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

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 18:16:23 -0700

On Fri, 15 May 2026 10:02:50 +0200 Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
> >> No, AFAIU, iproute2 does not expose devconf settings. The main user of
> >> IFLA_INET_CONF are netlink libraries and other userspace tools that
> >> heavily rely on netlink operations like NetworkManager, nmstate, nispor,
> >> rust-netlink..  
> > 
> > Isn't this ip netconf ?
> >   
> 
> Oh sorry, I should have clarified it. ip netconf only shows/query them 
> but it cannot set them AFAICS.
> 
> Usage: ip netconf show [ dev STRING ]

Oh, fun. anyway, you gotta find a better way. Or just give up on the
selftest, the YNL hack is too ugly to live