linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: net: Skip test if IPv6 is not configured

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Message-ID: <20250724201314.GF1266901@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:13:14 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: net: Skip test if IPv6 is not
 configured

On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 10:35:06AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Extend the `check_for_dependencies()` function in `lib_netcons.sh` to check
> whether IPv6 is enabled by verifying the existence of
> `/proc/net/if_inet6`. Having IPv6 is a now a dependency of netconsole
> tests. If the file does not exist, the script will skip the test with an
> appropriate message suggesting to verify if `CONFIG_IPV6` is enabled.
> 
> This prevents the test to misbehave if IPv6 is not configured.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>