linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] selftests: drv-net: fix skip for unsupported devices

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Message-ID: <20260120155653.6be7d349@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:56:53 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Nimrod Oren <noren@...dia.com>
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>, Joe Damato
 <joe@...a.to>, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] selftests: drv-net: fix skip for unsupported
 devices

On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:13:03 +0200 Nimrod Oren wrote:
> The test_rss_flow_label_6only test case fails instead of skipping on
> devices that don't support IPv6 flow label hashing.

HW tests can just fail if something is not supported.
You can repost against net-next without the Fixes tag if you care
deeply but I want to very much prioritize ease of writing these tests.
IOW there's no practical difference in "SKIP" vs "error + EOPNOTSUPP"

We care about crashes and regressions, primarily.
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