[PATCH] test/tap: skip test if tap vdev not available

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Mar 18 04:38:56 CET 2026


If tap can not be created, mark test as SKIPPED not FAILED.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 app/test/test_pmd_tap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_pmd_tap.c b/app/test/test_pmd_tap.c
index 482c70b3f6..dabd7d3506 100644
--- a/app/test/test_pmd_tap.c
+++ b/app/test/test_pmd_tap.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ test_tap_setup(void)
 		       rte_strerror(-ret));
 		rte_mempool_free(mp);
 		mp = NULL;
-		return -1;
+		return TEST_SKIPPED;
 	}
 
 	/* Create second TAP device */
-- 
2.53.0



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