From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, petrm@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: rtnetlink: Add operational state test
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:24:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250718142402.GC2459@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250717125151.466882-1-idosch@nvidia.com>
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 03:51:51PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Virtual devices (e.g., VXLAN) that do not have a notion of a carrier are
> created with an "UNKNOWN" operational state which some users find
> confusing [1].
>
> It is possible to set the operational state from user space either
> during device creation or afterwards and some applications will start
> doing that in order to avoid the above problem.
>
> Add a test for this functionality to ensure it does not regress.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20241119153703.71f97b76@hermes.local/
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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2025-07-17 12:51 [PATCH net-next] selftests: rtnetlink: Add operational state test Ido Schimmel
2025-07-18 14:24 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2025-07-19 0:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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