Re: [PATCH net-next v2] selftests: net: add socat syslog for PPPoL2TP

[Matthieu Baerts]

Hi Qingfang,

On 29/05/2026 13:21, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> Hi Qingfang,
> 
> On 29/05/2026 12:11, Qingfang Deng wrote:
>> As done in pppoe.sh, start socat as the syslog listener. In case the
>> test fails, dump its log to see what's going on.
> Thank you for the v2, it looks good to me:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hopefully this will help you to understand why this test is flaky, so a
> fix can be provided, then this test can be unignored.
> 
> https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/contest.html?skip=0&test=pppol2tp-sh

It looks like the issue happened once since this patch is being tested:

https://netdev-ctrl.bots.linux.dev/logs/vmksft/net-extra/results/668501/11-pppol2tp-sh/stdout

Is it enough for you to understand what's wrong and how to fix it?

Cheers,
Matt