Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] selftests: mptcp: join: validate backup in MPJ" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

Hi Greg,

On 07/08/2024 16:16, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> 
> The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

Thank you for the notification!

(...)

> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
> 
> From 935ff5bb8a1cfcdf8e60c8f5c794d0bbbc234437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:01:27 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] selftests: mptcp: join: validate backup in MPJ
> 
> A peer can notify the other one that a subflow has to be treated as
> "backup" by two different ways: either by sending a dedicated MP_PRIO
> notification, or by setting the backup flag in the MP_JOIN handshake.
> 
> The selftests were previously monitoring the former, but not the latter.
> This is what is now done here by looking at these new MIB counters when
> validating the 'backup' cases:
> 
>   MPTcpExtMPJoinSynBackupRx
>   MPTcpExtMPJoinSynAckBackupRx
> 
> The 'Fixes' tag here below is the same as the one from the previous
> commit: this patch here is not fixing anything wrong in the selftests,
> but it will help to validate a new fix for an issue introduced by this
> commit ID.

FYI, there is no need to backport this patch to v5.10: the modified
tests are not in this version. Some CI will not use these selftests, but
the ones from the last stable version, so no need to worry here.

Cheers,
Matt
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