To make things less confusing for new readers, describe at least what
the two significant functions do.
Fixes: 0e80cfea3762b ("tests: iptables-test: Implement fast test mode")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
iptables-test.py | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/iptables-test.py b/iptables-test.py
index 413e3fdccc9e3..141fec7b4ed16 100755
--- a/iptables-test.py
+++ b/iptables-test.py
@@ -241,10 +241,14 @@ STDERR_IS_TTY = sys.stderr.isatty()
def fast_run_possible(filename):
'''
- Keep things simple, run only for simple test files:
+ Return true if fast test run is possible.
+
+ To keep things simple, run only for simple test files:
- no external commands
- no multiple tables
- no variant-specific results
+
+ :param filename: test file to inspect
'''
table = None
rulecount = 0
@@ -267,6 +271,9 @@ STDERR_IS_TTY = sys.stderr.isatty()
'''
Run a test file, but fast
+ Add all non-failing rules at once by use of iptables-restore, then check
+ all rules' listing at once by use of iptables-save.
+
:param filename: name of the file with the test rules
:param netns: network namespace to perform test run in
'''
--
2.47.0
