netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] selftests: net: add test for destination in broadcast packets

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Message-ID: <03991134-4007-422b-b25a-003a85c1edb0@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 10:49:51 +0200
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Oscar Maes <oscmaes92@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 bacs@...recast.net, brett@...recast.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, dsahern@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] selftests: net: add test for destination in
 broadcast packets

On 8/28/25 1:42 PM, Oscar Maes wrote:
> Add test to check the broadcast ethernet destination field is set
> correctly.
> 
> This test sends a broadcast ping, captures it using tcpdump and
> ensures that all bits of the 6 octet ethernet destination address
> are correctly set by examining the output capture file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oscar Maes <oscmaes92@...il.com>
> Co-authored-by: Brett A C Sheffield <bacs@...recast.net>

I'm sorry for nit-picking, but the sob/tag-chain is wrong, please have a
look at:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16.4/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L516

Thanks,

Paolo