Re: [PATCHv3 iproute2-next] rtnetlink: add new function rtnl_echo_talk()

[Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 10:40:45AM +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > +	return rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, NULL);
> >  }
> 
> Hangbin,
> 
> This change breaks the nexthop selftest:
> tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
> 
> Which is specifically checking for "2" as the error code. Example:

Hi Ido,

Thanks for the report.

> 
> # attempt to create nh without a device or gw - fails
> run_cmd "$IP nexthop add id 1"
> log_test $? 2 "Nexthop with no device or gateway"
> 
> I think it's better to restore the original error code than "fixing" all
> the tests / applications that rely on it.

I can fix this either in iproute2 or in the selftests.
I'd perfer ask David's opinion.

> 
> The return code of other subcommands was also changed by this patch, but
> so far all the failures I have seen are related to "nexthop" subcommand.

I grep "log_test \$? 2" in selftest/net folder and found the following tests
would use it

fib_tests.sh
test_vxlan_vnifiltering.sh
fcnal-test.sh
fib_nexthops.sh

Thanks
Hangbin