Re: [PATCH mptcp-net] selftests: mptcp: enable syncookie only in absence of reorders

[Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>]

Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote:
> Syncookie validation may fail for OoO packets, causing spurious
> resets and self-tests failures, so let's force syncookie only
> for tests iteration with no OoO.
> 
> Fixes: fed61c4b584c ("selftests: mptcp: make 2nd net namespace use tcp syn cookies unconditionally")
> Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/198
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
> index 69351c3eb68c..9e53334c9512 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
> @@ -202,9 +202,6 @@ ip -net "$ns4" link set ns4eth3 up
>  ip -net "$ns4" route add default via 10.0.3.2
>  ip -net "$ns4" route add default via dead:beef:3::2
>  
> -# use TCP syn cookies, even if no flooding was detected.
> -ip netns exec "$ns2" sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=2
> -
>  if $checksum; then
>  	for i in "$ns1" "$ns2" "$ns3" "$ns4";do
>  		ip netns exec $i sysctl -q net.mptcp.checksum_enabled=1
> @@ -748,6 +745,13 @@ for sender in $ns1 $ns2 $ns3 $ns4;do
>  		exit $ret
>  	fi
>  
> +	# force TCP syn cookies only if there is no reorder
> +	if [ $sender = $ns1 ]; then
> +		ip netns exec "$ns2" sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=2

I wasn't clear to me at first glance what $sender = $ns1 had to
do with reordering.

Maybe:

# ns1<->ns2 is not subject to reordering/tc delays.  Use it to test
# mptcp syncookie support.

?