netdev - [PATCH net 2/5] selftests: mptcp: connect: catch IO errors on listen side

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Message-Id: <20250912-net-mptcp-fix-sft-connect-v1-2-d40e77cbbf02@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:25:51 +0200
From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
To: Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>, Geliang Tang <geliang@...nel.org>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, 
 "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 2/5] selftests: mptcp: connect: catch IO errors on
 listen side

IO errors were correctly printed to stderr, and propagated up to the
main loop for the server side, but the returned value was ignored. As a
consequence, the program for the listener side was no longer exiting
with an error code in case of IO issues.

Because of that, some issues might not have been seen. But very likely,
most issues either had an effect on the client side, or the file
transfer was not the expected one, e.g. the connection got reset before
the end. Still, it is better to fix this.

The main consequence of this issue is the error that was reported by the
selftests: the received and sent files were different, and the MIB
counters were not printed. Also, when such errors happened during the
'disconnect' tests, the program tried to continue until the timeout.

Now when an IO error is detected, the program exits directly with an
error.

Fixes: 05be5e273c84 ("selftests: mptcp: add disconnect tests")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
index 4f07ac9fa207cb08a934582b98d688d0b9512f97..1408698df0999730d9a9a4ad6a6362a4ab122d54 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ int main_loop_s(int listensock)
 	struct pollfd polls;
 	socklen_t salen;
 	int remotesock;
+	int err = 0;
 	int fd = 0;

 again:
@@ -1125,7 +1126,7 @@ int main_loop_s(int listensock)
 		SOCK_TEST_TCPULP(remotesock, 0);

 		memset(&winfo, 0, sizeof(winfo));
-		copyfd_io(fd, remotesock, 1, true, &winfo);
+		err = copyfd_io(fd, remotesock, 1, true, &winfo);
 	} else {
 		perror("accept");
 		return 1;
@@ -1134,10 +1135,10 @@ int main_loop_s(int listensock)
 	if (cfg_input)
 		close(fd);

-	if (--cfg_repeat > 0)
+	if (!err && --cfg_repeat > 0)
 		goto again;

-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }

 static void init_rng(void)

-- 
2.51.0