netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf] selftests/bpf: fix ringbuf selftest sample counting undeterminism

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:17:01 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com
Cc:     andrii.nakryiko@...il.com, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] selftests/bpf: fix ringbuf selftest sample counting
 undeterminism

On 6/8/20 2:36 AM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> Fix test race, in which background poll can get either 5 or 6 samples,
> depending on timing of notification. Prevent this by open-coding sample
> triggering and forcing notification for the very last sample only.
> 
> Also switch to using atomic increments and exchanges for more obviously
> reliable counting and checking. Additionally, check expected processed sample
> counters for single-threaded use cases as well.
> 
> Fixes: 9a5f25ad30e5 ("selftests/bpf: Fix sample_cnt shared between two threads")
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>

Applied, thanks!