[PATCH net v6 1/2] selftests: net: Create veth pair for testing in networkless kernel

[Abhinav Jain]

Check if the netdev list is empty and create veth pair to be used for
feature on/off testing.
Remove the veth pair after testing is complete.

Signed-off-by: Abhinav Jain <jain.abhinav...@gmail.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh 
b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh
index e3afcb424710..0c32950fdd17 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ kci_netdev_ethtool()
 
        kci_netdev_ethtool_test 74 'dump' "ethtool -d $netdev"
        kci_netdev_ethtool_test 94 'stats' "ethtool -S $netdev"
+
        return 0
 }
 
@@ -196,10 +197,25 @@ if [ ! -e "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV" ];then
 fi
 
 ip link show |grep '^[0-9]' | grep -oE 
'[[:space:]].*eth[0-9]*:|[[:space:]].*enp[0-9]s[0-9]:' | cut -d\  -f2 | cut -d: 
-f1> "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV"
+
+if [ ! -s "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV" ]; then
+       echo "No valid network device found, creating veth pair"
+       ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1
+       echo "veth0" > "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV"
+       echo "veth1" >> "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV"
+       veth_created=1
+fi
+
 while read netdev
 do
        kci_test_netdev "$netdev"
 done < "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV"
 
+#clean up veth interface pair if it was created
+if [ "$veth_created" ]; then
+       ip link delete veth0
+       echo "Removed veth pair"
+fi
+
 rm "$TMP_LIST_NETDEV"
 exit 0
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