linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/15] genetlink: Test Netlink subsystem of Linux v6.1

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Message-ID: <20250912131722.74658ec0@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:17:22 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Yana Bashlykova <yana2bsh@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan
 <shuah@...nel.org>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, Palmer
 Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Nathan
 Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
 Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
 lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/15] genetlink: Test Netlink subsystem of Linux
 v6.1

On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:53:23 +0300 Yana Bashlykova wrote:
> This series adds comprehensive testing infrastructure for Netlink
> and Generic Netlink
> 
> The implementation includes both kernel module and userspace tests to
> verify correct Generic Netlink and Netlink behaviors under
> various conditions.

What is the motivation for this work?