netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/1] Introduction of the tc tests

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Message-ID: <dd121668-cb4d-edb7-1804-f4d42518cf17@mojatatu.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:13:06 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, lucasb@...atatu.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, mrv@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/1] Introduction of the tc tests

On 17-06-20 01:40 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> 
> The "Occum's razor" for deciding where tests belong should be does
> the test need to change to respond to kernel change? Don't want to have
> iproute2 tests that have if (kernel_version > ...)
> 

The suite is intended to include both forward and backward compat
tests i.e old/new iproute2/kernel. So should be possible to say
"test failed because kernel is older" without depending on specific
kernel version. Likewise for iproute2.

cheers,
jamal