Re: [iproute PATCH v2 0/2] Two minor testsuite fixes

On Thu,  9 Feb 2017 11:50:53 +0100
Phil Sutter [off-list ref] wrote:

While playing around with testsuite, I noticed two minor nits which this
series attempts to fix.

Changes since v1:
- Replaced patch1 completely.

Phil Sutter (2):
  testsuite: Generate nlmsg blob at runtime
  testsuite: Search kernel config in modules dir also

 .gitignore                                |   2 +
 testsuite/Makefile                        |   8 +++
 testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl | Bin 14076 -> 0 bytes
 testsuite/tools/Makefile                  |   2 +
 testsuite/tools/generate_nlmsg.c          | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
 delete mode 100644 testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl
 create mode 100644 testsuite/tools/Makefile
 create mode 100644 testsuite/tools/generate_nlmsg.c

Nice. Applied.
I suspect the tests are rarely run because the core functionality doesn't change often.
But in new environments these would be really useful.