Re: [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: net: Add bridge VLAN range grouping tests

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On 2/24/26 9:00 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 10:53:38AM +0200, Danielle Ratson wrote:
>> Add a new test file bridge_vlan_dump.sh with four test cases that verify
>> VLANs with different per-VLAN options are not incorrectly grouped into
>> ranges in the dump output.
>>
>> The tests verify the kernel's br_vlan_opts_eq_range() function correctly
>> prevents VLAN range grouping when neigh_suppress, mcast_max_groups,
>> mcast_n_groups, or mcast_enabled options differ.
>>
>> Each test verifies that VLANs with different option values appear as
>> individual entries rather than ranges, and that VLANs with matching
>> values are properly grouped together.
>>
>> Example output:
>>
>> $ ./bridge_vlan_dump.sh
>> TEST: VLAN range grouping with neigh_suppress                       [ OK ]
>> TEST: VLAN range grouping with mcast_max_groups                     [ OK ]
>> TEST: VLAN range grouping with mcast_n_groups                       [ OK ]
>> TEST: VLAN range grouping with mcast_enabled                        [ OK ]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile          |   1 +
>>  .../testing/selftests/net/bridge_vlan_dump.sh | 203 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 204 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/bridge_vlan_dump.sh
> 
> Hi Danielle,
> 
> I'm wondering if you could consider running running shellcheck over this
> and cleaning  things up a little.
> 
> I see SC2086 which I think can be trivially addressed.
> And SC2329, which I think would be best ignored using #shellcheck disable=SC2086

@Danielle: please address the shellcheck-reported issues. We are trying
to avoid them in the new code, and with time we will hopefully achieve
code consistency.

You can use the ingest_mdir.py script from
https://github.com/linux-netdev/nipa/ to automate the shellcheck test
before submission.

Thanks,

Paolo