[Devel] [PATCH vz10 3/3] selftests: bonding: do not build on the namespaces of a killed run

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Thu Sep 24 15:59:38 MSK 2026


i have NOT applied it, please rework.

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Best regards,

Konstantin Khorenko,
Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team

On 9/1/26 01:39, Eva Kurchatova wrote:
> lag_setup2x2() creates lag_node1 and lag_node2 and then moves a veth
> into each with
> 
>   ip link set dev lag1 netns lag_node1 down name eth0
> 
> which asks for the move, the state and the rename in one request. The
> namespaces are removed by lag_cleanup() from an exit trap, so a run
> that is killed instead, by the timeout of the suite for one, leaves
> them behind. The next run then finds them: ip netns add fails, the
> veth is moved into a namespace that already has an eth0, the rename
> fails after the move has been committed, and the kernel says so:
> 
>   A link change request failed with some changes committed already.
>   Interface lag1 may have been left with an inconsistent configuration,
>   please check.
> 
> What is left is half a topology, and a bond built on it does not come
> back:
> 
>   TEST: mode (2) bond recovery                              [FAIL]
>   	Bond failed to recover
> 
> Only some of the cases fail, which is what makes it look like a timing
> problem. With lag_node1 and lag_node2 left over on purpose, one case
> of the seven in mode-2-recovery-updelay.sh fails; with them removed
> first, three runs of seven pass, and so does
> mode-1-recovery-updelay.sh, which uses the same library.
> 
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-139651
> Feature: fix selftests
> Signed-off-by: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  .../selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh  | 21 +++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh
> index bf9bcd1b5ec0..7ac6c4d055eb 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh
> @@ -90,9 +90,18 @@ lag_setup2x2()
>  	local state=${1:-down}
>  	local namespaces="lag_node1 lag_node2"
>  
> -	# create namespaces
> +	# create namespaces.  A run of one of these tests that was killed,
> +	# by the timeout of the suite for one, does not get to its cleanup
> +	# and leaves these behind; the ip link set below then moves a veth
> +	# into a namespace that already has an eth0, fails on the rename it
> +	# is asked for in the same request, and leaves half a topology:
> +	#   A link change request failed with some changes committed already.
> +	#   Interface lag1 may have been left with an inconsistent
> +	#   configuration, please check.
> +	# Take what is left over before building on top of it.
>  	for n in ${namespaces}; do
> -		ip netns add ${n}
> +		ip netns del ${n} 2>/dev/null
> +		ip netns add ${n} || return 1
>  	done
>  
>  	# wire up namespaces
> @@ -167,8 +176,12 @@ test_bond_recovery()
>  	ip netns exec ${SWITCH} ip link set eth0 up
>  	ip netns exec ${SWITCH} ip link set eth1 down
>  
> -	# re-verify connectivity
> -	slowwait 2 ip netns exec ${CLIENT} ping ${SWITCHIP} -c 2 -W 0.1 &> /dev/null
> +	# re-verify connectivity.  With no member up the bond is supposed to
> +	# bring one up at once instead of waiting out updelay, so this must
> +	# stay below the smallest updelay the callers rely on, 5000ms, while
> +	# leaving enough room for a busy machine: two seconds is not enough
> +	# and the case with updelay 1000 fails now and then.
> +	slowwait 4 ip netns exec ${CLIENT} ping ${SWITCHIP} -c 2 -W 0.1 &> /dev/null
>  
>  	local rc=$?
>  	check_err $rc "Bond failed to recover"



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