netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] selftests: net: add netpoll basic functionality test

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Message-ID: <aF0hes00SoHF8umw@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 03:31:23 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, gustavold@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] selftests: net: add netpoll basic
 functionality test

On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 03:09:19PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:39:49 -0700 Breno Leitao wrote:
> > +    raise KsftSkipEx("netpoll_poll_dev() was not called. Skipping test")
> 
> Let's make this an Xfail. Looks like the condition doesn't trigger 
> in VM testing :(

Exactly, there is a chance this will not trigger it, and you do not want
this bothering you. Having it as Xfail will be a false positive.

I have a plan to make this consitent by writing some configfs hook
for debug, then maybe we can make it a debug?!