netdev - Re: [PATCH net] selftests: mirror_gre_changes: Tighten up the TTL test match

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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:20:20 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mlxsw@...dia.com,
 idosch@...dia.com, jiri@...nulli.us, mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] selftests: mirror_gre_changes: Tighten up the TTL test
 match

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:59:27 +0200 you wrote:
> This test verifies whether the encapsulated packets have the correct
> configured TTL. It does so by sending ICMP packets through the test
> topology and mirroring them to a gretap netdevice. On a busy host
> however, more than just the test ICMP packets may end up flowing
> through the topology, get mirrored, and counted. This leads to
> potential spurious failures as the test observes much more mirrored
> packets than the sent test packets, and assumes a bug.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] selftests: mirror_gre_changes: Tighten up the TTL test match
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/855067defa36

You are awesome, thank you!
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