[PATCH net-next 6/8] selftests: traceroute: Reword comment
Ido Schimmel
idosch at nvidia.com
Mon Sep 1 08:30:25 UTC 2025
Both of the addresses are configured as primary addresses, but the
kernel is expected to choose 10.0.1.1/24 as the source IP of the ICMP
error message since it is on the same subnet as the destination IP of
the message (10.0.1.3/24). Reword the comment to reflect that.
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm at nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch at nvidia.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh
index 1ac91eebd16f..8dc4e5d03e43 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ run_traceroute6()
# |H1|--------------------------|R1|--------------------------|H2|
# ---- N1 ---- N2 ----
#
-# where net.ipv4.icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr is set on R1 and
-# 1.0.3.1/24 and 1.0.1.1/24 are respectively R1's primary and secondary
-# address on N1.
-#
+# where net.ipv4.icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr is set on R1 and 1.0.3.1/24 and
+# 1.0.1.1/24 are R1's primary addresses on N1. The kernel is expected to prefer
+# a source address that is on the same subnet as the destination IP of the ICMP
+# error message.
cleanup_traceroute()
{
--
2.51.0
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