netdev - Re: [PATCH net] selftests: net: lib: Do not overwrite error messages

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Message-Id: 
 <176343780651.3575942.2866332066219229124.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:50:06 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] selftests: net: lib: Do not overwrite error messages

Hello:

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

On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:10:29 +0200 you wrote:
> ret_set_ksft_status() calls ksft_status_merge() with the current return
> status and the last one. It treats a non-zero return code from
> ksft_status_merge() as an indication that the return status was
> overwritten by the last one and therefore overwrites the return message
> with the last one.
> 
> Currently, ksft_status_merge() returns a non-zero return code even if
> the current return status and the last one are equal. This results in
> return messages being overwritten which is counter-productive since we
> are more interested in the first failure message and not the last one.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] selftests: net: lib: Do not overwrite error messages
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/bed22c7b90af

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