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[24.6.151.244]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-72407991bc8sm4021561b3a.96.2024.11.08.09.51.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:51:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 09:51:23 -0800 From: Joe Damato To: Willem de Bruijn Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, hdanton@sina.com, bagasdotme@gmail.com, pabeni@redhat.com, namangulati@google.com, edumazet@google.com, amritha.nambiar@intel.com, sridhar.samudrala@intel.com, sdf@fomichev.me, peter@typeblog.net, m2shafiei@uwaterloo.ca, bjorn@rivosinc.com, hch@infradead.org, willy@infradead.org, skhawaja@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, Martin Karsten , "David S. Miller" , Simon Horman , Shuah Khan , open list , "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 5/6] selftests: net: Add busy_poll_test Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Joe Damato , Willem de Bruijn , netdev@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, hdanton@sina.com, bagasdotme@gmail.com, pabeni@redhat.com, namangulati@google.com, edumazet@google.com, amritha.nambiar@intel.com, sridhar.samudrala@intel.com, sdf@fomichev.me, peter@typeblog.net, m2shafiei@uwaterloo.ca, bjorn@rivosinc.com, hch@infradead.org, willy@infradead.org, skhawaja@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, Martin Karsten , "David S. Miller" , Simon Horman , Shuah Khan , open list , "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" References: <20241108045337.292905-1-jdamato@fastly.com> <20241108045337.292905-6-jdamato@fastly.com> <672e26ec429be_2a4cd22944c@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch> <672e4ea4e979a_2bc2f629490@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <672e4ea4e979a_2bc2f629490@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch> On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 12:47:16PM -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > Joe Damato wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 09:57:48AM -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > > Joe Damato wrote: > > > > Add an epoll busy poll test using netdevsim. > > > > > > > > This test is comprised of: > > > > - busy_poller (via busy_poller.c) > > > > - busy_poll_test.sh which loads netdevsim, sets up network namespaces, > > > > and runs busy_poller to receive data and socat to send data. > > > > > > > > The selftest tests two different scenarios: > > > > - busy poll (the pre-existing version in the kernel) > > > > - busy poll with suspend enabled (what this series adds) > > > > > > > > The data transmit is a 1MiB temporary file generated from /dev/urandom > > > > and the test is considered passing if the md5sum of the input file to > > > > socat matches the md5sum of the output file from busy_poller. > > > > > > Nice test. > > > > > > Busy polling does not affect data integrity. Is the goal of this test > > > mainly to get coverage, maybe observe if the process would stall > > > indefinitely? > > > > Just to get coverage and make sure data makes it from point A to > > point B intact despite suspend being enabled. > > > > The last paragraph of the commit message highlights that netdevsim > > functionality is limited, so the test uses what is available. It can > > be extended in the future, when netdevsim supports more > > functionality. > > > > Paolo wanted a test and this is the best test we can provide given > > the limitations of the testing environment. > > > > > > netdevsim was chosen instead of veth due to netdevsim's support for > > > > netdev-genl. > > > > > > > > For now, this test uses the functionality that netdevsim provides. In the > > > > future, perhaps netdevsim can be extended to emulate device IRQs to more > > > > thoroughly test all pre-existing kernel options (like defer_hard_irqs) > > > > and suspend. > > > > [...] > > > > The rest of the feedback below seems pretty minor; I don't think > > it's worth spinning a v9 and re-sending just for this. > > > > If anything this can be handled with a clean up commit in the > > future. > > FWIW no objections from me. Thanks. > > Jakub: please let me know if you prefer to see a v9 for this?