netdev - [PATCH net-next] selftests: forwarding: Add suppport to create veth interfaces

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Date:   Fri,  2 Mar 2018 08:45:53 -0800
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     idosch@...sch.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] selftests: forwarding: Add suppport to create veth interfaces

For tests using veth interfaces, the test infrastructure can create
the netdevs if they do not exist. Arguably this is a preferred approach
since the tests require p$N and p$(N+1) to be pairs.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 .../net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample        |  5 ++++
 tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh      | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample
index ab235c124f20..df54c9eb5100 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ NETIFS[p6]=veth5
 NETIFS[p7]=veth6
 NETIFS[p8]=veth7
 
+NETIF_TYPE=veth
+
+# only virtual interfaces (veth) can be created by test infra
+#NETIF_CREATE=yes
+
 ##############################################################################
 # Defines
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index d0af52109360..2ce98c6a8c25 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,39 @@ done
 ##############################################################################
 # Network interfaces configuration
 
+create_netif_veth()
+{
+	local i
+
+	for i in $(eval echo {1..$NUM_NETIFS}); do
+		j=$((i+1))
+		ip link show dev ${NETIFS[p$i]} &> /dev/null
+		if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+			ip link add ${NETIFS[p$i]} type veth peer name ${NETIFS[p$j]}
+			if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+				echo "Failed to create netif"
+				exit 1
+			fi
+		fi
+		i=$j
+	done
+}
+
+create_netif()
+{
+	case "$NETIF_TYPE" in
+	veth) create_netif_veth
+	      ;;
+	*) echo "Can not create interfaces of type \'$NETIF_TYPE\'"
+	   exit 1
+	   ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+if [[ "$NETIF_CREATE" = "yes" ]]; then
+	create_netif
+fi
+
 for i in $(eval echo {1..$NUM_NETIFS}); do
 	ip link show dev ${NETIFS[p$i]} &> /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-- 
2.11.0