[PATCH net] selftests: iou-zcrx: defer listen() until after zcrx setup

From: Dragos Tatulea

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 12:09:07 EST


The server binds the queues for zero-copy after listen(). If the client
does a connect() during this time it can fail with EHOSTUNREACH on
a cold system. This was encountered with the mlx5 driver where binding
the .ndo_queue_start() is a slow operation during which no packets
can be exchanged.

This change moves listen() after queue binding, when the test server is
fully operational.

Fixes: 71082faa2c64 ("io_uring/zcrx: add selftest")
Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/iou-zcrx.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/iou-zcrx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/iou-zcrx.c
index 240d13dbc54e..f6a8fc5fac24 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/iou-zcrx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/iou-zcrx.c
@@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ static void run_server(void)
if (ret < 0)
error(1, 0, "bind()");

- if (listen(fd, 1024) < 0)
- error(1, 0, "listen()");
-
flags |= IORING_SETUP_COOP_TASKRUN;
flags |= IORING_SETUP_SINGLE_ISSUER;
flags |= IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN;
@@ -366,6 +363,9 @@ static void run_server(void)
if (cfg_dry_run)
return;

+ if (listen(fd, 1024) < 0)
+ error(1, 0, "listen()");
+
add_accept(&ring, fd);

tstop = gettimeofday_ms() + 5000;
--
2.54.0