Re: [ANN] net-next is OPEN

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 21:26 -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> On 1/26/24 6:13 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:56:26 -0700 David Ahern wrote:
> > > On 1/24/24 2:48 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> > > https://netdev-2.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-net-mp/results/438381/1-fcnal-test-sh/stdout
> > > 
> > > still shows those 4 tests failing. since they pass on default Ubuntu
> > > 23.10, I need some information about the setup. What is the OS image in
> > > use and any known changes to the sysctl settings?
> > > 
> > > Can I get `sysctl net > /tmp/sysctl.net` ? I will compare to Ubuntu and
> > > see if I can figure out the difference and get those added to the script.
> > 
> > Here's a boot and run of the command (not sure how to export the file
> > form the VM so I captured all of stdout):
> > 
> > https://netdev-2.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-net-mp/results/sysctl-for-david
> > 
> > The OS is Amazon Linux, annoyingly.
> 
> It's a bug in that version of iputils ping. It sets the BINDTODEVICE and
> then resets it because the source address is not set on the command line
> (it should not be required).
> 
> There are a couple of workarounds - one which might not age well (ie.,
> amazon linux moving forward to newer packages -I <addr> -I <vrf>) and
> one that bypasses the purpose of the test (ip vrf exec)).

Could the script validate the 'ping' command WRT the bad behavior/bug
and  eventually skip the related tests?

Cheers,

Paolo