Re: [LTP] [Automated-testing] [PATCH 0/5] network: cleanup stress tests

Petr Vorel
2026-03-24T10:49:40Z

Hi Andrea,

> Hi Petr,

> This is a huge change. Did you verify tests one by one? I can trust this
> patch-set but we really don't want to remove anything that might be used
> by people at the moment.

FYI none of these tests is in any runtest file.

And I expect nobody is actually using them nowadays because all these tests
require 'rsh' via check_envval script:

exists cut locale rsh

> There network testing suite is indeed quite complex and ugly, so you will
> have my approval if you think we don't need it anymore.

Maybe some of them have useful test scenario, but they seem to me just checking
if kernel crashes when sending packet on TCP/UDP/ICMP/various IPsec. And because
we have better tests covering IPsec over various protocols including TCP and UDP
I don't think they are actually worth of cleanup.

Kind regards,
Petr