Tests: Raise exception, don't raise string.

This was deprecated ~ python 2.4, and causes a TypeError as sideEffect.

>>> raise "foo"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: exceptions must derive from BaseException

Change-Id: I4117b6d60ae896eaa1ef2a73a323d8d241f8c3a7
Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>

4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_geneve.py b/test/test_geneve.py
index ebe95a0f1a0..4d6e3f5932a 100644
--- a/test/test_geneve.py
+++ b/test/test_geneve.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TestGeneve(BridgeDomain, VppTestCase):
                 remote_address=cls.mcast_ip4n, mcast_sw_if_index=1,
                 is_add=is_add, vni=vni)
             if r.sw_if_index == 0xffffffff:
-                raise "bad sw_if_index"
+                raise ValueError("bad sw_if_index: ~0")
 
     @classmethod
     def add_shared_mcast_dst_load(cls):
diff --git a/test/test_gtpu.py b/test/test_gtpu.py
index f5b1089757e..4b776285766 100644
--- a/test/test_gtpu.py
+++ b/test/test_gtpu.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class TestGtpu(BridgeDomain, VppTestCase):
                 teid=teid,
                 is_add=is_add)
             if r.sw_if_index == 0xffffffff:
-                raise "bad sw_if_index"
+                raise ValueError("bad sw_if_index: ~0")
 
     @classmethod
     def add_shared_mcast_dst_load(cls):
diff --git a/test/test_vxlan.py b/test/test_vxlan.py
index 7e3ea50c2e4..5ded725abf6 100644
--- a/test/test_vxlan.py
+++ b/test/test_vxlan.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class TestVxlan(BridgeDomain, VppTestCase):
                                               mcast_sw_if_index=1,
                                               is_add=is_add, vni=vni)
             if r.sw_if_index == 0xffffffff:
-                raise "bad sw_if_index"
+                raise ValueError("bad sw_if_index: ~0")
 
     @classmethod
     def add_shared_mcast_dst_load(cls):
diff --git a/test/test_vxlan_gpe.py b/test/test_vxlan_gpe.py
index 6ee33d59c9e..36661a9c1fa 100644
--- a/test/test_vxlan_gpe.py
+++ b/test/test_vxlan_gpe.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TestVxlanGpe(BridgeDomain, VppTestCase):
                 vni=vni,
                 is_add=is_add)
             if r.sw_if_index == 0xffffffff:
-                raise "bad sw_if_index"
+                raise ValueError("bad sw_if_index: ~0")
 
     @classmethod
     def add_shared_mcast_dst_load(cls):