* [PATCH net-next v3] selftests: openvswitch: add dec_ttl action support and test
@ 2026-05-27 8:06 Minxi Hou
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From: Minxi Hou @ 2026-05-27 8:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: aconole, davem, echaudro, edumazet, horms, i.maximets, kuba,
pabeni, shuah, dev, linux-kselftest, Minxi Hou
Add dec_ttl action support to the OVS kernel datapath selftest
framework:
- Add dec_ttl nested NLA class to ovs-dpctl.py with proper
OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION sub-attribute handling
- Add parse support for dec_ttl(le_1(<inner_actions>)) action
string, consistent with the odp-util.c format where le_1()
holds the actions taken when TTL reaches 1
- 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 dec_ttl class uses late-binding type resolution to reference
ovsactions for its inner action list, avoiding circular references
at class definition time.
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
---
v3: rename NLA class from DecTtl to dec_ttl (snake_case), consistent
with psample, push_vlan, ctact and other nested nla classes in
ovs-dpctl.py
v2: use dec_ttl(le_1(...)) format, consistent with odp-util.c
(suggested by Aaron Conole)
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py | 37 ++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index 8cd5b3d894ab..3f0e437c34bb 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ tests="
tunnel_refcount ovs: test tunnel vport reference cleanup
drop_reason drop: test drop reasons are emitted
pop_vlan vlan: POP_VLAN action strips tag
+ dec_ttl ttl: dec_ttl action decrements IP TTL
psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
info() {
@@ -245,6 +246,60 @@ 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(le_1())' &>/dev/null
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; 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(le_1()),2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_dec_ttl" decttl \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' \
+ 'dec_ttl(le_1()),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 3b6a26e265a4..be9e324be12a 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", "dec_ttl"),
("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP", "uint32"),
("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE", "psample"),
)
+ class dec_ttl(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
@@ -635,6 +643,13 @@ 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(le_1("
+ 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_PUSH_VLAN":
datum = self.get_attr(field[0])
tpid = datum["vlan_tpid"]
@@ -786,6 +801,20 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
actstr = actstr[paren + 1:]
parsed = True
+ elif parse_starts_block(actstr, "dec_ttl(le_1(", False):
+ parencount += 2
+ subacts = ovsactions()
+ actstr = actstr[len("dec_ttl(le_1("):]
+ parsedLen = subacts.parse(actstr)
+ decttl = ovsactions.dec_ttl()
+ 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()
@@ -957,6 +986,12 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
return (totallen - len(actstr))
+# pyroute2 resolves nla_map types via getattr(self, name).
+# dec_ttl needs "actions" to resolve to ovsactions, but
+# ovsactions is not defined when dec_ttl class body runs.
+ovsactions.dec_ttl.actions = ovsactions
+
+
class ovskey(nla):
nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
nla_map = (
--
2.54.0
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