Re: [PATCH net 7/7] selftests: netconsole: ignore busywait errors

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 06:42:13 EST


On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 08:04:47PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:
> In these netconsole tests, bash is used with errexit (set -e). It means
> that if the busywait timeout, the tests finish without printing an error
> message.
>
> It is fine to ignore these errors, because the following validate_xxx
> helpers will check the content of the output file, and exit with an
> appropriated error message, e.g. FAIL: File was not generated.

Agreed, the validate functions will catch this and report it more
appropriately.

> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>