2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/__init__.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/__init__.py
index ded7102df18a..b6d498d125fe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from .consts import KSRC
 from .ksft import *
+from .netns import NetNS
 from .nsim import *
 from .utils import *
 from .ynl import NlError, YnlFamily, EthtoolFamily, NetdevFamily, RtnlFamily
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/netns.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/netns.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecff85f9074f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/netns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+from .utils import ip
+import random
+import string
+
+
+class NetNS:
+    def __init__(self, name=None):
+        if name:
+            self.name = name
+        else:
+            self.name = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(8))
+        ip('netns add ' + self.name)
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        if self.name:
+            ip('netns del ' + self.name)
+            self.name = None
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, ex_type, ex_value, ex_tb):
+        self.__del__()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"NetNS({self.name})"