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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
index 1cdc8e6d6b60..cb40ecef9456 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ class cmd:
"""
Execute a command on local or remote host.
+ @shell defaults to false, and class will try to split @comm into a list
+ if it's a string with spaces.
+
Use bkg() instead to run a command in the background.
"""
- def __init__(self, comm, shell=True, fail=True, ns=None, background=False,
+ def __init__(self, comm, shell=None, fail=True, ns=None, background=False,
host=None, timeout=5, ksft_wait=None):
if ns:
comm = f'ip netns exec {ns} ' + comm
@@ -42,6 +45,10 @@ class cmd:
if host:
self.proc = host.cmd(comm)
else:
+ # If user doesn't explicitly request shell try to avoid it.
+ if shell is None and isinstance(comm, str) and ' ' in comm:
+ comm = comm.split()
+
# ksft_wait lets us wait for the background process to fully start,
# we pass an FD to the child process, and wait for it to write back.
# Similarly term_fd tells child it's time to exit.
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ class bkg(cmd):
with bkg("my_binary", ksft_wait=5):
"""
- def __init__(self, comm, shell=True, fail=None, ns=None, host=None,
+ def __init__(self, comm, shell=None, fail=None, ns=None, host=None,
exit_wait=False, ksft_wait=None):
super().__init__(comm, background=True,
shell=shell, fail=fail, ns=ns, host=host,