If user did not explicitly requst to "test netnamespace path", try an
import of 'unshare' module and call unshare() to avoid killing the local
host's network by accident.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
iptables-test.py | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/iptables-test.py b/iptables-test.py
index 52897a5d93ced..ca5efb1b6670b 100755
--- a/iptables-test.py
+++ b/iptables-test.py
@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ def main():
if i.endswith('.t')]
file_list.sort()
+ if not args.netns:
+ try:
+ import unshare
+ unshare.unshare(unshare.CLONE_NEWNET)
+ except:
+ print("Cannot run in own namespace, connectivity might break")
+
for filename in file_list:
file_tests, file_passed = run_test_file(filename, args.netns)
if file_tests:
--
2.28.0
