Re: [PATCH] selftest: memcg: Skp memcg_sock test if address family not supported

["Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>]

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On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 12:02:05PM -0400, Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> wrote:
> On systems where IPv6 isn't enabled or not configured to support
> SOCK_STREAM, the test_memcg_sock test always fails.

I think IPv6 is not substantial for the check...

> The purpose of the test_memcg_sock test is to verify that
> memory.stat.sock and memory.current values are close.

... so this should work with IPv4 too.

> If the socket() call fails, there is no way we can test that. I
> believe it is better to just skip the test in this case instead of
> reporting a test failure hinting that there may be something wrong
> with the memcg code.

Yes, the skip on (any) socket creation is also (independently) good.

> @@ -1460,6 +1466,9 @@ static int test_memcg_sock(const char *root)
>  	free(memcg);
>  
>  	return ret;
> +skip:
> +	ret = KSFT_SKIP;
> +	goto cleanup;

Maybe make this analogous with other cases where there is no specific skip-label but

	if (err == EAFNOSUPPORT) {
		ret = KSFT_SKIP;
		goto cleanup;
	}

Thanks,
Michal

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