From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D0E02D94B3 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:24:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752848646; cv=none; b=h+jbpffCR/vCYtan+Y2jPDZCoKFBABA81nlG2XdCVmf5C7HiesfDsh1ahe7Mj4BKNAx1PjxsuwSF5fnSIlKwGjAjzZZiQCmSmMlVrfIciHKOnxymeJIZ6Dqd3TVvDXtEGyrZ9/rzRsiGLa5Iy4uwR5YWoqryz5vDdRKd4b+fZKs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752848646; c=relaxed/simple; bh=V4VYmzQAN0a9iO2EvpYqv/efxh6I08+dEk6t0GckWv0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=X2geZm4H+3tIp7t5VWz46WZGRpVbYqMJV3O0kAsDVFhtVUN6Nzx/WjgMbqPCnPSzqdUc8yt7DbhDaJlqM5aXcI+vOOTo1B0tnnmdrZIGuxO2z/43V4io5FQMwIsleF6l5beh4/z3gQCMuDX5BOH2WqpzR0YOoSNZeoxCHh3HilE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=NViRITx6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="NViRITx6" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B5F4FC4CEEB; Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:24:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1752848646; bh=V4VYmzQAN0a9iO2EvpYqv/efxh6I08+dEk6t0GckWv0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=NViRITx6rvbHyn7rB8mLccbbHh51pE2i9bprQS2TjHpOLEU5MaxaZM2CGc+Kkg40A G9ZqD/SRaNLFGbF8bQLzZ/33CvD/WODgBFYcbDMSWhyOKKbvWWw+NeFbdvcJzd6xkW 4KTFzeQ8CEHyJYBJklTOfNhKtvMAtVOiSz7a+ItMumuqHGdZHoquuDEQmLeeaFuzcj kAT0ZuxHZugRpiVUh7i627fqGtl8AqhnGywZAtCJZ2eI8sy7xaQAiQG/FY6wVDG64k 6x4DFzhz0oxfCu207j7oiKTy7rZXm3Px8rKo6C1rof91OAPVsj7knwAw3Uz4fuKEAA K/2hOXJivUK3w== Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:24:02 +0100 From: Simon Horman To: Ido Schimmel 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 Message-ID: <20250718142402.GC2459@horms.kernel.org> References: <20250717125151.466882-1-idosch@nvidia.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 > Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel Reviewed-by: Simon Horman