From 06cbccf616ff60a92ccf8897bb3d8401756958ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Haener Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:41:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] oeqa/runtime/ping: don't bother trying to ping localhost If SLIRP is being used instead of TAP for networking to the guest then the target IP will be localhost. There's no point in pinging localhost to see if the target is up but whilst you'd think it is harmless, in some containers ping doesn't actually have enough rights to work: ping: socktype: SOCK_RAW ping: socket: Operation not permitted ping: => missing cap_net_raw+p capability or setuid? Look at the target address and if it's localhost or 127.0.0.* return immediately. (Backport from OE-Core rev: a06ef43d2a50e16c32bd6edbdc7b32c3528687d5) (From OE-Core rev: 649147913e89cd8f7390cb17cd0be94c9710ffa6) Signed-off-by: Michael Haener Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman --- meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ping.py | 7 +++++++ test | 0 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 test diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ping.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ping.py index f72460e7f3..bc543f6c41 100644 --- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ping.py +++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ping.py @@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ class PingTest(OERuntimeTestCase): output = '' count = 0 self.assertNotEqual(len(self.target.ip), 0, msg="No target IP address set") + + # If the target IP is localhost (because user-space networking is being used), + # then there's no point in pinging it. + if self.target.ip.startswith("127.0.0.") or self.target.ip in ("localhost", "::1"): + print("runtime/ping: localhost detected, not pinging") + return + try: while count < 5: cmd = 'ping -c 1 %s' % self.target.ip diff --git a/test b/test new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e69de29bb2