From: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
To: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
dev@openvswitch.org, Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>,
Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] selftests: openvswitch: add pop_vlan test
Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 11:51:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7tlddzxjex.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260501133924.3100680-3-houminxi@gmail.com> (Minxi Hou's message of "Fri, 1 May 2026 21:39:23 +0800")
Hi Minxi,
Thanks for the test (and the support infra in 1/2). Questions below.
Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com> writes:
> Add a test for the OVS datapath POP_VLAN action. The test uses
> the VLAN sub-interface of a veth pair to generate 802.1Q tagged
> frames and verifies that pop_vlan correctly strips the VLAN tag
> before delivery via pcap frame capture.
>
> The test has two verifications:
> - Negative: forward tagged frames without pop_vlan, verify the
> VLAN tag is still present on the egress interface.
> - Positive: apply pop_vlan, verify the tag is removed and an
> untagged ICMP echo request arrives at the egress interface.
>
> Static ARP entries avoid the complexity of VLAN-tagged ARP
> resolution (the egress side has no VLAN sub-interface and cannot
> process tagged ARP).
>
> Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: rebase to latest net-next/main, drop --base=auto
>
> .../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 132 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> index b327d3061ed5..cd614ff7b740 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ tests="
> upcall_interfaces ovs: test the upcall interfaces
> tunnel_metadata ovs: test extraction of tunnel metadata
> drop_reason drop: test drop reasons are emitted
> + pop_vlan vlan-pop: POP_VLAN action strips 802.1Q tag
nit: The whitespace alignment above is slightly off.
> psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
>
> info() {
> @@ -830,6 +831,137 @@ test_tunnel_metadata() {
> return 0
> }
>
> +test_pop_vlan() {
> + modprobe -q openvswitch 2>/dev/null || true
> + [ -d /sys/module/openvswitch ] || return $ksft_skip
> + ip netns add __test_pop_vlan_netns__ 2>/dev/null || \
> + { info "CONFIG_NET_NS missing"; return $ksft_skip; }
> + ip netns del __test_pop_vlan_netns__ 2>/dev/null
Weird that this is here. All other tests would also not work if there
were no netns or OVS module. Why were these added?
> + modprobe -q 8021q 2>/dev/null || true
> + [ -d /sys/module/8021q ] || { info "CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q missing"; return $ksft_skip; }
> +
> + local sbx="test_pop_vlan"
> + sbx_add "$sbx" || return $ksft_skip
> + ovs_add_dp "$sbx" vlandp || return 1
> +
> + # --- baseline: untagged forwarding ---
> + ovs_add_netns_and_veths "$sbx" vlandp ns1 veth1 ns1veth 192.0.2.1/24 || return 1
> + ovs_add_netns_and_veths "$sbx" vlandp ns2 veth2 ns2veth 192.0.2.2/24 || return 1
> +
> + # ARP + IPv4 bidirectional (all untagged)
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' '2' || return 1
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' '1' || return 1
> + ip netns exec ns1 ping -c 3 -W 2 192.0.2.2 || return 1
> +
> + # --- POP_VLAN test ---
> + # Register cleanup before creating resources (safe on failure paths)
> + on_exit "ip -n ns1 link del ns1veth.10 2>/dev/null || true
> + ip -n ns2 addr del 198.51.100.2/24 dev ns2veth 2>/dev/null || true"
> +
> + # ns1: VLAN sub-interface generates tagged frames
> + ip -n ns1 link add link ns1veth name ns1veth.10 type vlan id 10
> + ip -n ns1 addr add 198.51.100.1/24 dev ns1veth.10
> + ip -n ns1 link set ns1veth.10 up
> +
> + # ns2: no VLAN sub-interface. POP delivers untagged frames to ns2veth
> + ip -n ns2 addr add 198.51.100.2/24 dev ns2veth
> +
> + # veth disable VLAN offload + GRO (ensure kernel software tag processing)
> + if command -v ethtool >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> + ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -k ns1veth 2>/dev/null | grep -q vlan-offload && \
> + ip netns exec ns1 ethtool -K ns1veth rx-vlan-offload off \
> + tx-vlan-offload off gro off 2>/dev/null || true
> + ip netns exec ns2 ethtool -k ns2veth 2>/dev/null | grep -q vlan-offload && \
> + ip netns exec ns2 ethtool -K ns2veth rx-vlan-offload off \
> + tx-vlan-offload off gro off 2>/dev/null || true
> + fi
> +
> + ovs_del_flows "$sbx" vlandp
> +
> + # Static ARP avoids VLAN-tagged ARP complexity (ns2 has no VLAN
> + # sub-interface, so tagged ARP would be invisible to ns2).
> + local ns1veth10mac ns2mac
> + ns1veth10mac=$(ip -n ns1 link show ns1veth.10 | \
> + awk '/link\/ether/ {print $2}')
> + ns2mac=$(ip -n ns2 link show ns2veth | \
> + awk '/link\/ether/ {print $2}')
> + [ -n "$ns1veth10mac" ] && echo "$ns1veth10mac" | \
> + grep -qE "^([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$" || return 1
> + [ -n "$ns2mac" ] && echo "$ns2mac" | \
> + grep -qE "^([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$" || return 1
> + ip -n ns1 neigh replace 198.51.100.2 lladdr "$ns2mac" \
> + dev ns1veth.10 nud permanent || return 1
> + ip -n ns2 neigh replace 198.51.100.1 lladdr "$ns1veth10mac" \
> + dev ns2veth nud permanent || return 1
> +
> + # --- Negative check: fwd without pop_vlan, VLAN tag stays ---
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x8100),vlan(vid=10),encap(eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=198.51.100.1,proto=1),icmp())' \
> + '2' || return 1
> +
> + local pcap_no_pop
> + pcap_no_pop=$(mktemp --suffix=.pcap)
> + on_exit "rm -f $pcap_no_pop"
> + ip netns exec ns2 tcpdump -nei ns2veth -w "$pcap_no_pop" -U &
> + local tpid_no_pop=$!
> + on_exit "kill $tpid_no_pop 2>/dev/null || true"
> + sleep $((WAIT_TIMEOUT / 5 < 2 ? 2 : WAIT_TIMEOUT / 5))
> +
We don't like to make extra files when not requested. For example, this
is making some pcap file but do we need it? We also have a specific
spawn function `ovs_netns_spawn_daemon` that should take care of
cleaning up at least the PID.
> + ip netns exec ns1 ping -I ns1veth.10 -c 3 -W 1 198.51.100.2 \
> + >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
> + kill $tpid_no_pop 2>/dev/null || true; wait $tpid_no_pop 2>/dev/null || true
> +
> + # assert: VLAN tag still present (no pop_vlan in action)
> + tcpdump -nr "$pcap_no_pop" 'vlan' 2>/dev/null | grep -q . || {
> + info "FAIL: negative check: no VLAN tag (expected tag present)"; return 1
> + }
> +
> + ovs_del_flows "$sbx" vlandp
> +
> + # --- Positive: pop_vlan strips tag ---
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x8100),vlan(vid=10),encap(eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=198.51.100.1,proto=1),icmp())' \
> + 'pop_vlan,2' || return 1
> + ovs_add_flow "$sbx" vlandp \
> + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' '1' || return 1
> +
> + local pcap
> + pcap=$(mktemp --suffix=.pcap)
> + on_exit "rm -f $pcap"
> + ip netns exec ns2 tcpdump -nei ns2veth -w "$pcap" -U &
> + local tpid=$!
> + on_exit "kill $tpid 2>/dev/null || true"
> + sleep $((WAIT_TIMEOUT / 5 < 2 ? 2 : WAIT_TIMEOUT / 5))
> +
> + # ping reply unreachable: ns1veth.10 only accepts tagged frames,
> + # ns2 sends untagged reply -> dropped by ns1veth.10.
> + local ping_rc=0
> + ip netns exec ns1 ping -I ns1veth.10 -c 3 -W 1 198.51.100.2 \
> + >/dev/null 2>&1 || ping_rc=$?
> + kill $tpid 2>/dev/null || true; wait $tpid 2>/dev/null || true
> +
> + # ping failure is expected (reply path asymmetric)
> + [ "$ping_rc" -ne 0 ] || \
> + info "NOTE: ping succeeded unexpectedly (reply reached ns1veth.10)"
> +
> + # assert: no VLAN tag (POP succeeded), untagged ICMP echo request arrived
> + tcpdump -nr "$pcap" 'vlan' 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && {
> + info "FAIL: POP_VLAN: VLAN tag still present"; return 1
> + }
> + tcpdump -nr "$pcap" 'icmp and icmp[icmptype]=8' \
> + 2>/dev/null | grep -q . || {
> + info "FAIL: POP_VLAN: no untagged ICMP echo request"; return 1
> + }
Do we really need these tcpdump checks? The ping commands above should
already capture when we are expecting tagged / untagged traffic.
> + return 0
> +}
> +
> run_test() {
> (
> tname="$1"
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[not found] <20260501133924.3100680-1-houminxi@gmail.com>
2026-05-01 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] selftests: openvswitch: add vlan() and encap() flow string parsing Minxi Hou
2026-05-04 15:43 ` Aaron Conole
2026-05-04 15:52 ` 侯敏熙
2026-05-01 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] selftests: openvswitch: add pop_vlan test Minxi Hou
2026-05-04 15:51 ` Aaron Conole [this message]
2026-05-04 16:14 ` 侯敏熙
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