linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: net: simple selftest for ipvtap

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Message-ID: <20251226095235.219f3017@phoenix.local>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:52:35 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Dmitry Skorodumov <dskr99@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry
 Skorodumov <skorodumov.dmitry@...wei.com>, "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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: net: simple selftest for ipvtap

On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:55:34 +0300
Dmitry Skorodumov <dskr99@...il.com> wrote:

> +test_ip_set() {
> +	RET=0
> +
> +	modprobe -q tap
> +	modprobe -q ipvlan
> +	modprobe -q ipvtap
> +

Did you know that kernel will auto load the module when device is created
so in most cases modprobe is not needed.