Re: [PATCH] tests/functional/ppc: skip remote interrupts test if -net user not built

[Thomas Huth]

On 24/07/2026 10.54, Shivang Upadhyay wrote:
While running remote interrupts test, without libslirp-devel installed,
facing the following panic logs.
   File
     ...
     raise VMLaunchFailure(
     ...<3 lines>...
     ) from exc
     ...
         Output: qemu-system-ppc64: -netdev user,id=net0: network backend
'user' is not compiled into this binary

Skipping the test if vm fails to launch.

Signed-off-by: Shivang Upadhyay <shiva...@linux.ibm.com>
---
  tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py | 8 +++++++-
  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py 
b/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
index bac2017e18..73ba4e7221 100755
--- a/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
+++ b/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern
  from qemu_test import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
  
+from qemu.machine.machine import VMLaunchFailure
+
  class PowernvMachine(LinuxKernelTest):
  
      timeout = 90
@@ -112,7 +114,11 @@ def test_linux_remote_interrupts(self):
              f'file={rootfs_path},format=raw,if=none,id=drive0,readonly=on',
              '-append', 'root=/dev/nvme0n1 console=hvc0',
              '-device', 'nvme,drive=drive0,bus=pcie.2,addr=0x0,serial=1234')
-        self.vm.launch()
+        try:
+            self.vm.launch()
+        except VMLaunchFailure:
+            # Maybe not compiled with netuser backend
+            self.skipTest(f'Could not find -net user')
  
          # Wait for boot to complete
          console_pattern = 'CPU maps initialized for 1 thread per core'

Please use self.require_netdev('user') instead, like it is already done in 
other tests.

 Thanks,
   Thomas