On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 at 10:59, Hangbin Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 10:45:19AM +0200, Alessandro wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 at 10:25, Hangbin Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 09:43:11AM +0200, Alessandro Ratti wrote:
> > > > On systems where `ifconfig` is not available (e.g., modern Debian), the
> > > > `kci_test_promote_secondaries` test fails. Wrap the call in a check.
> > > >
> > > > Additionally, `do_test_address_proto` fails on iproute2 versions that
> > > > lack support for `proto` in `ip address` commands. Add a minimal feature
> > > > check and skip the test with a proper message if unsupported.
> > > >
> > > > These changes allow the tests to run and report SKIP instead of FAIL on
> > > > platforms with older tools.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Alessandro Ratti <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > >  tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh | 10 +++++++++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh 
> > > > b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
> > > > index d6c00efeb664..9bff620ef595 100755
> > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
> > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
> > > > @@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ kci_test_promote_secondaries()
> > > >       for i in $(seq 2 254);do
> > > >               IP="10.23.11.$i"
> > > >               ip -f inet addr add $IP/16 brd + dev "$devdummy"
> > > > -             ifconfig "$devdummy" $IP netmask 255.255.0.0
> > > > +             if command -v ifconfig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > > > +                     ifconfig "$devdummy" $IP netmask 255.255.0.0
> > > > +             fi
> > >
> > > Maybe just skip the promote_secondaries test if ifconfig is not available?
> > >
> >
> > Thank you for your review and comment.
> >
> > My takeaway here is that the test works because the IP addresses are set on 
> > the
> > $devdummy by the previous ip(8) command, and ifconfig seems a bit redundant.
>
> No, please check the git log to see why we use ifconfig here.
>

Ah! I see your point now. That said, yes, better skip the test if
ifconfig isn't installed.
I'll send out a new patch.

Thank you
Alessandro

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