Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] selftests: drv-net: devmem: remove sudo from system() calls

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 04:13:31PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

The general expectations for network HW selftests is that they will be run as root. sudo doesn't seem to work on NIPA VMs. While it's probably something solvable in the setup I think we should remove the sudos. devmem is the only networking test using sudo.

FWIW, it looks like:

virtio_net/virtio_net_common.sh

is also using sudo... that said in general I agree on removing the sudos, so:

Reviewed-by: Joe Damato joe@dama.to