-pairs.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-bridge_mdb_max-fix-failing-test-with-old-libnet.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-skip-test-when-no-interfaces-are-specified.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-bridge_mdb-fix-failing-test-with-old-libnet.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-tc_tunnel_key-make-filters-more-specific.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-tc_flower-relax-success-criterion.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-bridge_mdb-check-iproute2-version.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-bridge_mdb-make-test-more-robust.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-ethtool_extended_state-skip-when-using-veth-pairs.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-ethtool_mm-skip-when-mac-merge-is-not-supported.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-add-a-helper-to-skip-test-when-using-veth-pairs.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-switch-off-timeout.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-hw_stats_l3_gre-skip-when-using-veth-pairs.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-bridge_mdb_max-check-iproute2-version.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-tc_actions-use-ncat-instead-of-nc.patch queue-6.4/selftests-forwarding-set-default-ipv6-traceroute-utility.patch