Run PTF tests under different kernel versions #3535
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This PR allows to run PTF-ebpf tests on different kernel versions using public GitHub runners.
Why this PR is needed:
Because GitHub runners do not support KVM acceleration and tests last long (2-3h, see example workflow run in my fork), with @osinstom we made following decisions:
cron
. When tests fails this would require more investigation to debug, but current work flow is not changed nor extended in time.This PR doesn't provide script to run these tests locally, because they heavily use virtual machines. If anybody wants run test locally on a specified kernel it is recommended to just install that kernel on his/her machine and boot into it to run tests.
Example use would be during resolving issue #3453, where changes in the latest kernel cause problems for
psabpf-ctl
(we will rename it intonikss-ctl
) with adding a new inner maps to an outer map.