From: Narcisa Vasile <narcisav.kernel@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, daniel.zahka@gmail.com,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>,
Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com>
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
narcisav.kernel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: add BIG TCP coverage to TSO test
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:11:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921201145.49875-1-narcisav.kernel@gmail.com> (raw)
Add IPv4 and IPv6 test cases that exercise GSO packets under BIG TCP
size limits.
1..2
ok 1 tso.big_tcp_ipv4
ok 2 tso.big_tcp_ipv6
Both of them run the existing tx-tcp-segmentation
and tx-tcp6-segmentation tests at the increased TSO maximum.
Additionally, reserve a hugepage and transmit its content using
MSG_ZEROCOPY to produce skb fragments larger than 65536.
Check that the number of retransmissions represents a small
percentage of the total packets sent. Record the number of drops
before and after the send to catch issues with large frag
handling during segmentation.
Signed-off-by: Narcisa Vasile <narcisav.kernel@gmail.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py | 161 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 161 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py
index 67f6c9ca9a64..176ddf97fabb 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/tso.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
"""A simple test for TSO."""
import fcntl
+import mmap
import socket
import struct
import termios
@@ -15,6 +16,87 @@ from lib.py import EthtoolFamily, NetdevFamily, NetDrvEpEnv
from lib.py import bkg, cmd, defer, ethtool, ip, rand_port, wait_port_listen
+MAP_HUGETLB = getattr(mmap, "MAP_HUGETLB", 0x40000)
+MSG_ZEROCOPY = getattr(socket, "MSG_ZEROCOPY", 0x4000000)
+SO_ZEROCOPY = getattr(socket, "SO_ZEROCOPY", 60)
+
+GSO_LEGACY_MAX_SIZE = 65536
+
+# Pool of the default hugepage size, the one /proc/meminfo reports on.
+NR_HUGEPAGES = "/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages"
+
+
+def default_huge_page_size():
+ """Return the hugepage size in bytes"""
+ try:
+ with open("/proc/meminfo", encoding="utf-8") as meminfo:
+ for line in meminfo:
+ if line.startswith("Hugepagesize:"):
+ return int(line.split()[1]) * 1024
+ except OSError:
+ pass
+
+ return 2 * 1024 * 1024
+
+
+def hugepages_free():
+ """Return the number of unused hugepages of the default size."""
+ try:
+ with open("/proc/meminfo", encoding="utf-8") as meminfo:
+ for line in meminfo:
+ if line.startswith("HugePages_Free:"):
+ return int(line.split()[1])
+ except OSError:
+ pass
+ return 0
+
+
+def set_nr_hugepages(count):
+ with open(NR_HUGEPAGES, "w", encoding="utf-8") as sysctl:
+ sysctl.write(f"{count}\n")
+
+
+def tx_dropped(ifname):
+ with open(f"/sys/class/net/{ifname}/statistics/tx_dropped",
+ encoding="utf-8") as counter:
+ return int(counter.read())
+
+
+def setup_hugepage():
+ """Reserve one hugepage, and put the pool back afterwards."""
+ if hugepages_free() >= 1:
+ return
+
+ try:
+ with open(NR_HUGEPAGES, encoding="utf-8") as sysctl:
+ old_count = int(sysctl.read())
+ set_nr_hugepages(old_count + 1)
+ except OSError as error:
+ raise KsftSkipEx(f"Unable to reserve a hugepage: {error}") from error
+
+ defer(set_nr_hugepages, old_count)
+
+ if hugepages_free() < 1:
+ raise KsftSkipEx("Unable to reserve a hugepage")
+
+
+def mmap_large_buffer():
+ """Allocate a buffer backed by one huge page."""
+ size = default_huge_page_size()
+
+ setup_hugepage()
+
+ try:
+ return mmap.mmap(-1, size,
+ flags=mmap.MAP_PRIVATE |
+ mmap.MAP_ANONYMOUS |
+ MAP_HUGETLB,
+ prot=mmap.PROT_READ)
+ except OSError as e:
+ raise KsftSkipEx(f"Unable to allocate a {size >> 20}MB hugepage "
+ f"buffer: {e}") from e
+
+
def sock_wait_drain(sock, max_wait=1000):
"""Wait for all pending write data on the socket to get ACKed."""
for _ in range(max_wait):
@@ -33,6 +115,32 @@ def tcp_sock_get_retrans(sock):
return struct.unpack("I", info[100:104])[0]
+def setup_big_tcp(cfg):
+ """Lift the GSO ceiling to what the device advertises for TSO."""
+ if cfg.dev["tso_max_size"] <= GSO_LEGACY_MAX_SIZE:
+ raise KsftSkipEx("Device does not support BIG TCP")
+
+ ip(f"link set dev {cfg.ifname} "
+ f"gso_max_size {cfg.dev['tso_max_size']} "
+ f"gso_ipv4_max_size {cfg.dev['tso_max_size']}")
+
+ defer(ip, f"link set dev {cfg.ifname} "
+ f"gso_max_size {cfg.dev['gso_max_size']} "
+ f"gso_ipv4_max_size {cfg.dev['gso_ipv4_max_size']}")
+
+
+def sock_send_zerocopy(sock):
+ """Send with MSG_ZEROCOPY, return the bytes queued."""
+ try:
+ sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, SO_ZEROCOPY, 1)
+ except OSError as e:
+ raise KsftSkipEx(f"SO_ZEROCOPY not supported: {e}") from e
+
+ with mmap_large_buffer() as tx_buf:
+ sock.sendall(tx_buf, MSG_ZEROCOPY)
+ return len(tx_buf)
+
+
def run_one_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6, should_lso):
cfg.require_cmd("socat", local=False, remote=True)
@@ -96,6 +204,46 @@ def run_one_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6, should_lso):
500, comment="Number of LSO wire-packets with LSO disabled")
+def run_big_tcp_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6):
+ """Send with MSG_ZEROCOPY out of a huge page, so the frags exceed 64kB."""
+ cfg.require_cmd("socat", local=False, remote=True)
+
+ # No clamping, as it would keep the frags under 64kB
+ port = rand_port()
+ listen_opts = f"{port},reuseport"
+ listen_cmd = f"socat -{ipver} -t 2 -u TCP-LISTEN:{listen_opts} /dev/null,ignoreeof"
+
+ with bkg(listen_cmd, host=cfg.remote, exit_wait=True):
+ wait_port_listen(port, host=cfg.remote)
+
+ if ipver == "4":
+ sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+ sock.connect((remote_v4, port))
+ else:
+ sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+ sock.connect((remote_v6, port))
+
+ # Small send to make sure the connection is working.
+ sock.send("ping".encode())
+ sock_wait_drain(sock)
+
+ retrans_old = tcp_sock_get_retrans(sock)
+ drops_old = tx_dropped(cfg.ifname)
+
+ sent = sock_send_zerocopy(sock)
+ sock_wait_drain(sock)
+
+ drops = tx_dropped(cfg.ifname) - drops_old
+ retrans = tcp_sock_get_retrans(sock) - retrans_old
+ sock.close()
+
+ ksft_eq(drops, 0, comment="Driver TX drops during BIG TCP send")
+
+ # Same best effort bound as the plain stream.
+ total_lso_wire = sent * 0.90 // cfg.dev["mtu"]
+ ksft_lt(retrans, total_lso_wire / 16)
+
+
def build_tunnel(cfg, outer_ipver, tun_info):
local_v4 = NetDrvEpEnv.nsim_v4_pfx + "1"
local_v6 = NetDrvEpEnv.nsim_v6_pfx + "1"
@@ -147,6 +295,11 @@ def test_builder(name, cfg, outer_ipver, feature, tun=None, inner_ipver=None):
if feature not in cfg.hw_features:
raise KsftSkipEx(f"Device does not support {feature}")
+ # Run non-tunnel test cases under the BIG TCP limits too.
+ big_tcp = "big_tcp" in name
+ if big_tcp:
+ setup_big_tcp(cfg)
+
ipver = outer_ipver
if tun:
remote_v4, remote_v6 = build_tunnel(cfg, ipver, tun)
@@ -159,6 +312,9 @@ def test_builder(name, cfg, outer_ipver, feature, tun=None, inner_ipver=None):
ethtool(f"-K {cfg.ifname} {feature} off")
run_one_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6, should_lso=False)
+ if big_tcp:
+ run_big_tcp_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6)
+
ethtool(f"-K {cfg.ifname} tx-gso-partial off")
ethtool(f"-K {cfg.ifname} tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation off")
if feature in cfg.partial_features:
@@ -171,6 +327,9 @@ def test_builder(name, cfg, outer_ipver, feature, tun=None, inner_ipver=None):
ethtool(f"-K {cfg.ifname} {feature} on")
run_one_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6, should_lso=True)
+ if big_tcp:
+ run_big_tcp_stream(cfg, ipver, remote_v4, remote_v6)
+
f.__name__ = name + ((outer_ipver + "_") if tun else "") + "ipv" + inner_ipver
return f
@@ -230,6 +389,8 @@ def main() -> None:
# name, v4/v6 ethtool_feature tun:(type, args, inner ip versions)
("", "4", "tx-tcp-segmentation", None),
("", "6", "tx-tcp6-segmentation", None),
+ ("big_tcp_", "4", "tx-tcp-segmentation", None),
+ ("big_tcp_", "6", "tx-tcp6-segmentation", None),
("vxlan", "4", "tx-udp_tnl-segmentation", ("vxlan", "id 100 dstport 4789 noudpcsum", ("4", "6"))),
("vxlan", "6", "tx-udp_tnl-segmentation", ("vxlan", "id 100 dstport 4789 udp6zerocsumtx udp6zerocsumrx", ("4", "6"))),
("vxlan_csum", "", "tx-udp_tnl-csum-segmentation", ("vxlan", "id 100 dstport 4789 udpcsum", ("4", "6"))),
--
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next reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 20:11 Narcisa Vasile [this message]
2026-09-23 20:23 ` [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: add BIG TCP coverage to TSO test Petr Vorel
2026-09-24 2:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-24 11:12 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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