Re: [Question] Any config needed for packetdrill testing?

[Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 02:29:45PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:52:19 +0000 Hangbin Liu wrote:
> > > Hi Willem,
> > > 
> > > I tried to run packetdrill in selftest, but doesn't work. e.g.
> > > 
> > > # rpm -q packetdrill
> > > packetdrill-2.0~20220927gitc556afb-10.fc41.x86_64
> > > # make mrproper
> > > # vng --build \
> > >             --config tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/config \
> > >             --config kernel/configs/debug.config
> > > # vng -v --run . --user root --cpus 4 -- \
> > >             make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=net/packetdrill run_tests
> > > make: Entering directory '/home/net/tools/testing/selftests'
> > > make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
> > > TAP version 13                                                                                                                  1..66
> > > # timeout set to 45
> > > # selftests: net/packetdrill: tcp_blocking_blocking-accept.pkt
> > > # TAP version 13
> > > # 1..2
> > > #
> > > not ok 1 selftests: net/packetdrill: tcp_blocking_blocking-accept.pkt # TIMEOUT 45 seconds
> > > # timeout set to 45
> > > # selftests: net/packetdrill: tcp_blocking_blocking-connect.pkt
> > > # TAP version 13
> > > # 1..2
> > > # tcp_blocking_blocking-connect.pkt:13: error handling packet: live packet field ipv4_total_length: expected: 40 (0x28) vs actua
> > > l: 60 (0x3c)
> > > # script packet:  0.234272 . 1:1(0) ack 1
> > > # actual packet:  1.136447 S 0:0(0) win 65535 <mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 3684156121 ecr 0,nop,wscale 8>
> > > # not ok 1 ipv4
> > > # ok 2 ipv6
> > > # # Totals: pass:1 fail:1 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
> > > not ok 2 selftests: net/packetdrill: tcp_blocking_blocking-connect.pkt # exit=1
> > > 
> > > All the test failed. Even I use ksft_runner.sh it also failed.
> > > 
> > > # ./ksft_runner.sh tcp_inq_client.pkt
> > > TAP version 13
> > > 1..2
> > > tcp_inq_client.pkt:17: error handling packet: live packet field ipv4_total_length: expected: 52 (0x34) vs actual: 60 (0x3c)
> > > script packet:  0.013980 . 1:1(0) ack 1 <nop,nop,TS val 200 ecr 700>
> > > actual packet:  1.056058 S 0:0(0) win 65535 <mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 1154 ecr 0,nop,wscale 8>
> > > not ok 1 ipv4
> > > ok 2 ipv6
> > > # Totals: pass:1 fail:1 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
> > > # echo $?
> > > 1
> > > 
> > > Is there any special config needed for packetdrill testing?
> > 
> > FWIW we don't do anything special for packetdrill in NIPA.
> > Here is the config and the build logs:
> > 
> > https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-packetdrill/results/75222/config
> > https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-packetdrill/results/77484/build/
> 
> Nothing special should be required, indeed.
> 
> Individual git commits also have explicit examples of how the code was
> built and tested. Such as
> 
> commit 88395c071f08 ("selftests/net: packetdrill: import tcp/ecn, tcp/close, tcp/sack, tcp/tcp_info")
> 
>     make mrproper
>     vng --build \
>         --config tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/config \
>         --config kernel/configs/debug.config
>     vng -v --run . --user root --cpus 4 -- \
>         make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=net/packetdrill run_tests
> 
> and commit 8a405552fd3b ("selftests/net: integrate packetdrill with ksft"):
> 
>     Tested:
>             make -C tools/testing/selftests \
>               TARGETS=net/packetdrill \
>               run_tests
>     
>             make -C tools/testing/selftests \
>               TARGETS=net/packetdrill \
>               install INSTALL_PATH=$KSFT_INSTALL_PATH
>     
>             # in virtme-ng
>             ./run_kselftest.sh -c net/packetdrill
>             ./run_kselftest.sh -t net/packetdrill:tcp_inq_client.pkt

Thanks, after debugging, I found the fedora packetdrill using cmake to
build, which cause the all the test failed. After using glibc-static to
build the packetdrill, all the test passed.

Although I'm not sure why cmake does not work.

Thanks
Hangbin