[PATCH net-next v2 0/7] selftests: net: groundwork for YNL-based tests

Jakub Kicinski
2024-04-03T02:34:32Z

Currently the options for writing networking tests are C, bash or
some mix of the two. YAML/Netlink gives us the ability to easily
interface with Netlink in higher level laguages. In particular,
there is a Python library already available in tree, under tools/net.
Add the scaffolding which allows writing tests using this library.

The "scaffolding" is needed because the library lives under
tools/net and uses YAML files from under Documentation/.
So we need a small amount of glue code to find those things
and add them to TEST_FILES.

This series adds both a basic SW sanity test and driver
test which can be run against netdevsim or a real device.
When I develop core code I usually test with netdevsim,
then a real device, and then a backport to Meta's kernel.
Because of the lack of integration, until now I had
to throw away the (YNL-based) test script and netdevsim code.

Running tests in tree directly:

$ ./tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py
KTAP version 1
1..2
ok 1 nl_netdev.empty_check
ok 2 nl_netdev.lo_check
# Totals: pass:2 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0

in tree via make:

$ make -C tools/testing/selftests/ TARGETS=net \
TEST_PROGS=nl_netdev.py TEST_GEN_PROGS="" run_tests
[ ... ]

and installed externally, all seem to work:

$ make -C tools/testing/selftests/ TARGETS=net \
install INSTALL_PATH=/tmp/ksft-net
$ /tmp/ksft-net/run_kselftest.sh -t net:nl_netdev.py
[ ... ]

For driver tests I followed the lead of net/forwarding and
get the device name from env and/or a config file.

v2: (see patches for minor changes)
- don't add to TARGETS, create a deperate variable with deps
- support and use with
- support and use passing arguments to tests
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240402010520.1209517-1-kuba@kernel.org/

Jakub Kicinski (7):
netlink: specs: define ethtool header flags
tools: ynl: copy netlink error to NlError
selftests: net: add scaffolding for Netlink tests in Python
selftests: nl_netdev: add a trivial Netlink netdev test
netdevsim: report stats by default, like a real device
selftests: drivers: add scaffolding for Netlink tests in Python
testing: net-drv: add a driver test for stats reporting

Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml | 6 +
drivers/net/netdevsim/ethtool.c | 11 ++
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 45 +++++++
tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py | 3 +-
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 10 +-
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile | 7 ++
.../testing/selftests/drivers/net/README.rst | 30 +++++
.../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py | 17 +++
.../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py | 52 ++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/stats.py | 86 +++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/Makefile | 8 ++
.../testing/selftests/net/lib/py/__init__.py | 7 ++
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/consts.py | 9 ++
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ksft.py | 96 ++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/nsim.py | 118 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py | 47 +++++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ynl.py | 49 ++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py | 24 ++++
19 files changed, 624 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/README.rst
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/env.py
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/stats.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/Makefile
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/__init__.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/consts.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ksft.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/nsim.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ynl.py
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py

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