On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:48:16 +0000 Dmitry Safonov wrote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 at 13:15, Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 03:13:33 +0000 Dmitry Safonov via B4 Relay wrote: > > > Should fix flaky tcp-ao/connect-deny-ipv6 test. > > > Begging pardon for the delay since the report and for sending it this > > > late in the release cycle. > > > > Better late than never, thanks a lot! :) > > Thank you, Jakub! > > I also noticed that recently, self-connect-ipv6 became slightly flaky: > https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/flakes.html?br-cnt=75&tn-needle=tcp-ao > > Seems unrelated to select()+poll selftests changes, but rather to > timings in the kernel: > # # 1249[lib/proc.c:213] Snmp6 Ip6OutNoRoutes: 0 => 1 > > It seems that the test relied on kernel adding a link-local route with > a loopback interface, but probably adding the interface got faster. > Seems like a trivial two-line fix by manually adding the link-local > route in userspace. Though, can't reproduce that flake locally on > thousands of runs. > > Should I send the potential fix now for -net or wait until the merge > window closes and send for -net-next?
I reckon you can send it now, maybe other maintainers will disagree but to me test stability fixes should be okay during the MW. You can tag it as net-next for the benefit of the build bot, tho we'll end up merging it to net once/if Linus pulls.
