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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ modules that can be used to test the following notifiers.
* PM notifier
* Memory hotplug notifier
* powerpc pSeries reconfig notifier
+ * Netdevice notifier
CPU notifier error injection module
-----------------------------------
@@ -87,6 +88,30 @@ Possible pSeries reconfig notifier events to be failed are:
* PSERIES_DRCONF_MEM_ADD
* PSERIES_DRCONF_MEM_REMOVE
+Netdevice notifier error injection module
+----------------------------------------------
+This feature is controlled through debugfs interface
+/sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/netdev/actions/<notifier event>/error
+
+Netdevice notifier events which can be failed are:
+
+ * NETDEV_REGISTER
+ * NETDEV_CHANGEMTU
+ * NETDEV_CHANGENAME
+ * NETDEV_PRE_UP
+ * NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE
+ * NETDEV_POST_INIT
+ * NETDEV_PRECHANGEMTU
+ * NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER
+ * NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER
+
+Example: Inject netdevice mtu change error (-22 == -EINVAL)
+
+ # cd /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/netdev
+ # echo -22 > actions/NETDEV_CHANGEMTU/error
+ # ip link set eth0 mtu 1024
+ RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
+
For more usage examples
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There are tools/testing/selftests using the notifier error injection features