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From: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
To: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org,  davem@davemloft.net,
	 echaudro@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com,  horms@kernel.org,
	 i.maximets@ovn.org, kuba@kernel.org,  pabeni@redhat.com,
	 shuah@kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org,  i.maximets@redhat.com,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Eric Garver <eric@garver.life>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: openvswitch: add dec_ttl action support and test
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 09:48:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7tecjeqezk.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514092747.3653656-1-houminxi@gmail.com> (Minxi Hou's message of "Thu, 14 May 2026 17:27:47 +0800")

Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com> writes:

> Add dec_ttl action support to the OVS kernel datapath selftest
> framework:
>
>   - Add DecTtl nested NLA class to ovs-dpctl.py with proper
>     OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION sub-attribute handling
>   - Add parse support for dec_ttl(<inner_actions>) action string
>     following the same pattern as clone()
>   - Add dpstr output formatting for dec_ttl actions
>   - Add test_dec_ttl() to openvswitch.sh that verifies:
>     * Normal TTL packets are forwarded after decrement
>     * TTL=1 packets are dropped (TTL expiry)
>     * Graceful skip via ksft_skip if kernel lacks dec_ttl support
>
> The DecTtl class uses late-binding type resolution to reference
> ovsactions for its inner action list, avoiding circular references
> at class definition time.
>
> Tested with vng on x86_64, all OVS selftests pass.
>
> Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
> ---
>  .../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh  | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py    | 39 ++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> index 3cdd953f6813..200c36c4d7bf 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ tests="
>  	tunnel_metadata				ovs: test extraction of tunnel metadata
>  	tunnel_refcount				ovs: test tunnel vport reference cleanup
>  	drop_reason				drop: test drop reasons are emitted
> +	dec_ttl					ttl: dec_ttl action decrements IP TTL
>  	psample					psample: Sampling packets with psample"
>  
>  info() {
> @@ -244,6 +245,60 @@ usage() {
>  }
>  
>  
> +test_dec_ttl() {
> +	sbx_add "test_dec_ttl" || return $?
> +	ovs_add_dp "test_dec_ttl" decttl || return 1
> +
> +	info "create namespaces"
> +	for ns in client server; do
> +		ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_dec_ttl" "decttl" "$ns" \
> +			"${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
> +	done
> +
> +	ip netns exec client ip addr add 10.0.0.1/24 dev c1
> +	ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
> +	ip netns exec server ip addr add 10.0.0.2/24 dev s1
> +	ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
> +
> +	# Probe: check if kernel supports dec_ttl action.
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_dec_ttl" decttl \
> +		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' \
> +		'dec_ttl()' &>/dev/null
> +	if [ $? == 1 ]; then
> +		info "no support for dec_ttl - skipping"
> +		ovs_exit_sig
> +		return $ksft_skip
> +	fi
> +
> +	ovs_del_flows "test_dec_ttl" decttl
> +
> +	# ARP flows (bidirectional)
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_dec_ttl" decttl \
> +		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_dec_ttl" decttl \
> +		'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
> +
> +	# IP flows with dec_ttl action
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_dec_ttl" decttl \
> +		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' \
> +		'dec_ttl(),2' || return 1
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_dec_ttl" decttl \
> +		'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' \
> +		'dec_ttl(),1' || return 1
> +
> +	info "verify connectivity with dec_ttl"
> +	ovs_sbx "test_dec_ttl" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
> +		10.0.0.2 || return 1
> +
> +	info "verify TTL=1 is dropped by dec_ttl"
> +	ovs_sbx "test_dec_ttl" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
> +		-t 1 10.0.0.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 \
> +		&& { info "FAIL: ping should fail with TTL=1 and dec_ttl"
> +		     return 1; }
> +
> +	return 0
> +}
> +
>  # psample test
>  # - use psample to observe packets
>  test_psample() {
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
> index bbe35e2718d2..a73ca98d7aef 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
> @@ -388,11 +388,19 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
>          ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE", "recursive"),
>          ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CHECK_PKT_LEN", "none"),
>          ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS", "none"),
> -        ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL", "none"),
> +        ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL", "DecTtl"),
>          ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP", "uint32"),
>          ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE", "psample"),
>      )
>  
> +    class DecTtl(nla):
> +        nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
> +
> +        nla_map = (
> +            ("OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_UNSPEC", "none"),
> +            ("OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION", "actions"),
> +        )
> +
>      class psample(nla):
>          nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
>  
> @@ -632,6 +640,13 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
>                  print_str += "ct_clear"
>              elif field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_VLAN":
>                  print_str += "pop_vlan"
> +            elif field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL":
> +                datum = self.get_attr(field[0])
> +                print_str += "dec_ttl("
> +                subacts = datum.get_attr("OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION")
> +                if subacts and subacts.get("attrs"):
> +                    print_str += subacts.dpstr(more)
> +                print_str += ")"
>              elif field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_ETH":
>                  print_str += "pop_eth"
>              elif field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_NSH":
> @@ -725,7 +740,21 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
>                      actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
>                      parsed = True
>  
> -            if parse_starts_block(actstr, "clone(", False):
> +            if parse_starts_block(actstr, "dec_ttl(", False):
> +                parencount += 1
> +                subacts = ovsactions()
> +                actstr = actstr[len("dec_ttl("):]

It looks like in odp-util.c the dec_ttl block has a defined le_1(...)
format for the TTL value being less-than-or-equal-to-1.  I've CC'd Eric
since he added that parsing block.

I think it makes sense to keep that consistent with the existing ODP
utils.

> +                parsedLen = subacts.parse(actstr)
> +                decttl = ovsactions.DecTtl()
> +                decttl["attrs"].append(
> +                    ("OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION", subacts)
> +                )
> +                self["attrs"].append(
> +                    ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL", decttl)
> +                )
> +                actstr = actstr[parsedLen:]
> +                parsed = True
> +            elif parse_starts_block(actstr, "clone(", False):
>                  parencount += 1
>                  subacts = ovsactions()
>                  actstr = actstr[len("clone("):]
> @@ -896,6 +925,12 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
>          return (totallen - len(actstr))
>  
>  
> +# pyroute2 resolves nla_map types via getattr(self, name).
> +# DecTtl needs "actions" to resolve to ovsactions, but
> +# ovsactions is not defined when DecTtl class body runs.
> +ovsactions.DecTtl.actions = ovsactions
> +
> +
>  class ovskey(nla):
>      nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
>      nla_map = (


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-14 13:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-14  9:27 [PATCH net-next] selftests: openvswitch: add dec_ttl action support and test Minxi Hou
2026-05-14 13:48 ` Aaron Conole [this message]
2026-05-14 14:12   ` Minxi Hou

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