From: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
To: aconole@redhat.com, echaudro@redhat.com, i.maximets@ovn.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, amorenoz@redhat.com,
Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] selftests/net/openvswitch: add flow modify test
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 20:42:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260605124222.963815-1-houminxi@gmail.com> (raw)
Add mod_flow() and the mod-flow CLI command to ovs-dpctl.py, exercising
OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET. Add test_flow_set which first modifies an existing
flow with new actions and verifies the change via traffic, then modifies
the same flow without actions and verifies the kernel handles the
no-actions case gracefully.
The no-actions path is unreachable from userspace OVS tools (dpctl
mod-flow requires actions) but reachable via raw netlink. This is the
code path where Adrian Moreno found a possible kfree_skb of ERR_PTR
when reply allocation fails after locking.
Make parse() skip OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS when actstr is None so the
kernel enters the post-lock allocation branch in ovs_flow_cmd_set().
Suggested-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
---
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 72 +++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py | 39 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index a415e9dec8cd..71190bc662f9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ tests="
drop_reason drop: test drop reasons are emitted
pop_vlan vlan: POP_VLAN action strips tag
dec_ttl ttl: dec_ttl decrements IP TTL
+ flow_set flow-set: Flow modify
psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
info() {
@@ -193,6 +194,23 @@ ovs_add_flow () {
return 0
}
+ovs_mod_flow () {
+ if [ -n "$4" ]; then
+ info "Modifying flow: sbx:$1 br:$2 flow:$3 act:$4"
+ ovs_sbx "$1" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py \
+ mod-flow "$2" "$3" "$4"
+ else
+ info "Modifying flow (no actions): sbx:$1 br:$2 flow:$3"
+ ovs_sbx "$1" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py \
+ mod-flow "$2" "$3"
+ fi
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ info "Flow modify [ $3 ] failed"
+ return 1
+ fi
+ return 0
+}
+
ovs_del_flows () {
info "Deleting all flows from DP: sbx:$1 br:$2"
ovs_sbx "$1" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py del-flows "$2"
@@ -300,6 +318,60 @@ test_dec_ttl() {
return 0
}
+test_flow_set() {
+ sbx_add "test_flow_set" || return $?
+ ovs_add_dp "test_flow_set" flowset || return 1
+
+ info "create namespaces"
+ for ns in client server; do
+ ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_flow_set" "flowset" "$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
+
+ ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
+
+ local fwd_flow="ufid:00000001-0002-0003-0004-000500060007"
+ fwd_flow="$fwd_flow,in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()"
+
+ ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset "$fwd_flow" '2' \
+ || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' '1' || return 1
+
+ info "verify initial forwarding"
+ ovs_sbx "test_flow_set" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
+ 10.0.0.2 || return 1
+
+ info "mod-flow with new actions (change to drop)"
+ ovs_mod_flow "test_flow_set" flowset "$fwd_flow" 'drop' \
+ || return 1
+
+ info "verify traffic is now dropped"
+ ovs_sbx "test_flow_set" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
+ 10.0.0.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+ && { info "FAIL: ping should fail after mod-flow to drop"
+ return 1; }
+
+ info "mod-flow without actions"
+ ovs_mod_flow "test_flow_set" flowset "$fwd_flow" || return 1
+
+ info "verify drop actions unchanged"
+ ovs_sbx "test_flow_set" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
+ 10.0.0.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+ && { info "FAIL: ping should still fail after no-actions set"
+ 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 3342e295293d..9113473d425f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
@@ -2702,9 +2702,10 @@ class OvsFlow(GenericNetlinkSocket):
self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY", k])
self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK", m])
- a = ovsactions()
- a.parse(actstr)
- self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS", a])
+ if actstr is not None:
+ a = ovsactions()
+ a.parse(actstr)
+ self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS", a])
def __init__(self):
GenericNetlinkSocket.__init__(self)
@@ -2738,6 +2739,24 @@ class OvsFlow(GenericNetlinkSocket):
raise ne
return reply
+ def mod_flow(self, dpifindex, flowmsg):
+ flowmsg["cmd"] = OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET
+ flowmsg["version"] = OVS_DATAPATH_VERSION
+ flowmsg["reserved"] = 0
+ flowmsg["dpifindex"] = dpifindex
+
+ try:
+ reply = self.nlm_request(
+ flowmsg,
+ msg_type=self.prid,
+ msg_flags=NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK,
+ )
+ reply = reply[0]
+ except NetlinkError as ne:
+ print(flowmsg)
+ raise ne
+ return reply
+
def del_flows(self, dpifindex):
"""
Send a del message to the kernel that will drop all flows.
@@ -3013,6 +3032,12 @@ def main(argv):
addflcmd.add_argument("flow", help="Flow specification")
addflcmd.add_argument("acts", help="Flow actions")
+ modflcmd = subparsers.add_parser("mod-flow")
+ modflcmd.add_argument("modbr", help="Datapath name")
+ modflcmd.add_argument("modflow", help="Flow specification")
+ modflcmd.add_argument("modacts", help="Flow actions",
+ nargs="?", default=None)
+
delfscmd = subparsers.add_parser("del-flows")
delfscmd.add_argument("flsbr", help="Datapath name")
@@ -3110,6 +3135,14 @@ def main(argv):
flow = OvsFlow.ovs_flow_msg()
flow.parse(args.flow, args.acts, rep["dpifindex"])
ovsflow.add_flow(rep["dpifindex"], flow)
+ elif hasattr(args, "modbr"):
+ rep = ovsdp.info(args.modbr, 0)
+ if rep is None:
+ print("DP '%s' not found." % args.modbr)
+ return 1
+ flow = OvsFlow.ovs_flow_msg()
+ flow.parse(args.modflow, args.modacts, rep["dpifindex"])
+ ovsflow.mod_flow(rep["dpifindex"], flow)
elif hasattr(args, "flsbr"):
rep = ovsdp.info(args.flsbr, 0)
if rep is None:
--
2.54.0
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