netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: forwarding: Add missing config entries

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Message-ID: <ZbkIFrruZO5DXODm@nanopsycho>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:30:46 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: forwarding: Add missing config
 entries

Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 05:36:16PM CET, petrm@...dia.com wrote:
>The config file contains a partial kernel configuration to be used by
>`virtme-configkernel --custom'. The presumption is that the config file
>contains all Kconfig options needed by the selftests from the directory.
>
>In net/forwarding/config, many are missing, which manifests as spurious
>failures when running the selftests, with messages about unknown device
>types, qdisc kinds or classifier actions. Add the missing configurations.
>
>Tested the resulting configuration using virtme-ng as follows:
>
> # vng -b -f tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/config
> # vng --user root
> (within the VM:)
> # make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=net/forwarding run_tests

For me, all tests end up with:
SKIP: Cannot create interface. Name not specified

Do I miss some config file? If yes, can't we have some default testing
ifnames in case the config is not there?