This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
selftests: netfilter: Avoid hanging ipvs.sh
to the 6.10-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-netfilter-avoid-hanging-ipvs.sh.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0d28b23af10f8288e95d1a21d0f99008fa830742
Author: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu Sep 19 14:40:00 2024 +0200
selftests: netfilter: Avoid hanging ipvs.sh
[ Upstream commit fc786304ad9803e8bb86b8599bc64d1c1746c75f ]
If the client can't reach the server, the latter remains listening
forever. Kill it after 5s of waiting.
Fixes: 867d2190799a ("selftests: netfilter: add ipvs test script")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh
index 4ceee9fb39495..d3edb16cd4b3f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ cleanup() {
}
server_listen() {
- ip netns exec "$ns2" socat -u -4 TCP-LISTEN:8080,reuseaddr STDOUT > "${outfile}" &
+ ip netns exec "$ns2" timeout 5 socat -u -4 TCP-LISTEN:8080,reuseaddr STDOUT > "${outfile}" &
server_pid=$!
sleep 0.2
}
