linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: selftest: improve test string formatting and checksum handling

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Message-ID: <20250423184400.31425ecd@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:44:00 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman
 <horms@...nel.org>, kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: selftest: improve test string
 formatting and checksum handling

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:38:58 +0200 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> This patchset addresses two issues in the current net selftest
> framework:
> 
> - Truncated test names: Existing test names are prefixed with an index,
>   reducing the available space within the ETH_GSTRING_LEN limit.  This
>   patch removes the index to allow more descriptive names.
> 
> - Inconsistent checksum behavior: On DSA setups and similar
>   environments, checksum offloading is not always available or
>   appropriate. The previous selftests did not distinguish between software
>   and hardware checksum modes, leading to unreliable results. This
>   patchset introduces explicit csum_mode handling and adds separate tests
>   for both software and hardware checksum validation.

Doesn't apply, presumably because of the fix that's sitting in net?
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