[PATCH net-next v4 11/12] selftests/vsock: add vsock_loopback module loading

From: Bobby Eshleman

Date: Sat Nov 08 2025 - 11:13:39 EST


From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>

Add vsock_loopback module loading to the loopback test so that vmtest.sh
can be used for kernels built with loopback as a module.

This is not technically a fix as kselftest expects loopback to be
built-in already (defined in selftests/vsock/config). This is useful
only for using vmtest.sh outside of kselftest.

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
index b611172da09e..42e155b45602 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ test_vm_client_host_server() {
test_vm_loopback() {
local port=60000 # non-forwarded local port

+ vm_ssh -- modprobe vsock_loopback &> /dev/null || :
+
if ! vm_vsock_test "server" 1 "${port}"; then
return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
fi

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