netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] selftests: openvswitch: Add validation for the recursion test

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Message-ID: <20240208113012.GH1435458@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 11:30:12 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>, dev@...nvswitch.org,
	Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>,
	Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, andy zhou <azhou@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] selftests: openvswitch: Add validation for
 the recursion test

On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 08:24:16AM -0500, Aaron Conole wrote:
> Add a test case into the netlink checks that will show the number of
> nested action recursions won't exceed 16.  Going to 17 on a small
> clone call isn't enough to exhaust the stack on (most) systems, so
> it should be safe to run even on systems that don't have the fix
> applied.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
> ---
> v1->v2: Used a slightly more portable io redirection semantic for the
>         clone() flow test case.

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