linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] selftests: mptcp: userspace

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Message-ID: <20240617140813.GU8447@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:08:13 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
Cc: mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>,
	Geliang Tang <geliang@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: fixed subtest names

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 07:15:29PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:
> It is important to have fixed (sub)test names in TAP, because these
> names are used to identify them. If they are not fixed, tracking cannot
> be done.
> 
> Some subtests from the userspace_pm selftest were using random numbers
> in their names: the client and server address IDs from $RANDOM, and the
> client port number randomly picked by the kernel when creating the
> connection. These values have been replaced by 'client' and 'server'
> words: that's even more helpful than showing random numbers. Note that
> the addresses IDs are incremented and decremented in the test: +1 or -1
> are then displayed in these cases.
> 
> Not to loose info that can be useful for debugging in case of issues,
> these random numbers are now displayed at the beginning of the test.
> 
> Fixes: f589234e1af0 ("selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: format subtests results in TAP")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>