Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: netfilter: fix conntrack stress test failures on debug kernels

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Wed,  7 May 2025 09:49:55 +0200 Florian Westphal wrote:
> Jakub reports test failures on debug kernel:
> FAIL: proc inconsistency after uniq filter for ...
> 
> This is because entries are expiring while validation is happening.
> 
> Increase the timeout of ctnetlink injected entries and the
> icmp (ping) timeout to 1h to avoid this.
> 
> To reduce run-time, add less entries via ctnetlink when KSFT_MACHINE_SLOW
> is set.
> 
> also log of a failed run had:
>  PASS: dump in netns had same entry count (-C 0, -L 0, -p 0, /proc 0)
> 
> ... i.e. all entries already expired: add a check and set failure if
> this happens.
> 
> While at it, include a diff when there were duplicate entries and add
> netns name to error messages (it tells if icmp or ctnetlink failed).
> 
> Fixes: d33f889fd80c ("selftests: netfilter: add conntrack stress test")
> Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250506061125.1a244d12@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

Great! Run 6 times since and 100% green. Thanks for the quick reaction.