ACK: [SRU][kinetic/linux-kvm][PATCH 0/1] UBUNTU: [Config] kvm: Add support for dummy net driver

[Tim Gardner]

On 1/24/23 11:32, Jacob Martin wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1998244
> 
> Note: This issue was originally triaged and fixed by ~joseogando for lunar/linux-kvm. I am applying the fix to kinetic and jammy as training.
> 
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> * Without Kernel support for the Dummy net driver, it is not possible to successfully run selftests that use it. This includes as per this bug net/fib_nexthop_nongw.sh, but also could potentially include other such as rtnetlink.sh, fib_rule_tests.sh, forwarding/* etc.
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> * Custom patch to enable CONFIG_DUMMY=m
> 
> [Test Plan]
> 
> * Before the fix, the net/fib_nexthop_nongw.sh script will fail in the specific line which does
> 
> $ ip -n h1 link add name eth0 type dummy
> Error: Unknown device type.
> 
> After the fix it does not fail.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> * The regression can be considered as low, since we are adding functionality not previously present.
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
> * There does not seem to be a historical reason for removing it from linux-kvm.
> 
> Jacob Martin (1):
>    UBUNTU: [Config] kvm: Add support for dummy net driver
> 
>   debian.kvm/config/annotations          | 3 +++
>   debian.kvm/config/config.common.ubuntu | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
-- 
-----------
Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc