This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled selftests: net: avoid just another constant wait to the 5.10-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-net-avoid-just-another-constant-wait.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit ca3aac26c53ac6110834dcc3b2ca7694790438c2 Author: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Feb 1 19:42:41 2024 +0100 selftests: net: avoid just another constant wait [ Upstream commit 691bb4e49c98a47bc643dd808453136ce78b15b4 ] Using hard-coded constant timeout to wait for some expected event is deemed to fail sooner or later, especially in slow env. Our CI has spotted another of such race: # TEST: ipv6: cleanup of cached exceptions - nexthop objects [FAIL] # can't delete veth device in a timely manner, PMTU dst likely leaked Replace the crude sleep with a loop looking for the expected condition at low interval for a much longer range. Fixes: b3cc4f8a8a41 ("selftests: pmtu: add explicit tests for PMTU exceptions cleanup") Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/fd5c745e9bb665b724473af6a9373a8c2a62b247.1706812005.git.pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh index 3253fdc780d6..9cd5cf800a5b 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh @@ -1583,6 +1583,13 @@ check_command() { return 0 } +check_running() { + pid=${1} + cmd=${2} + + [ "$(cat /proc/${pid}/cmdline 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\0')" = "{cmd}" ] +} + test_cleanup_vxlanX_exception() { outer="${1}" encap="vxlan" @@ -1613,11 +1620,12 @@ test_cleanup_vxlanX_exception() { ${ns_a} ip link del dev veth_A-R1 & iplink_pid=$! - sleep 1 - if [ "$(cat /proc/${iplink_pid}/cmdline 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\0')" = "iplinkdeldevveth_A-R1" ]; then - err " can't delete veth device in a timely manner, PMTU dst likely leaked" - return 1 - fi + for i in $(seq 1 20); do + check_running ${iplink_pid} "iplinkdeldevveth_A-R1" || return 0 + sleep 0.1 + done + err " can't delete veth device in a timely manner, PMTU dst likely leaked" + return 1 } test_cleanup_ipv6_exception() {