[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] selftests: drv-net: devmem: fix 5-tuple flow steering

Mina Almasry <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:18:25 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When configuring traffic for the devmem tests, 5-tuple flow steering may
be required if the environment does not provide network namespaces.
Pass the correct remote address parameter and fall back to 5-tuple flow
steering if netns is not available.

Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <[email protected]>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/devmem_lib.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/devmem_lib.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/devmem_lib.py
index 0921ff03eb81c..3ede6fd426929 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/devmem_lib.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/devmem_lib.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def ncdevmem_tx(cfg, port, chunk_size=0):
     else:
         ifname = cfg.ifname
         addr = cfg.remote_addr
-        extras = []
+        extras = [f"-c {cfg.addr}"]
 
     if chunk_size:
         extras.append(f"-z {chunk_size}")
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def run_rx_hds(cfg):
         port = rand_port()
 
         listen_cmd = ncdevmem_rx(cfg, port, verify=False,
-                                 fail_on_linear=True)
+                                 fail_on_linear=True, flow_steer=not hasattr(cfg, 'netns'))
         socat = socat_send(cfg, port, buf_size=size)
 
         with bkg(listen_cmd, exit_wait=True, ns=netns) as ncdevmem:

base-commit: 69963a0678a347d57c4ac8b16939dba216eb95ce
-- 
2.55.0.571.g244d577d93-goog