netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: pmtu: detect correct binary to ping ipv6 addresses

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Date:   Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:01:18 +0200
From:   Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>,
        Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: pmtu: detect correct binary to ping ipv6 addresses

Some systems don't have the ping6 binary anymore, and use ping for
everything. Detect the absence of ping6 and try to use ping instead.

Fixes: d1f1b9cbf34c ("selftests: net: Introduce first PMTU test")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Acked-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
index 0ecf2609b9a4..cc2798a0a2d7 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 # Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
 ksft_skip=4
 
+# Some systems don't have a ping6 binary anymore
+which ping6 > /dev/null 2>&1 && ping6=$(which ping6) || ping6=$(which ping)
+
 tests="
 	pmtu_vti6_exception		vti6: PMTU exceptions
 	pmtu_vti4_exception		vti4: PMTU exceptions
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ test_pmtu_vti6_exception() {
 	mtu "${ns_b}" veth_b 4000
 	mtu "${ns_a}" vti6_a 5000
 	mtu "${ns_b}" vti6_b 5000
-	${ns_a} ping6 -q -i 0.1 -w 2 -s 60000 ${vti6_b_addr} > /dev/null
+	${ns_a} ${ping6} -q -i 0.1 -w 2 -s 60000 ${vti6_b_addr} > /dev/null
 
 	# Check that exception was created
 	if [ "$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" ${vti6_b_addr})" = "" ]; then
-- 
2.18.0