Hi,
Since python3.11 mocks can no longer be provided as the specs for other Mocks. As a 
result, an already-mocked object cannot be passed to mock.Mock(). This 
can uncover bugs in tests since these Mock-derived Mocks will always 
pass certain tests (e.g. isinstance) and built-in assert functions (e.g. 
assert_called_once_with) will unconditionally pass.[1]
There's a bug report to track this issue in Cinder [2] but I think this may affect other projects too. 
I've reproduce the error and most drivers fail with:
```
unittest.mock.InvalidSpecError: Cannot spec a Mock object. [object=<Mock name='mock.client.HPE3ParClient' id='139657768087760'>]
```
Cheers,
Sofia
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          Sofía Enriquez
        
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          Red Hat PnT
        
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