[LTP] [PATCH 2/2] pty04: use the correct protocol per line discipline to avoid extra packets
Petr Vorel
pvorel@suse.cz
Fri Feb 6 15:39:55 CET 2026
Hi Vasileios,
> Use specific protocol filter (ETH_P_IP for N_SLIP, ETH_P_CAN for N_SLCAN)
> instead of ETH_P_ALL to avoid catching unrelated packets like IPv6
> multicast (MLD) which cause false test failures.
LGTM.
@Martin: could you please double check?
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
Kind regards,
Petr
> Signed-off-by: Vasileios Almpanis <vasileios.almpanis@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c b/testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c
> index 204703253..770c053c4 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c
> @@ -258,6 +258,19 @@ static void open_netdev(const struct ldisc_info *ldisc)
> {
> struct ifreq ifreq = { 0 };
> struct sockaddr_ll lla = { 0 };
> + int protocol;
> +
> + switch (ldisc->n) {
> + case N_SLIP:
> + protocol = ETH_P_IP;
> + break;
> + case N_SLCAN:
> + protocol = ETH_P_CAN;
> + break;
> + default:
> + protocol = ETH_P_ALL;
> + break;
> + }
> SAFE_IOCTL(pts, SIOCGIFNAME, ifreq.ifr_name);
> tst_res(TINFO, "Netdev is %s", ifreq.ifr_name);
> @@ -282,7 +295,7 @@ static void open_netdev(const struct ldisc_info *ldisc)
> SAFE_IOCTL(sk, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifreq);
> lla.sll_family = PF_PACKET;
> - lla.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ALL);
> + lla.sll_protocol = htons(protocol);
> lla.sll_ifindex = ifreq.ifr_ifindex;
> SAFE_BIND(sk, (struct sockaddr *)&lla, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
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