[PATCH net-next v15 08/12] selftests/vsock: use ss to wait for listeners instead of /proc/net

Bobby Eshleman
2026-01-16T21:29:12Z

Replace /proc/net parsing with ss(8) for detecting listening sockets in
wait_for_listener() functions and add support for TCP, VSOCK, and Unix
socket protocols.

The previous implementation parsed /proc/net/tcp using awk to detect
listening sockets, but this approach could not support vsock because
vsock does not export socket information to /proc/net/.

Instead, use ss so that we can detect listeners on tcp, vsock, and unix.

The protocol parameter is now required for all wait_for_listener family
functions (wait_for_listener, vm_wait_for_listener,
host_wait_for_listener) to explicitly specify which socket type to wait
for.

ss is added to the dependency check in check_deps().

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
index 4b5929ffc9eb..0e681d4c3a15 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ check_args() {
}

check_deps() {
- for dep in vng ${QEMU} busybox pkill ssh; do
+ for dep in vng ${QEMU} busybox pkill ssh ss; do
if [[ ! -x $(command -v "${dep}") ]]; then
echo -e "skip: dependency ${dep} not found!\n"
exit "${KSFT_SKIP}"
@@ -337,21 +337,32 @@ wait_for_listener()
local port=$1
local interval=$2
local max_intervals=$3
- local protocol=tcp
- local pattern
+ local protocol=$4
local i

- pattern=":$(printf "%04X" "${port}") "
-
- # for tcp protocol additionally check the socket state
- [ "${protocol}" = "tcp" ] && pattern="${pattern}0A"
-
for i in $(seq "${max_intervals}"); do
- if awk -v pattern="${pattern}" \
- 'BEGIN {rc=1} $2" "$4 ~ pattern {rc=0} END {exit rc}' \
- /proc/net/"${protocol}"*; then
+ case "${protocol}" in
+ tcp)
+ if ss --listening --tcp --numeric | grep -q ":${port} "; then
+ break
+ fi
+ ;;
+ vsock)
+ if ss --listening --vsock --numeric | grep -q ":${port} "; then
+ break
+ fi
+ ;;
+ unix)
+ # For unix sockets, port is actually the socket path
+ if ss --listening --unix | grep -q "${port}"; then
+ break
+ fi
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "Unknown protocol: ${protocol}" >&2
break
- fi
+ ;;
+ esac
sleep "${interval}"
done
}
@@ -359,23 +370,25 @@ wait_for_listener()
vm_wait_for_listener() {
local ns=$1
local port=$2
+ local protocol=$3

vm_ssh "${ns}" <<EOF
$(declare -f wait_for_listener)
-wait_for_listener ${port} ${WAIT_PERIOD} ${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX}
+wait_for_listener ${port} ${WAIT_PERIOD} ${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX} ${protocol}
EOF
}

host_wait_for_listener() {
local ns=$1
local port=$2
+ local protocol=$3

if [[ "${ns}" == "init_ns" ]]; then
- wait_for_listener "${port}" "${WAIT_PERIOD}" "${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX}"
+ wait_for_listener "${port}" "${WAIT_PERIOD}" "${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX}" "${protocol}"
else
ip netns exec "${ns}" bash <<-EOF
$(declare -f wait_for_listener)
- wait_for_listener ${port} ${WAIT_PERIOD} ${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX}
+ wait_for_listener ${port} ${WAIT_PERIOD} ${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX} ${protocol}
EOF
fi
}
@@ -422,7 +435,7 @@ vm_vsock_test() {
return $rc
fi

- vm_wait_for_listener "${ns}" "${port}"
+ vm_wait_for_listener "${ns}" "${port}" "tcp"
rc=$?
fi
set +o pipefail
@@ -463,7 +476,7 @@ host_vsock_test() {
return $rc
fi

- host_wait_for_listener "${ns}" "${port}"
+ host_wait_for_listener "${ns}" "${port}" "tcp"
rc=$?
fi
set +o pipefail

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