netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: Wait for bkg socat to start

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:13 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Mohsin Bashir <mohsin.bashr@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: Wait for bkg socat to start

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:51:40 -0700 you wrote:
> Currently, UDP exchange is prone to failure when cmd attempt to send data
> while socat in bkg is not ready. Since, the behavior is probabilistic, this
> can result in flakiness for XDP tests. While testing
> test_xdp_native_tx_mb() on netdevsim, a failure rate of around 1% in 500
> 500 iterations was observed.
> 
> Use wait_port_listen() to ensure that the bkg socat is started and ready to
> receive before cmd start sending. With proposed changes, a re-run of the
> same test passed 100% of time.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] selftests: drv-net: Wait for bkg socat to start
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d1f3dbad6f0d

You are awesome, thank you!
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