netdev - Re: [PATCH] selftests: net: ip_defrag: modprobe missing nf_defrag

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:38:44 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Paolo Pisati <paolo.pisati@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: net: ip_defrag: modprobe missing
 nf_defrag_ipv6 support

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:23:12 +0200 Paolo Pisati wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 3:01 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Any reason you add this command before set -e ?
> >
> > It seems we want the script to fail if module can't be loaded.  
> 
> Cause if CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV6=y, the script would unnecessarily fail.

I don't think modprobe fails when code is built in.

$ sudo modprobe pstore
$ echo $?
0
$ grep CONFIG_PSTORE= /boot/config-5.7.8-200.fc32.x86_64
CONFIG_PSTORE=y
$ lsmod | grep pstore
$