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Message-Id: <20250725170340.21327-19-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:03:39 +0200
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	fw@...len.de,
	horms@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 18/19] selftests: netfilter: Ignore tainted kernels in interface stress test

From: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>

Complain about kernel taint value only if it wasn't set at start
already.

Fixes: 73db1b5dab6f ("selftests: netfilter: Torture nftables netdev hooks")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 .../testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh  | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh
index 5ff7be9daeee..c0fffaa6dbd9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ source lib.sh
 checktool "nft --version" "run test without nft tool"
 checktool "iperf3 --version" "run test without iperf3 tool"
 
+read kernel_tainted < /proc/sys/kernel/tainted
+
 # how many seconds to torture the kernel?
 # default to 80% of max run time but don't exceed 48s
 TEST_RUNTIME=$((${kselftest_timeout:-60} * 8 / 10))
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ else
 	wait
 fi
 
-[[ $(</proc/sys/kernel/tainted) -eq 0 ]] || {
+
+[[ $kernel_tainted -eq 0 && $(</proc/sys/kernel/tainted) -ne 0 ]] && {
 	echo "FAIL: Kernel is tainted!"
 	exit $ksft_fail
 }
-- 
2.30.2