In order to be able to save the current value of a sysctl without changing it, split the relevant bit out of sysctl_set() into a new helper. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Notes: v2: - New patch. tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh index eabbdf00d8ca..9086d2015296 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh @@ -1134,12 +1134,19 @@ bridge_ageing_time_get() } declare -A SYSCTL_ORIG +sysctl_save() +{ + local key=$1; shift + + SYSCTL_ORIG[$key]=$(sysctl -n $key) +} + sysctl_set() { local key=$1; shift local value=$1; shift - SYSCTL_ORIG[$key]=$(sysctl -n $key) + sysctl_save "$key" sysctl -qw $key="$value" } -- 2.45.0