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Message-ID: <87o6qkcnol.fsf@nvidia.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 11:40:59 +0200
From: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] selftests: net: unify the Makefile formats


Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> We get a significant number of conflicts between net and net-next
> because of selftests Makefile changes. People tend to append new
> test cases at the end of the Makefile when there's no clear sort
> order. Sort all networking selftests Makefiles, use the following
> format:

If we see weird errors in CI, it might be because tests now run in a
different order and previously masked missed cleanups are now exposed.

>
>  VAR_NAME := \
> 	 entry1 \
> 	 entry2 \
> 	 entry3 \
>  # end of VAR_NAME
>
> Some Makefiles are already pretty close to this.
>
> Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...nvpn.net>
> Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: Allison Henderson <allison.henderson@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>

But there's a missed nit below.

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile
> index cd6817fe5be6..699e3565d735 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile
> @@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ TEST_PROGS = bridge_locked_port.sh \

This should have the header converted as well:

TEST_PROGS := \
	bridge_locked_port.sh \

>  	local_termination.sh \
>  	no_forwarding.sh \
>  	tc_actions.sh \
> -	test_bridge_fdb_stress.sh
> +	test_bridge_fdb_stress.sh \
> +# end of TEST_PROGS
>  
>  TEST_FILES := \
> +	forwarding.config \
>  	run_net_forwarding_test.sh \
> -	forwarding.config
> +# end of TEST_FILES
>  
>  TEST_INCLUDES := \
>  	../../../net/forwarding/bridge_locked_port.sh \