From: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: aconole@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net, dev@openvswitch.org,
echaudro@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, horms@kernel.org,
i.maximets@ovn.org, i.maximets@redhat.com, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, shuah@kernel.org,
Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v10] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key support and test
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:16:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811181645.1918420-1-houminxi@gmail.com> (raw)
The ovskey flow-string parser has no OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP entry, so a
flow string containing sctp(src=.../dst=...) parses without error but
silently drops the L4 key. The resulting flow carries only
ipv4(proto=132), and the kernel rejects it: match_validate() in
flow_netlink.c requires OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP when the IP protocol is
IPPROTO_SCTP and returns -EINVAL for the missing key.
Register OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP in the parse table and add a matching
selftest that verifies SCTP flow key matching (sctp src/dst port).
One listener serves the whole test. socat's fork option handles each
association in a child, so the flow rules are the only thing that
changes between the three phases and the listener is never restarted
underneath them. -t 1 bounds how long a forked child lingers after
its association closes, and the existing kill -TERM of the captured
pid on teardown removes the listener itself.
Also enable CONFIG_IP_SCTP in the selftest kernel config. The config
checker strips underscores before comparing keys, so the entry sorts
before CONFIG_IPV6 rather than after it.
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
---
v10:
- drop the sctp() key probe. OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP is unconditional in
the kernel datapath (no kconfig gates it in flow_netlink.c), so
the probe only ever fired for a missing ovs-dpctl.py parse-table
entry and turned that regression into a skip: the same gap that
hid the v5 loss. A parse-table regression now fails the test
instead of skipping it (Jakub)
- drop setsid. The forked children exit when their association
closes, socat -t 1 bounds how long they linger, and the existing
kill -TERM of the captured pid removes the listener itself (Jakub)
- bound listener child lifetime with socat -t 1 (Jakub)
v9:
- one forking listener for the whole test instead of restarting it
between phases (Aaron)
- signal the daemon's process group on cleanup so the children a
forking listener leaves behind are reaped
- sort CONFIG_IP_SCTP the way the config checker compares keys
v8: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260731062655.4088575-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v7: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260729064549.3647518-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v6: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260724150624.3457427-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260723084203.3483560-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260719162657.3263089-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260715015446.530018-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260707034718.2717982-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260702090908.1253688-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
---
.../testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config | 1 +
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 90 +++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py | 5 ++
3 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
index 05ca6affb510..a825e0b5c88e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
CONFIG_GENEVE=m
CONFIG_INET_DIAG=y
+CONFIG_IP_SCTP=y
CONFIG_IPV6=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index f63001dc2510..a31f7fb6882d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ tests="
action_set set: SET action rewrites fields
trunc trunc: output truncation
icmpv6 icmpv6: ICMPv6 echo type match
+ sctp_connect_v4 sctp: SCTP flow key matching
psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
info() {
@@ -610,6 +611,95 @@ test_icmpv6() {
return 0
}
+# Check for an SCTP endpoint via /proc, which works without sctp_diag.
+sctp_eps_has() {
+ ip netns exec "$1" awk -v p="$2" '$6==p' /proc/net/sctp/eps | grep -q .
+}
+
+# sctp_connect_v4 test
+# - sctp(dst=4443) matches client-to-server INIT
+# - sctp(src=4443) matches server-to-client INIT-ACK
+# - remove flows and verify connection fails, reinstall and recover
+test_sctp_connect_v4() {
+ local t="test_sctp_connect_v4"
+ local srv_ip=172.31.110.20
+
+ modprobe -q sctp 2>/dev/null || return "$ksft_skip"
+ socat -V 2>&1 | grep -q "define WITH_SCTP" || return "$ksft_skip"
+
+ sbx_add "$t" || return $?
+ ovs_add_dp "$t" sctp4 || return 1
+
+ info "create namespaces"
+ for ns in client server; do
+ ovs_add_netns_and_veths "$t" "sctp4" "$ns" \
+ "${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
+ done
+
+ ip netns exec client ip addr add 172.31.110.10/24 dev c1
+ ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
+ ip netns exec server ip addr add "${srv_ip}/24" dev s1
+ ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
+
+ # ARP forwarding
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ # SCTP port matching: dst for request, src for reply
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)' \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(src=4443)' \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ # The listener forks a child per association, so one instance serves
+ # the whole test and the flows stay the only variable. -t 1 bounds
+ # how long a child lingers after its association closes.
+ ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "$t" "server" \
+ socat -u -t 1 SCTP4-LISTEN:4443,fork STDOUT
+ ovs_wait sctp_eps_has server 4443 || return 1
+
+ info "verify SCTP association with port-keyed flows"
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:${srv_ip}:4443" </dev/null \
+ || return 1
+
+ ovs_del_flows "$t" sctp4
+
+ info "verify connection fails without flows"
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:${srv_ip}:4443" </dev/null \
+ >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+ && { info "connection should fail without flows"
+ return 1; }
+
+ info "reinstall flows and verify recovery"
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)' \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(src=4443)' \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:${srv_ip}:4443" </dev/null \
+ || 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 3ece07d47281..1615843c225e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
@@ -1984,6 +1984,11 @@ class ovskey(nla):
"udp",
ovskey.ovs_key_udp,
),
+ (
+ "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP",
+ "sctp",
+ ovskey.ovs_key_sctp,
+ ),
(
"OVS_KEY_ATTR_ICMP",
"icmp",
--
2.55.0
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