From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
willemb@google.com, Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 2/3] selftests/net: Test PACKET_STATISTICS drops
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:08:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.aa6e2a3e845d@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260403233240.178948-3-joe@dama.to>
Joe Damato wrote:
> Extend psock_snd to test drops by setting a tiny receive buffer and
> sending a large burst of packets.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++----
> tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.sh | 5 +++
> 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> v2:
> - Remove do_tx argument and use global cfg_drop instead
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.c
> index 5be481a3d2bd..81096df5cffc 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static bool cfg_use_gso;
> static bool cfg_use_qdisc_bypass;
> static bool cfg_use_vlan;
> static bool cfg_use_vnet;
> +static bool cfg_drop;
>
> static char *cfg_ifname = "lo";
> static int cfg_mtu = 1500;
> @@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ static uint16_t cfg_port = 8000;
> /* test sending up to max mtu + 1 */
> #define TEST_SZ (sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr) + ETH_HLEN + ETH_MAX_MTU + 1)
>
> +#define BURST_CNT (1000)
> +
> static char tbuf[TEST_SZ], rbuf[TEST_SZ];
>
> static unsigned long add_csum_hword(const uint16_t *start, int num_u16)
> @@ -212,13 +215,14 @@ static void do_send(int fd, char *buf, int len)
> if (ret != len)
> error(1, 0, "write: %u %u", ret, len);
>
> - fprintf(stderr, "tx: %u\n", ret);
> + if (!cfg_drop)
> + fprintf(stderr, "tx: %u\n", ret);
> }
>
> static int do_tx(void)
> {
> const int one = 1;
> - int fd, len;
> + int i, fd, len;
>
> fd = socket(PF_PACKET, cfg_use_dgram ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_RAW, 0);
> if (fd == -1)
> @@ -242,6 +246,10 @@ static int do_tx(void)
>
> do_send(fd, tbuf, len);
>
> + if (cfg_drop)
> + for (i = 0; i < BURST_CNT; i++)
> + do_send(fd, tbuf, len);
> +
> if (close(fd))
> error(1, errno, "close t");
>
> @@ -290,6 +298,7 @@ static void do_rx(int fd, int expected_len, char *expected)
> static int setup_sniffer(void)
> {
> struct timeval tv = { .tv_usec = 100 * 1000 };
> + const int one = 1;
> int fd;
>
> fd = socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, 0);
> @@ -299,6 +308,10 @@ static int setup_sniffer(void)
> if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv)))
> error(1, errno, "setsockopt rcv timeout");
>
> + if (cfg_drop)
> + if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &one, sizeof(one)))
> + error(1, errno, "setsockopt SO_RCVBUF");
> +
> pair_udp_setfilter(fd);
> do_bind(fd);
>
> @@ -309,7 +322,7 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char **argv)
> {
> int c;
>
> - while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bcCdgl:qt:vV")) != -1) {
> + while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bcCdDgl:qt:vV")) != -1) {
> switch (c) {
> case 'b':
> cfg_use_bind = true;
> @@ -323,6 +336,9 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char **argv)
> case 'd':
> cfg_use_dgram = true;
> break;
> + case 'D':
> + cfg_drop = true;
> + break;
> case 'g':
> cfg_use_gso = true;
> break;
> @@ -367,11 +383,23 @@ static void check_packet_stats(int fd)
> if (getsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_STATISTICS, &st, &len))
> error(1, errno, "getsockopt packet statistics");
>
> - if (st.tp_packets != 1)
> - error(1, 0, "stats: tp_packets %u != 1", st.tp_packets);
> + if (cfg_drop) {
> + /* PACKET_STATISTICS reports all packets seen (including
> + * drops) in tp_packets
> + */
> + if (st.tp_packets < st.tp_drops)
> + error(1, 0, "stats: tp_packets %u < tp_drops %u",
> + st.tp_packets, st.tp_drops);
>
> - if (st.tp_drops != 0)
> - error(1, 0, "stats: tp_drops %u != 0", st.tp_drops);
> + if (st.tp_drops == 0)
> + error(1, 0, "stats: expected drops but tp_drops == 0");
> + } else {
> + if (st.tp_packets != 1)
> + error(1, 0, "stats: tp_packets %u != 1", st.tp_packets);
> +
> + if (st.tp_drops != 0)
> + error(1, 0, "stats: tp_drops %u != 0", st.tp_drops);
> + }
>
> /* verify clear on read */
> memset(&st, 0xff, sizeof(st));
> @@ -396,6 +424,11 @@ static void run_test(void)
>
> total_len = do_tx();
>
> + if (cfg_drop) {
> + check_packet_stats(fds);
> + goto out;
> + }
Sashiko pointed out that there may be a race here between rx
processing in the softirq and check_packet_stats. Seems plausible.
> /* BPF filter accepts only this length, vlan changes MAC */
> if (cfg_payload_len == DATA_LEN && !cfg_use_vlan) {
> do_rx(fds, total_len - sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr),
> @@ -405,6 +438,7 @@ static void run_test(void)
>
> do_rx(fdr, cfg_payload_len, tbuf + total_len - cfg_payload_len);
>
> +out:
> if (close(fds))
> error(1, errno, "close s");
> if (close(fdr))
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.sh
> index 1cbfeb5052ec..b6ef12fad5d5 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_snd.sh
> @@ -92,4 +92,9 @@ echo "raw gso max size"
> echo "raw gso max size + 1 (expected to fail)"
> (! ./in_netns.sh ./psock_snd -v -c -g -l "${max_mss_exceeds}")
>
> +# test drops statistics
> +
> +echo "test drops statistics"
> +./in_netns.sh ./psock_snd -D
> +
> echo "OK. All tests passed"
> --
> 2.52.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-04 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-03 23:32 [net-next 0/3] Extend packet socket selftests Joe Damato
2026-04-03 23:32 ` [net-next v2 1/3] selftests/net: Test PACKET_STATISTICS Joe Damato
2026-04-03 23:32 ` [net-next v2 2/3] selftests/net: Test PACKET_STATISTICS drops Joe Damato
2026-04-04 15:08 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-04-06 16:29 ` Joe Damato
2026-04-06 18:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-06 21:20 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-04-03 23:32 ` [net-next v2 3/3] selftests/net: Test PACKET_AUXDATA Joe Damato
2026-04-04 15:10 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-04-06 16:36 ` Joe Damato
2026-04-05 3:04 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-04-05 3:30 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-04-06 17:01 ` Joe Damato
2026-04-06 20:56 ` Willem de Bruijn
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