Re: [LTP] [RFC PATCH] network: Remove outdated DNS stress tests

Petr Vorel <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:27:28 +0200
Newsgroups it.linux.lists.ltp
Message-ID <20260803122728.GA242002@pevik>
Hi Avinesh,

> These tests start a local named server and run $NS_TIMES
> (default: 10) dig queries from the remote host, forward and reverse.
> The check is that the first and last query return NOERROR with one
> answer record, and that no dig call in between exited non-zero.
> They are also broken: dns-stress02-rmt.sh passes 'dig -n' for ipv6,
> an option removed from bind long ago. dig prints "dig: -n removed",
> sends no query and exits 0.
> Remove these old broken tests based on legacy shell API.

Thanks, I always wanted to delete them.

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <[email protected]>

> Follow-up: 99c0b167d ("network: Remove outdated TCP stress tests")

...
> +++ b/runtest/net_stress.appl
> @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@

> -# Stress test for major application protocol (ssh, dns, http, ftp)
> +# Stress test for major application protocol (ssh, http, ftp)


>  ssh4-stress ssh-stress.sh
>  ssh6-stress ssh-stress.sh -6

FYI removal of SSH stress tests ...

> -dns4-stress dns-stress.sh
> -dns6-stress dns-stress.sh -6
> -
>  http4-stress http-stress.sh
>  http6-stress http-stress.sh -6

... and HTTP stress tests is blocked by

https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/issues/1207

Kind regards,
Petr

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