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<title>selftests/Makefile: include $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS) in clean target to clean net/lib dependency</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T11:45:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nai-Chen Cheng</name>
<email>bleach1827@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-10T11:30:32+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit d3f7457da7b9527a06dbcbfaf666aa51ac2eeb53 ]

The selftests 'make clean' does not clean the net/lib because it only
processes $(TARGETS) and ignores $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS). This leaves
compiled objects in net/lib after cleaning, requiring manual cleanup.

Include $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS) in clean target to ensure net/lib
dependency is properly cleaned.

Signed-off-by: Nai-Chen Cheng &lt;bleach1827@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt; # build-tested
Acked-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910-selftests-makefile-clean-v1-1-29e7f496cd87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d3f7457da7b9527a06dbcbfaf666aa51ac2eeb53 ]

The selftests 'make clean' does not clean the net/lib because it only
processes $(TARGETS) and ignores $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS). This leaves
compiled objects in net/lib after cleaning, requiring manual cleanup.

Include $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS) in clean target to ensure net/lib
dependency is properly cleaned.

Signed-off-by: Nai-Chen Cheng &lt;bleach1827@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt; # build-tested
Acked-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910-selftests-makefile-clean-v1-1-29e7f496cd87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests: Replace sleep with slowwait</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T11:45:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Ahern</name>
<email>dsahern@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-10T02:58:28+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2f186dd5585c3afb415df80e52f71af16c9d3655 ]

Replace the sleep in kill_procs with slowwait.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910025828.38900-2-dsahern@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2f186dd5585c3afb415df80e52f71af16c9d3655 ]

Replace the sleep in kill_procs with slowwait.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910025828.38900-2-dsahern@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests: Disable dad for ipv6 in fcnal-test.sh</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T11:45:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Ahern</name>
<email>dsahern@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-10T02:58:27+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 53d591730ea34f97a82f7ec6e7c987ca6e34dc21 ]

Constrained test environment; duplicate address detection is not needed
and causes races so disable it.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910025828.38900-1-dsahern@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 53d591730ea34f97a82f7ec6e7c987ca6e34dc21 ]

Constrained test environment; duplicate address detection is not needed
and causes races so disable it.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910025828.38900-1-dsahern@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests/net: Ensure assert() triggers in psock_tpacket.c</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T11:45:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wake Liu</name>
<email>wakel@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-09T06:20:13+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit bc4c0a48bdad7f225740b8e750fdc1da6d85e1eb ]

The get_next_frame() function in psock_tpacket.c was missing a return
statement in its default switch case, leading to a compiler warning.

This was caused by a `bug_on(1)` call, which is defined as an
`assert()`, being compiled out because NDEBUG is defined during the
build.

Instead of adding a `return NULL;` which would silently hide the error
and could lead to crashes later, this change restores the original
author's intent. By adding `#undef NDEBUG` before including &lt;assert.h&gt;,
we ensure the assertion is active and will cause the test to abort if
this unreachable code is ever executed.

Signed-off-by: Wake Liu &lt;wakel@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250809062013.2407822-1-wakel@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit bc4c0a48bdad7f225740b8e750fdc1da6d85e1eb ]

The get_next_frame() function in psock_tpacket.c was missing a return
statement in its default switch case, leading to a compiler warning.

This was caused by a `bug_on(1)` call, which is defined as an
`assert()`, being compiled out because NDEBUG is defined during the
build.

Instead of adding a `return NULL;` which would silently hide the error
and could lead to crashes later, this change restores the original
author's intent. By adding `#undef NDEBUG` before including &lt;assert.h&gt;,
we ensure the assertion is active and will cause the test to abort if
this unreachable code is ever executed.

Signed-off-by: Wake Liu &lt;wakel@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250809062013.2407822-1-wakel@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests/net: Replace non-standard __WORDSIZE with sizeof(long) * 8</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T11:45:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wake Liu</name>
<email>wakel@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-07T08:09:32+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c36748e8733ef9c5f4cd1d7c4327994e5b88b8df ]

The `__WORDSIZE` macro, defined in the non-standard `&lt;bits/wordsize.h&gt;`
header, is a GNU extension and not universally available with all
toolchains, such as Clang when used with musl libc.

This can lead to build failures in environments where this header is
missing.

The intention of the code is to determine the bit width of a C `long`.
Replace the non-portable `__WORDSIZE` with the standard and portable
`sizeof(long) * 8` expression to achieve the same result.

This change also removes the inclusion of the now-unused
`&lt;bits/wordsize.h&gt;` header.

Signed-off-by: Wake Liu &lt;wakel@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c36748e8733ef9c5f4cd1d7c4327994e5b88b8df ]

The `__WORDSIZE` macro, defined in the non-standard `&lt;bits/wordsize.h&gt;`
header, is a GNU extension and not universally available with all
toolchains, such as Clang when used with musl libc.

This can lead to build failures in environments where this header is
missing.

The intention of the code is to determine the bit width of a C `long`.
Replace the non-portable `__WORDSIZE` with the standard and portable
`sizeof(long) * 8` expression to achieve the same result.

This change also removes the inclusion of the now-unused
`&lt;bits/wordsize.h&gt;` header.

Signed-off-by: Wake Liu &lt;wakel@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests/bpf: Fix bpf_prog_detach2 usage in test_lirc_mode2</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T11:45:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ricardo B. Marlière</name>
<email>rbm@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-28T13:12:33+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 98857d111c53954aa038fcbc4cf48873e4240f7c ]

Commit e9fc3ce99b34 ("libbpf: Streamline error reporting for high-level
APIs") redefined the way that bpf_prog_detach2() returns. Therefore, adapt
the usage in test_lirc_mode2_user.c.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marlière &lt;rbm@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250828-selftests-bpf-v1-1-c7811cd8b98c@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 98857d111c53954aa038fcbc4cf48873e4240f7c ]

Commit e9fc3ce99b34 ("libbpf: Streamline error reporting for high-level
APIs") redefined the way that bpf_prog_detach2() returns. Therefore, adapt
the usage in test_lirc_mode2_user.c.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marlière &lt;rbm@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250828-selftests-bpf-v1-1-c7811cd8b98c@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rseq/selftests: Use weak symbol reference, not definition, to link with glibc</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Christopherson</name>
<email>seanjc@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-19T22:29:44+00:00</published>
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commit a001cd248ab244633c5fabe4f7c707e13fc1d1cc upstream.

Add "extern" to the glibc-defined weak rseq symbols to convert the rseq
selftest's usage from weak symbol definitions to weak symbol _references_.
Effectively re-defining the glibc symbols wreaks havoc when building with
-fno-common, e.g. generates segfaults when running multi-threaded programs,
as dynamically linked applications end up with multiple versions of the
symbols.

Building with -fcommon, which until recently has the been the default for
GCC and clang, papers over the bug by allowing the linker to resolve the
weak/tentative definition to glibc's "real" definition.

Note, the symbol itself (or rather its address), not the value of the
symbol, is set to 0/NULL for unresolved weak symbol references, as the
symbol doesn't exist and thus can't have a value.  Check for a NULL rseq
size pointer to handle the scenario where the test is statically linked
against a libc that doesn't support rseq in any capacity.

Fixes: 3bcbc20942db ("selftests/rseq: Play nice with binaries statically linked against glibc 2.35+")
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Suggested-by: Florian Weimer &lt;fweimer@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87frdoybk4.ffs@tglx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit a001cd248ab244633c5fabe4f7c707e13fc1d1cc upstream.

Add "extern" to the glibc-defined weak rseq symbols to convert the rseq
selftest's usage from weak symbol definitions to weak symbol _references_.
Effectively re-defining the glibc symbols wreaks havoc when building with
-fno-common, e.g. generates segfaults when running multi-threaded programs,
as dynamically linked applications end up with multiple versions of the
symbols.

Building with -fcommon, which until recently has the been the default for
GCC and clang, papers over the bug by allowing the linker to resolve the
weak/tentative definition to glibc's "real" definition.

Note, the symbol itself (or rather its address), not the value of the
symbol, is set to 0/NULL for unresolved weak symbol references, as the
symbol doesn't exist and thus can't have a value.  Check for a NULL rseq
size pointer to handle the scenario where the test is statically linked
against a libc that doesn't support rseq in any capacity.

Fixes: 3bcbc20942db ("selftests/rseq: Play nice with binaries statically linked against glibc 2.35+")
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Suggested-by: Florian Weimer &lt;fweimer@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87frdoybk4.ffs@tglx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests: watchdog: skip ping loop if WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING not supported</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T12:59:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Akhilesh Patil</name>
<email>akhilesh@ee.iitb.ac.in</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-14T15:28:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit e8cfc524eaf3c0ed88106177edb6961e202e6716 ]

Check if watchdog device supports WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING option before
entering keep_alive() ping test loop. Fix watchdog-test silently looping
if ioctl based ping is not supported by the device. Exit from test in
such case instead of getting stuck in loop executing failing keep_alive()

watchdog_info:
 identity:              m41t93 rtc Watchdog
 firmware_version:      0
Support/Status: Set timeout (in seconds)
Support/Status: Watchdog triggers a management or other external alarm not a reboot

Watchdog card disabled.
Watchdog timeout set to 5 seconds.
Watchdog ping rate set to 2 seconds.
Watchdog card enabled.
WDIOC_KEEPALIVE not supported by this device

without this change
Watchdog card disabled.
Watchdog timeout set to 5 seconds.
Watchdog ping rate set to 2 seconds.
Watchdog card enabled.
Watchdog Ticking Away!
(Where test stuck here forver silently)

Updated change log at commit time:
Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250914152840.GA3047348@bhairav-test.ee.iitb.ac.in
Fixes: d89d08ffd2c5 ("selftests: watchdog: Fix ioctl SET* error paths to take oneshot exit path")
Signed-off-by: Akhilesh Patil &lt;akhilesh@ee.iitb.ac.in&gt;
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit e8cfc524eaf3c0ed88106177edb6961e202e6716 ]

Check if watchdog device supports WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING option before
entering keep_alive() ping test loop. Fix watchdog-test silently looping
if ioctl based ping is not supported by the device. Exit from test in
such case instead of getting stuck in loop executing failing keep_alive()

watchdog_info:
 identity:              m41t93 rtc Watchdog
 firmware_version:      0
Support/Status: Set timeout (in seconds)
Support/Status: Watchdog triggers a management or other external alarm not a reboot

Watchdog card disabled.
Watchdog timeout set to 5 seconds.
Watchdog ping rate set to 2 seconds.
Watchdog card enabled.
WDIOC_KEEPALIVE not supported by this device

without this change
Watchdog card disabled.
Watchdog timeout set to 5 seconds.
Watchdog ping rate set to 2 seconds.
Watchdog card enabled.
Watchdog Ticking Away!
(Where test stuck here forver silently)

Updated change log at commit time:
Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250914152840.GA3047348@bhairav-test.ee.iitb.ac.in
Fixes: d89d08ffd2c5 ("selftests: watchdog: Fix ioctl SET* error paths to take oneshot exit path")
Signed-off-by: Akhilesh Patil &lt;akhilesh@ee.iitb.ac.in&gt;
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>act_mirred: use the backlog for nested calls to mirred ingress</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T14:21:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Davide Caratti</name>
<email>dcaratti@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-24T19:26:19+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ca22da2fbd693b54dc8e3b7b54ccc9f7e9ba3640 ]

William reports kernel soft-lockups on some OVS topologies when TC mirred
egress-&gt;ingress action is hit by local TCP traffic [1].
The same can also be reproduced with SCTP (thanks Xin for verifying), when
client and server reach themselves through mirred egress to ingress, and
one of the two peers sends a "heartbeat" packet (from within a timer).

Enqueueing to backlog proved to fix this soft lockup; however, as Cong
noticed [2], we should preserve - when possible - the current mirred
behavior that counts as "overlimits" any eventual packet drop subsequent to
the mirred forwarding action [3]. A compromise solution might use the
backlog only when tcf_mirred_act() has a nest level greater than one:
change tcf_mirred_forward() accordingly.

Also, add a kselftest that can reproduce the lockup and verifies TC mirred
ability to account for further packet drops after TC mirred egress-&gt;ingress
(when the nest level is 1).

 [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/33dc43f587ec1388ba456b4915c75f02a8aae226.1663945716.git.dcaratti@redhat.com/
 [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/Y0w%2FWWY60gqrtGLp@pop-os.localdomain/
 [3] such behavior is not guaranteed: for example, if RPS or skb RX
     timestamping is enabled on the mirred target device, the kernel
     can defer receiving the skb and return NET_RX_SUCCESS inside
     tcf_mirred_forward().

Reported-by: William Zhao &lt;wizhao@redhat.com&gt;
CC: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti &lt;dcaratti@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner &lt;marcelo.leitner@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim &lt;jhs@mojatatu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
[ skulkarni: Adjusted patch for file 'tc_actions.sh' wrt the mainline commit ]
Signed-off-by: Shubham Kulkarni &lt;skulkarni@mvista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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William reports kernel soft-lockups on some OVS topologies when TC mirred
egress-&gt;ingress action is hit by local TCP traffic [1].
The same can also be reproduced with SCTP (thanks Xin for verifying), when
client and server reach themselves through mirred egress to ingress, and
one of the two peers sends a "heartbeat" packet (from within a timer).

Enqueueing to backlog proved to fix this soft lockup; however, as Cong
noticed [2], we should preserve - when possible - the current mirred
behavior that counts as "overlimits" any eventual packet drop subsequent to
the mirred forwarding action [3]. A compromise solution might use the
backlog only when tcf_mirred_act() has a nest level greater than one:
change tcf_mirred_forward() accordingly.

Also, add a kselftest that can reproduce the lockup and verifies TC mirred
ability to account for further packet drops after TC mirred egress-&gt;ingress
(when the nest level is 1).

 [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/33dc43f587ec1388ba456b4915c75f02a8aae226.1663945716.git.dcaratti@redhat.com/
 [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/Y0w%2FWWY60gqrtGLp@pop-os.localdomain/
 [3] such behavior is not guaranteed: for example, if RPS or skb RX
     timestamping is enabled on the mirred target device, the kernel
     can defer receiving the skb and return NET_RX_SUCCESS inside
     tcf_mirred_forward().

Reported-by: William Zhao &lt;wizhao@redhat.com&gt;
CC: Xin Long &lt;lucien.xin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti &lt;dcaratti@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner &lt;marcelo.leitner@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim &lt;jhs@mojatatu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
[ skulkarni: Adjusted patch for file 'tc_actions.sh' wrt the mainline commit ]
Signed-off-by: Shubham Kulkarni &lt;skulkarni@mvista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>selftests: forwarding: tc_actions.sh: add matchall mirror test</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T14:21:36+00:00</updated>
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<name>Jiri Pirko</name>
<email>jiri@mellanox.com</email>
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<published>2025-07-24T19:26:16+00:00</published>
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Add test for matchall classifier with mirred egress mirror action.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@mellanox.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@mellanox.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Stable-dep-of: ca22da2fbd69 ("act_mirred: use the backlog for nested calls to mirred ingress")
Signed-off-by: Shubham Kulkarni &lt;skulkarni@mvista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 075c8aa79d541ea08c67a2e6d955f6457e98c21c ]

Add test for matchall classifier with mirred egress mirror action.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@mellanox.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@mellanox.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Stable-dep-of: ca22da2fbd69 ("act_mirred: use the backlog for nested calls to mirred ingress")
Signed-off-by: Shubham Kulkarni &lt;skulkarni@mvista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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