Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: net: do not detect PPPoX loopback
Matthieu Baerts <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:15:40 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.ppp,gmane.linux.network |
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| Organization | NGI0 Core |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi Qingfang, On 03/06/2026 08:17, Qingfang Deng wrote: > By default, pppd attempts to detect loopbacks on the underlying > interface using a pseudo-randomly generated magic number and checks if > the same value is received. The seed for the PRNG is a hash of hostname > XOR current time XOR pid, which is likely to collide on NIPA, causing > false positives. Disable magic number generation. Thank you for the fix! It looks like the test is no longer flaky [1], so I just unignored it on NIPA. [1] https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/contest.html?skip=0&test=pppol2tp-sh Cheers, Matt