Re: [PATCH net] selftests: netconsole: enable the targets created by the torture test

[Hangbin Liu]

Hi Breno,
On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 04:32:25AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
> create_and_delete_random_target() is meant to create, enable and remove
> targets while messages are sent, but it only creates and removes them.
> The helper it calls, _create_dynamic_target(), stopped enabling the
> target when the bonding test moved that step into
> create_dynamic_target().
> 
> Enable the targets again, so they come up while messages flow and are
> disabled before being removed. Like toggle_netcons_target(), ignore a
> failed enable, which would otherwise end the function and leave the
> targets behind. With a console per target, this also registers and
> unregisters their consoles under load.
> 
> Fixes: 236682db3b6f ("selftest: netcons: add test for netconsole over bonded interfaces")
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/netcons_torture.sh | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/netcons_torture.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/netcons_torture.sh
> index 33a44adb6f8f3a..3dfab0bf1b0756 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/netcons_torture.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/netcons_torture.sh
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ create_and_delete_random_target() {
>  
>  		# Basic population so the target can come up
>  		_create_dynamic_target "${FORMAT}" "${RND_TARGET_PATH}"
> +		echo 1 > "${RND_TARGET_PATH}"/enabled 2> /dev/null || true
>  	done
>  
>  	echo "netconsole selftest: ${COUNT} additional targets were created" > /dev/kmsg
> 
> ---
> base-commit: b3dfbde62cf1981c4638939c159dfd087b7a72e9
> change-id: 20261110-netcons_selftest_fix-4cbf633295ef
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 

Ignore the failed enable makes sense to me, as we enabled `set -e`
and use random target. Do we need sleep 1s like create_dynamic_target()
to make sure the configuration loaded?

Thanks
Hangbin