netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] tc-testing: Restore original behaviour for namespaces in tdc

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Message-ID: <3ffd1c736a322ac36e0a5a88a1203e762529e7a3.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:02:05 +0200
From:   Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
To:     Lucas Bates <lucasb@...atatu.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        mleitner@...hat.com, vladbu@...lanox.com, kernel@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] tc-testing:  Restore original behaviour
 for namespaces in tdc

On Mon, 2019-06-24 at 21:00 -0400, Lucas Bates wrote:
> This patch restores the original behaviour for tdc prior to the
> introduction of the plugin system, where the network namespace
> functionality was split from the main script.
> 
> It introduces the concept of required plugins for testcases,
> and will automatically load any plugin that isn't already
> enabled when said plugin is required by even one testcase.
> 
> Additionally, the -n option for the nsPlugin is deprecated
> so the default action is to make use of the namespaces.
> Instead, we introduce -N to not use them, but still create
> the veth pair.
> 
> buildebpfPlugin's -B option is also deprecated.
> 
> If a test cases requires the features of a specific plugin
> in order to pass, it should instead include a new key/value
> pair describing plugin interactions:
> 
>         "plugins": {
>                 "requires": "buildebpfPlugin"
>         },
> 
> A test case can have more than one required plugin: a list
> can be inserted as the value for 'requires'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Bates <lucasb@...atatu.com>
> ---

hi Lucas,

thanks a lot for including a fix for buildebpfPlugin!

Acked-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>