netdev - Re: [bpf-next PATCH] bpf, selftests: use ::1 for localhost in tcp

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Message-ID: <fbbbe3df-23fc-5cc7-5761-f891bda6777d@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:28:14 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, guro@...com,
        ast@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bpf-next PATCH] bpf, selftests: use ::1 for localhost in
 tcp_server.py

On 7/28/20 4:39 PM, John Fastabend wrote:
> Using localhost requires the host to have a /etc/hosts file with that
> specific line in it. By default my dev box did not, they used
> ip6-localhost, so the test was failing. To fix remove the need for any
> /etc/hosts and use ::1.
> 
> I could just add the line, but this seems easier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>

Applied, thanks!