On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 08:25:13AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Vladimir said when adding this test:
>
> The bridge driver fares particularly badly [...] mainly because
> it does not implement IFF_UNICAST_FLT.
>
> See commit 90b9566aa5cd ("selftests: forwarding: add a test for
> local_termination.sh").
>
> We don't want to hide the known gaps, but having a test which
> always fails prevents us from catching regressions. Report
> the cases we know may fail as XFAIL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
I agree that XFAIL is appropriate for cases like this - the test
is expected to fail and this can act like a TODO.
I also looked over how xfail_on_veth works and this usage seems
correct to me.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>