For the forwarding selftests to work, we need network namespaces when using veth/vrf otherwise ping/ping6 commands like these: ip vrf exec vveth0 /bin/ping 192.0.2.2 -c 10 -i 0.1 -w 5 will fail because network namespaces may not be enabled. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/config | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/config index 5cd2aed97958..da96eff72a8e 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/config +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/config @@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ CONFIG_NET_CLS_FLOWER=m CONFIG_NET_SCH_INGRESS=m CONFIG_NET_ACT_GACT=m CONFIG_VETH=m +CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y +CONFIG_NET_NS=y -- 2.17.1