Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: verify syncookie statistics in tcp_custom_syncookie

[Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>]

On 4/15/26 4:02 AM, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 11:17:39AM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>> On 4/14/26 11:08 AM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>>> On 4/14/26 7:50 AM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> wrote:
>>>>> Add read_tcpext_snmp() helper to network_helpers which reads a
>>>>> TcpExt SNMP counter via nstat, and use it in the tcp_custom_syncookie
>>>>> test to verify that LINUX_MIB_SYNCOOKIESRECV is incremented and
>>>>> LINUX_MIB_SYNCOOKIESFAILED stays unchanged across a successful
>>>>> BPF custom syncookie validation.
>>>>>
>>>>> The delta is captured between start_server() and accept(), which
>>>>> covers the full SYN/ACK/cookie-check path for one connection.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.h |  1 +
>>>>>   .../bpf/prog_tests/tcp_custom_syncookie.c     | 20 +++++++++++++++++
>>>> As you touch bpf selftest helper files, please rebase on bpf-next
>>>> to avoid possible conflicts and tag bpf-next in the Subject.
>>> To hopefully  minimize the conflicts handling I'm going to apply patch
>>> 1/2 to net-next. Please resubmit patch 2/2 to bpf-next after the
>>> relevant net core reach there.
>> Uhmm... the original feature went through the bpf tree, so I guess both
>> patches could/should via bpf-next. Hopefully conflict into the tcp code
>> should be minimal.
> I think it is best to land both patches together. It seems the 7.1 pull-request
> is out. We can take it to bpf-next/net after the merge window and then follow
> by a pull-request for the net-next tree as usual.


Thanks, Martin. I will rebase and send it, targeting bpf-next, after the 
merge window ends.