From: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: aconole@redhat.com, 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, Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] selftests: openvswitch: add dec_ttl action support and test
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 17:27:47 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514092747.3653656-1-houminxi@gmail.com> (raw)
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("):]
+ 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 = (
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 9:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 9:27 Minxi Hou [this message]
2026-05-14 13:48 ` [PATCH net-next] selftests: openvswitch: add dec_ttl action support and test Aaron Conole
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