Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3 net-next v4] selftests: net: add test for IPv4 devconf netlink notifications

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 19:35:44 -0700

On Sun, 10 May 2026 10:15:28 +0200 Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
> Introduce a new test, `ipv4_devconf_notify`, to verify that the kernel
> sends the appropriate netlink notifications when IPv4 devconf parameters
> are modified.
> 
> Since YNL currently has a bug where it declares an array of u32 values
> instead of the nested attributes expected by the kernel for devconf set
> operations, a temporary hack (`patched_add_attr`) is included to
> pack the netlink attributes correctly.

Right, YNL doesn't really support the level or weirdness that netconf
requires. Why use YNL? Can't we test this with iproute2?

nit: sashiko found a typo in "notificiation"
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