# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] selftests: net: fib\_nexthops: Wait before checking reported idle time

- From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
- Date: 2021-09-27 11:20:14 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/09/11211901
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/09/11211753/t.md

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:04:27 +0200 you wrote:
> The purpose of this test is to verify that after a short activity passes,
> the reported time is reasonable: not zero (which could be reported by
> mistake), and not something outrageous (which would be indicative of an
> issue in used units).
> 
> However, the idle time is reported in units of clock_t, or hundredths of
> second. If the initial sequence of commands is very quick, it is possible
> that the idle time is reported as just flat-out zero. When this test was
> recently enabled in our nightly regression, we started seeing spurious
> failures for exactly this reason.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] selftests: net: fib_nexthops: Wait before checking reported idle time
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b69c99463d41

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