Commit 396492b4 authored by Jakub Kicinski's avatar Jakub Kicinski Committed by David S. Miller

docs: networking: netdevsim rules

There are aspects of netdevsim which are commonly
misunderstood and pointed out in review. Cong
suggest we document them.
Suggested-by: default avatarCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent d00551b4
......@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@ before posting to the mailing list. The patchwork build bot instance
gets overloaded very easily and netdev@vger really doesn't need more
traffic if we can help it.
netdevsim is great, can I extend it for my out-of-tree tests?
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No, `netdevsim` is a test vehicle solely for upstream tests.
(Please add your tests under tools/testing/selftests/.)
We also give no guarantees that `netdevsim` won't change in the future
in a way which would break what would normally be considered uAPI.
Is netdevsim considered a "user" of an API?
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Linux kernel has a long standing rule that no API should be added unless
it has a real, in-tree user. Mock-ups and tests based on `netdevsim` are
strongly encouraged when adding new APIs, but `netdevsim` in itself
is **not** considered a use case/user.
Any other tips to help ensure my net/net-next patch gets OK'd?
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Attention to detail. Re-read your own work as if you were the
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