* [PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key test over IPv6
2026-09-06 16:52 [PATCH v3 0/2] selftests: openvswitch: add SCTP flow key and NAT tests Minxi Hou
@ 2026-09-06 16:52 ` Minxi Hou
2026-09-09 14:28 ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-06 16:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP NAT test with port translation Minxi Hou
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From: Minxi Hou @ 2026-09-06 16:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: aconole, echaudro, i.maximets, davem, kuba, pabeni, edumazet,
horms, shuah, linux-kselftest, dev, Minxi Hou
The merged SCTP test covers only IPv4. The SCTP branch of the IPv6
extractor (the proto=132 walk after parse_ipv6hdr) and the v6 side of
the SCTP netlink validation (match_validate() requires the sctp() key
whenever ipv6(proto=132) is matched) have no selftest coverage.
Add test_sctp_connect_v6 mirroring the v4 test: bare icmpv6() flows
forward NS/NA, and ipv6(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)/sctp(src=4443)
flows gate the association in the same three phases (flows installed,
removed, reinstalled). After the association succeeds the test also
pushes a known payload across and waits for the listener to log it,
proving the datapath carries the association's traffic end to end,
not only its handshake. Skips when the sctp module is missing, socat
lacks SCTP support, or IPv6 is unavailable; an association or payload
failure with the flows installed fails the test.
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
---
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 95 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index a31f7fb6882d..0926e304ed88 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ tests="
trunc trunc: output truncation
icmpv6 icmpv6: ICMPv6 echo type match
sctp_connect_v4 sctp: SCTP flow key matching
+ sctp_connect_v6 sctp6: SCTP flow key matching over IPv6
psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
info() {
@@ -700,6 +701,100 @@ test_sctp_connect_v4() {
return 0
}
+# sctp_connect_v6 test
+# - sctp(dst=4443) matches client-to-server INIT
+# - sctp(src=4443) matches server-to-client INIT-ACK
+# - icmpv6 NS/NA flows forward neighbour discovery
+# - remove flows and verify connection fails, reinstall and recover
+test_sctp_connect_v6() {
+ local t="test_sctp_connect_v6"
+ local v6="eth_type(0x86dd),ipv6(proto=132)"
+ local payload="SCTP6_DATA_OK"
+ local rxfile="${ovs_base}/${t}/sctp-rx.txt"
+
+ modprobe -q sctp 2>/dev/null || return "$ksft_skip"
+ socat -V 2>&1 | grep -q "define WITH_SCTP" || return "$ksft_skip"
+ [ -e /proc/sys/net/ipv6 ] || return "$ksft_skip"
+
+ sbx_add "$t" || return $?
+ ovs_add_dp "$t" sctp6 || return 1
+
+ info "create namespaces"
+ for ns in client server; do
+ ovs_add_netns_and_veths "$t" "sctp6" "$ns" \
+ "${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
+ done
+
+ ip netns exec client ip addr add fd00::1/64 dev c1 nodad
+ ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
+ ip netns exec server ip addr add fd00::2/64 dev s1 nodad
+ ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
+
+ # NS/NA forwarding
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x86dd),ipv6(proto=58),icmpv6()' \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x86dd),ipv6(proto=58),icmpv6()' \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ # SCTP port matching: dst for request, src for reply
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ "in_port(1),eth(),$v6,sctp(dst=4443)" \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ "in_port(2),eth(),$v6,sctp(src=4443)" \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "$t" "server" \
+ socat -u -t 1 SCTP6-LISTEN:4443,fork \
+ OPEN:"$rxfile",creat,append
+ ovs_wait sctp_eps_has server 4443 || return 1
+
+ info "verify SCTP association with port-keyed flows"
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP6-CONNECT:[fd00::2]:4443" </dev/null \
+ || return 1
+
+ info "verify SCTP DATA chunk crosses the datapath"
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP6-CONNECT:[fd00::2]:4443" \
+ <<< "$payload" || return 1
+ ovs_wait grep -q "$payload" "$rxfile" \
+ || { info "server did not receive SCTP DATA payload"
+ return 1; }
+
+ ovs_del_flows "$t" sctp6
+
+ info "verify connection fails without flows"
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x86dd),ipv6(proto=58),icmpv6()' \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x86dd),ipv6(proto=58),icmpv6()' \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP6-CONNECT:[fd00::2]:4443" </dev/null \
+ >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+ && { info "connection should fail without flows"
+ return 1; }
+
+ info "reinstall flows and verify recovery"
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ "in_port(1),eth(),$v6,sctp(dst=4443)" \
+ '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp6 \
+ "in_port(2),eth(),$v6,sctp(src=4443)" \
+ '1' || return 1
+
+ ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP6-CONNECT:[fd00::2]:4443" </dev/null \
+ || return 1
+
+ return 0
+}
+
# psample test
# - use psample to observe packets
test_psample() {
--
2.55.0
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2026-09-06 16:52 [PATCH v3 0/2] selftests: openvswitch: add SCTP flow key and NAT tests Minxi Hou
2026-09-06 16:52 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key test over IPv6 Minxi Hou
@ 2026-09-06 16:52 ` Minxi Hou
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From: Minxi Hou @ 2026-09-06 16:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: aconole, echaudro, i.maximets, davem, kuba, pabeni, edumazet,
horms, shuah, linux-kselftest, dev, Minxi Hou
After conntrack NAT rewrites a packet, OVS refreshes the cached flow
key in ovs_nat_update_key(), which has a per-protocol branch for the
L4 ports (UDP/TCP/SCTP, conntrack.c). Address-only NAT cannot tell a
working SCTP branch from a missing one: the ports survive unchanged
either way, so a post-recirc match on the original port stays green
even with the branch deleted. The suite's NAT coverage drives TCP
over nc, and the merged SCTP test has no conntrack in the path, so
the SCTP branch goes unexercised.
Add test_sctp_nat_connect_v4: untracked client traffic to
192.168.0.20:4443 hits ct(commit,nat(dst=172.31.110.20:5555)),recirc,
and the post-recirc flows match the translated tuple,
ipv4(dst=172.31.110.20),sctp(dst=5555). Reply traffic is matched on
the restored original tuple, sctp(src=4443). With the SCTP branch
broken the translated port never reaches the key, no post-recirc
flow matches, and the association fails. The probe flow uses the
same ct+nat action as the real flows, so a kernel without
CONFIG_NF_NAT rejects it at flow-add time and the test skips instead
of failing; CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP=y is added to the config fragment
for the same reason (the symbol is user-visible only with
NETFILTER_ADVANCED=y). After the association succeeds the test pushes
a known payload across and waits for the listener to log it.
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
---
.../testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config | 1 +
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
index a825e0b5c88e..fa90475dc388 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m
CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_DEMUX=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_OVS=y
+CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP=y
CONFIG_OPENVSWITCH=m
CONFIG_PSAMPLE=m
CONFIG_VETH=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index 0926e304ed88..fb37b6ab2ec1 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ tests="
icmpv6 icmpv6: ICMPv6 echo type match
sctp_connect_v4 sctp: SCTP flow key matching
sctp_connect_v6 sctp6: SCTP flow key matching over IPv6
+ sctp_nat_connect_v4 sctpnat4: SCTP flow key across conntrack NAT
psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
info() {
@@ -1186,6 +1187,92 @@ test_nat_connect_v4 () {
return 0
}
+# sctp_nat_connect_v4 test
+# - SCTP association crosses a ct(commit,nat(dst=ip:port)) DNAT
+# - post-recirc flows match the translated address and port, so the
+# SCTP branch of the post-NAT flow key update is load-bearing
+test_sctp_nat_connect_v4 () {
+ local t="test_sctp_nat_connect_v4"
+ local payload="SCTP_NAT_DATA_OK"
+ local rxfile="${ovs_base}/${t}/sctp-rx.txt"
+
+ modprobe -q sctp 2>/dev/null || return "$ksft_skip"
+ socat -V 2>&1 | grep -q "define WITH_SCTP" || return "$ksft_skip"
+ # SCTP conntrack is compiled into nf_conntrack.ko, so check that
+ # loading it actually exposed the SCTP conntrack sysctls.
+ modprobe -q nf_conntrack 2>/dev/null || return "$ksft_skip"
+ [ -e /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sctp_timeout_established ] \
+ || { info "no SCTP conntrack support - skipping"
+ return "$ksft_skip"; }
+
+ sbx_add "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" || return $?
+
+ ovs_add_dp "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 || return 1
+ info "create namespaces"
+ for ns in client server; do
+ ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" "sctpnat4" \
+ "$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 172.31.110.20/24 dev s1
+ ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
+
+ ip netns exec client ip route add default via 172.31.110.20
+
+ # Check if the ct and nat actions can be configured.
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' \
+ 'ct(commit,nat(dst=172.31.110.20:5555)),recirc(0x1)' &> /dev/null
+ if [ $? == 1 ]; then
+ info "no support for ct/nat actions - skipping"
+ ovs_exit_sig
+ return $ksft_skip
+ fi
+
+ ovs_del_flows "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4
+
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ "ct_state(-trk),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(dst=192.168.0.20)" \
+ "ct(commit,nat(dst=172.31.110.20:5555)),recirc(0x1)" || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ "ct_state(-trk),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" \
+ "ct(commit,nat),recirc(0x2)" || return 1
+
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ "recirc_id(0x1),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(dst=172.31.110.20,proto=132),sctp(dst=5555)" \
+ "2" || return 1
+ ovs_add_flow "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" sctpnat4 \
+ "recirc_id(0x2),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=192.168.0.20,proto=132),sctp(src=4443)" \
+ "1" || return 1
+
+ ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" "server" \
+ socat -u -t 1 SCTP4-LISTEN:5555,fork \
+ OPEN:"$rxfile",creat,append
+ ovs_wait sctp_eps_has server 5555 || return 1
+
+ info "verify SCTP association across NAT"
+ ovs_sbx "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:192.168.0.20:4443" \
+ </dev/null || return 1
+
+ info "verify SCTP DATA chunk crosses NAT"
+ ovs_sbx "test_sctp_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client \
+ timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:192.168.0.20:4443" \
+ <<< "$payload" || return 1
+ ovs_wait grep -q "$payload" "$rxfile" \
+ || { info "server did not receive SCTP DATA payload"
+ return 1; }
+
+ info "done..."
+ return 0
+}
+
# nat_related_v4 test
# - client->server ip packets go via SNAT
# - client solicits ICMP destination unreachable packet from server
--
2.55.0
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