linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests/net: add tcp_port

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Message-ID: <aNucABvb0PvBtCxr@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:59:44 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Gopi Krishna Menon <krishnagopi487@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, shuah@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	david.hunter.linux@...il.com, skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests/net: add tcp_port_share to .gitignore

On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 10:01:38PM +0530, Gopi Krishna Menon wrote:
> Add the tcp_port_share test binary to .gitignore to avoid
> accidentally staging the build artifact.
> 
> Fixes: 8a8241cdaa34 ("selftests/net: Test tcp port reuse after unbinding
> a socket")

I'm not entirely sure this qualifies for a fixes tag.
It is user-visible. It's probably annoying.
But I'm not sure it's a bug.

> Signed-off-by: Gopi Krishna Menon <krishnagopi487@...il.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

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

I notice that tools/testing/selftests/kexec/test_kexec_jump
is in a similar state. Do you plan to send a patch to address
that too?

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