[LTP] [PATCH] network/perf_lan: remove the test

[Alexey Kodanev]

Hi,
On 06/22/2016 05:45 PM, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> Hi!
>> * Test does what 'ping -p' command can do (can be added to tcp_cmds/ping);
>> * It needs cleanup/fixing and IPv6 version is disabled right now;
>> * ck_packet() is wrongly setting data buffer pointer, assuming that
>>    the sender added timestamp but it didn't. Actually timestamp was
>>    removed in the packet sending code but not in the receiving one
>>    (patch ef77253);
>> * Also test always passes, even if packet data is not correct, because
>>    ck_packet() always returns 0, so it doesn't really check packets.
> The test really seems to be recreating in C what could be done with ping
> albeit it seems to send count packets as fast as possible, as far as I
> can tell it does someting equivalent to:
>
> "ping -c $count -f -s $packetsize -p 00010203..."
>
> Also looking closer the $count is wired to 1, so the -f does not have
> any effect.
>
> I guess that the ping01 covers more or less the same and adding more
> functionality to it is much easier than fixing the mess called perf_lan.

Right. I've pushed the patch.

Thanks,
Alexey

> In short, the removal is acked.
>