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

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Message-ID: <20250724182427.5ece92e8@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:24:27 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...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>, 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, 23 Jul 2025 10:35:06 -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.

IDK. I think this is related to some of the recent patches?
The context would be helpful in the commit message.
Otherwise, as networking people, I think we are obligated 
to respond with hostility to "IPv6 may not be enabled"..
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