Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/7] selftests: drv-net: add a way to wait for a local process

Stanislav Fomichev
2025-02-20T17:29:56Z

On 02/19, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> We use wait_port_listen() extensively to wait for a process
> we spawned to be ready. Not all processes will open listening
> sockets. Add a method of explicitly waiting for a child to
> be ready. Pass a FD to the spawned process and wait for it
> to write a message to us. FD number is passed via KSFT_READY_FD
> env variable.
>
> Similarly use KSFT_WAIT_FD to let the child process for a sign
> that we are done and child should exit. Sending a signal to
> a child with shell=True can get tricky.
>
> Make use of this method in the queues test to make it less flaky.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>