Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:47:54 -0400 Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > Less opinionated: the tests implicitly depends on the config files > > in the test directory. Do we have to start making the robust against > > situations where CONFIGs in that file are missing? > > I was considering adding something like this to the test guidance. > > ### Ensure necessary kernel config knobs are set > > Each test directory has a `config` file listing which kernel > configuration options the tests depend on. This file must be kept > up to date, our CIs build minimal kernels for each test group. > > Adding checks inside the tests to validate that the necessary kernel > configs are enabled is discouraged. The test author may include such > checks, but standalone patches to make tests compatible e.g. with > distro kernel configs are unlikely to be accepted. > > WDYT? > > Primarily trying to minimize the number of patches and adjustments > we'd see, as the matrix of systems and kernel configs can easily get > out of hand..
This is great! It's not really feasible to maintain tests with arbitrary missing dependencies.
