[PATCH net-next 1/2] selftests: drv-net: allow switching env IP version

From: Nimrod Oren

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 02:24:45 EST


NetDrvEpEnv picks a single IP version at init time, preferring IPv6 when
both are configured.

Add NetDrvEpEnv.set_ipver() to reselect the IP version and recompute the
derived address fields.

Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nimrod Oren <noren@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py | 27 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py
index e4ab99b905b1..e4acf3d8333f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py
@@ -159,13 +159,7 @@ class NetDrvEpEnv(NetDrvEnvBase):

self.remote = Remote(kind, args, src_path)

- self.addr_ipver = "6" if self.addr_v["6"] else "4"
- self.addr = self.addr_v[self.addr_ipver]
- self.remote_addr = self.remote_addr_v[self.addr_ipver]
-
- # Bracketed addresses, some commands need IPv6 to be inside []
- self.baddr = f"[{self.addr_v['6']}]" if self.addr_v["6"] else self.addr_v["4"]
- self.remote_baddr = f"[{self.remote_addr_v['6']}]" if self.remote_addr_v["6"] else self.remote_addr_v["4"]
+ self.set_ipver("6" if self.addr_v["6"] else "4")

self.ifname = self.dev['ifname']
self.ifindex = self.dev['ifindex']
@@ -252,6 +246,25 @@ class NetDrvEpEnv(NetDrvEnvBase):
if not self.addr_v[ipver] or not self.remote_addr_v[ipver]:
raise KsftSkipEx(f"Test requires IPv{ipver} connectivity")

+ def set_ipver(self, ipver):
+ """
+ Modify the IP version used by the generic address fields.
+ """
+ if ipver == getattr(self, "addr_ipver", None):
+ return
+
+ self.require_ipver(ipver)
+
+ self.addr_ipver = ipver
+ self.addr = self.addr_v[ipver]
+ self.remote_addr = self.remote_addr_v[ipver]
+
+ # Bracketed addresses, some commands need IPv6 to be inside []
+ self.baddr = (f"[{self.addr_v['6']}]" if ipver == "6"
+ else self.addr_v["4"])
+ self.remote_baddr = (f"[{self.remote_addr_v['6']}]" if ipver == "6"
+ else self.remote_addr_v["4"])
+
def require_nsim(self, nsim_test=True):
"""Require or exclude netdevsim for this test"""
if nsim_test and self._ns is None:
--
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