Re: PROBLEM: Hang in selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh

From: Florian Westphal
Date: Tue Jan 03 2023 - 11:11:46 EST


Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Can you send me the output of 'bash -x nft_trans_stress.sh'?
> > It should tell which command/program isn't making progress.
>
> Hi, Florian!
>
> Well, when ran alone, the script ended successfully:
>
> root@marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6:/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter# bash nft_trans_stress.sh
> PASS: nft add/delete test returned 0
> PASS: nft reload test returned 0
> PASS: nft add/delete with nftrace enabled test returned 0
> PASS: nft add/delete with nftrace enabled test returned 0
> root@marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6:/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter#
>
> There was no stall after "nft reload test" in a standalone superuser run.

Hmm. Does this patch make it work when running via 'make kselftest'?

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,20 @@
ksft_skip=4

testns=testns-$(mktemp -u "XXXXXXXX")
+tmp=""

tables="foo bar baz quux"
global_ret=0
eret=0
lret=0

+cleanup() {
+ ip netns pids "$testns" | xargs kill 2>/dev/null
+ ip netns del "$testns"
+
+ rm -f "$tmp"
+}
+
check_result()
{
local r=$1
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
exit $ksft_skip
fi

+trap cleanup EXIT
tmp=$(mktemp)

for table in $tables; do
@@ -139,11 +148,4 @@ done

check_result $lret "add/delete with nftrace enabled"

-pkill -9 ping
-
-wait
-
-rm -f "$tmp"
-ip netns del "$testns"
-
exit $global_ret