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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:16:26 -0800
From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [net-next,v15,06/12] selftests/vsock: prepare vm management
 helpers for namespaces

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 06:54:21PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> In case you need to respin..
> 
> This is an AI-generated review of your patch.
> For local reproduction steps see https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/ai-local.html
> ---
> selftests/vsock: prepare vm management helpers for namespaces
> 
> This commit adds namespace support to VM management helpers and wrapper
> functions, requiring callers to explicitly pass "init_ns" for the init
> namespace. The commit message states "No functional changes for existing
> tests. All have been updated to pass 'init_ns' explicitly."
> 
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
> > index c2bdc293b94c..1d03acb62347 100755
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
> > @@ -135,7 +135,18 @@ del_namespaces() {
> >  }
> >
> >  vm_ssh() {
> > -	ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -p ${SSH_HOST_PORT} localhost "$@"
> > +	local ns_exec
> > +
> > +	if [[ "${1}" == init_ns ]]; then
> > +		ns_exec=""
> > +	else
> > +		ns_exec="ip netns exec ${1}"
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	shift
> > +
> > +	${ns_exec} ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -p "${SSH_HOST_PORT}" localhost "$@"
> > +
> >  	return $?
> >  }
> 
> The vm_ssh() function now expects a namespace as its first argument, but
> run_shared_vm_test() still calls vm_ssh without this parameter:
> 
>     vm_oops_cnt_before=$(vm_ssh -- dmesg | grep -c -i 'Oops')
>     vm_warn_cnt_before=$(vm_ssh -- dmesg --level=warn | grep -c -i 'vsock')
>     vm_oops_cnt_after=$(vm_ssh -- dmesg | grep -i 'Oops' | wc -l)
>     vm_warn_cnt_after=$(vm_ssh -- dmesg --level=warn | grep -c -i 'vsock')
> 
> When called as "vm_ssh -- dmesg", the "--" is interpreted as the namespace
> argument. Since "--" does not equal "init_ns", the function sets
> ns_exec="ip netns exec --" which is invalid. The shift then consumes "--"
> and the command becomes "ip netns exec -- ssh ... dmesg" which will fail.
> 
> Interestingly, the v9 version of this patch on lore correctly updated these
> calls to pass "init_ns", but this change appears to have been lost between
> v9 and v15. The fix for this regression is present later in the series in
> commit 3ae984505e00 ("selftests/vsock: add vm_dmesg_{warn,oops}_count()
> helpers").
> 
> [ ... ]

Got it, thank you.

Best,
Bobby