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Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] selftests: net: py: improve bkg() error reporting

From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-02-24 11:13:00
Also in: linux-kselftest

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:26:30PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
bkg() is a helper for running commands in the background.
When init or body of a with() block fails check if the bkg()
process already exited and report its status (including stdout/
/stderr). This significantly improves debugability.

Jakub Kicinski (3):
  selftests: net: py: avoid masking exceptions in bkg() failures
  selftests: net: py: use repr(cmd) for failure exceptions
  selftests: net: py: add cmd info for ksft_wait failure

 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py | 44 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
For the series,

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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