netdev - [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: tso: increase the retransmit threshold

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Message-ID: <20250815224100.363438-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:41:00 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: davem@...emloft.net
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	horms@...nel.org,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	shuah@...nel.org,
	willemb@...gle.com,
	daniel.zahka@...il.com,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: tso: increase the retransmit threshold

We see quite a few flakes during the TSO test against virtualized
devices in NIPA. There's often 10-30 retransmissions during the
test. Sometimes as many as 100. Set the retransmission threshold
at 1/4th of the wire frame target.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
CC: shuah@...nel.org
CC: willemb@...gle.com
CC: daniel.zahka@...il.com
CC: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
---
 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py
index c13dd5efa27a..0998e68ebaf0 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py
@@ -60,16 +60,17 @@ from lib.py import bkg, cmd, defer, ethtool, ip, rand_port, wait_port_listen
         sock_wait_drain(sock)
         qstat_new = cfg.netnl.qstats_get({"ifindex": cfg.ifindex}, dump=True)[0]
 
-        # No math behind the 10 here, but try to catch cases where
-        # TCP falls back to non-LSO.
-        ksft_lt(tcp_sock_get_retrans(sock), 10)
-        sock.close()
-
         # Check that at least 90% of the data was sent as LSO packets.
         # System noise may cause false negatives. Also header overheads
         # will add up to 5% of extra packes... The check is best effort.
         total_lso_wire  = len(buf) * 0.90 // cfg.dev["mtu"]
         total_lso_super = len(buf) * 0.90 // cfg.dev["tso_max_size"]
+
+        # Make sure we have order of magnitude more LSO packets than
+        # retransmits, in case TCP retransmitted all the LSO packets.
+        ksft_lt(tcp_sock_get_retrans(sock), total_lso_wire / 4)
+        sock.close()
+
         if should_lso:
             if cfg.have_stat_super_count:
                 ksft_ge(qstat_new['tx-hw-gso-packets'] -
-- 
2.50.1