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[PATCH net v3 2/2] selftests: netdevsim: add carrier state consistency test

From: Yohei Kojima <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-05 15:18:47
Also in: linux-kselftest, lkml
Subsystem: kernel selftest framework, netdevsim, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Shuah Khan, Jakub Kicinski, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

This commit adds a test case for netdevsim carrier state consistency.
Specifically, the added test verifies the carrier state during the
following operations:

1. Unlink two netdevsims
2. ifdown one netdevsim, then ifup again
3. Link the netdevsims again
4. ifdown one netdevsim, then ifup again

These steps verifies that the carrier is UP iff two netdevsims are
linked and ifuped.

Signed-off-by: Yohei Kojima <redacted>
---
 .../selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh   | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh
index 7f32b5600925..f4721f7636dd 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,39 @@ cleanup_ns()
 	ip netns del nssv
 }
 
+is_carrier_up()
+{
+	local netns="$1"
+	local nsim_dev="$2"
+
+	test "$(ip netns exec "$netns"	\
+		cat /sys/class/net/"$nsim_dev"/carrier 2>/dev/null)" -eq 1
+}
+
+assert_carrier_up()
+{
+	local netns="$1"
+	local nsim_dev="$2"
+
+	if ! is_carrier_up "$netns" "$nsim_dev"; then
+		echo "$nsim_dev's carrier should be UP, but it isn't"
+		cleanup_ns
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+assert_carrier_down()
+{
+	local netns="$1"
+	local nsim_dev="$2"
+
+	if is_carrier_up "$netns" "$nsim_dev"; then
+		echo "$nsim_dev's carrier should be DOWN, but it isn't"
+		cleanup_ns
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
 ###
 ### Code start
 ###
@@ -113,6 +146,32 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+# netdevsim carrier state consistency checking
+assert_carrier_up nssv "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME"
+assert_carrier_up nscl "$NSIM_DEV_2_NAME"
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX" > "$NSIM_DEV_SYS_UNLINK"
+
+assert_carrier_down nssv "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME"
+assert_carrier_down nscl "$NSIM_DEV_2_NAME"
+
+ip netns exec nssv ip link set dev "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME" down
+ip netns exec nssv ip link set dev "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME" up
+
+assert_carrier_down nssv "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME"
+assert_carrier_down nscl "$NSIM_DEV_2_NAME"
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX $NSIM_DEV_2_FD:$NSIM_DEV_2_IFIDX" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK
+
+assert_carrier_up nssv "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME"
+assert_carrier_up nscl "$NSIM_DEV_2_NAME"
+
+ip netns exec nssv ip link set dev "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME" down
+ip netns exec nssv ip link set dev "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME" up
+
+assert_carrier_up nssv "$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME"
+assert_carrier_up nscl "$NSIM_DEV_2_NAME"
+
 # send/recv packets
 
 tmp_file=$(mktemp)
-- 
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