Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] selftests: net: py: improve bkg() error reporting

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:12:56 +0000

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:26:30PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> bkg() is a helper for running commands in the background.
> When init or body of a with() block fails check if the bkg()
> process already exited and report its status (including stdout/
> /stderr). This significantly improves debugability.
> 
> Jakub Kicinski (3):
>   selftests: net: py: avoid masking exceptions in bkg() failures
>   selftests: net: py: use repr(cmd) for failure exceptions
>   selftests: net: py: add cmd info for ksft_wait failure
> 
>  tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py | 44 +++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

For the series,

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>