linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftest: Add selftest for multicast address notifications

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Message-ID: <CADXeF1E7zuqpixcB+9j90d7tZhR5bsSsrniYD-BtpK8+uzA_Pw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 10:52:43 +0900
From: Yuyang Huang <yuyanghuang@...gle.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>, 
	Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftest: Add selftest for multicast address notifications

Hi Simon

>Other tests in this file seem to warn if the ip command is too old
>to support the test. Perhaps we can achieve that here something like this
>(completely untested!):

Thanks for the advice. I will modify the test to make sure it skips on
old iproute2 versions. I will send the patch after net-next reopens.

Thanks,

Yuyang


On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 06:18:55PM +0900, Yuyang Huang wrote:
> > This commit adds a new kernel selftest to verify RTNLGRP_IPV4_MCADDR
> > and RTNLGRP_IPV6_MCADDR notifications. The test works by adding and
> > removing a dummy interface and then confirming that the system
> > correctly receives join and removal notifications for the 224.0.0.1
> > and ff02::1 multicast addresses.
> >
> > The test relies on the iproute2 version to be 6.13+.
> >
> > Tested by the following command:
> > $ vng -v --user root --cpus 16 -- \
> > make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=net TEST_PROGS=rtnetlink.sh \
> > TEST_GEN_PROGS="" run_tests
> >
> > Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
> > Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <yuyanghuang@...gle.com>
>
> ...
>
> > +kci_test_mcast_addr_notification()
> > +{
> > +     local tmpfile
> > +     local monitor_pid
> > +     local match_result
> > +
> > +     tmpfile=$(mktemp)
> > +
> > +     ip monitor maddr > $tmpfile &
> > +     monitor_pid=$!
>
> Hi Yuyang Huang,
>
> Other tests in this file seem to warn if the ip command is too old
> to support the test. Perhaps we can achieve that here something like this
> (completely untested!):
>
>         if [ ! -e "/proc/$monitor_pid" ]; then
>                 end_test "SKIP: mcast addr notification: iproute2 too old"
>                 rm $tmpfile
>                 return $ksft_skip
>         fi
>
> > +     sleep 1
> > +
> > +     run_cmd ip link add name test-dummy1 type dummy
> > +     run_cmd ip link set test-dummy1 up
> > +     run_cmd ip link del dev test-dummy1
> > +     sleep 1
> > +
> > +     match_result=$(grep -cE "test-dummy1.*(224.0.0.1|ff02::1)" $tmpfile)
> > +
> > +     kill $monitor_pid
> > +     rm $tmpfile
> > +     # There should be 4 line matches as follows.
> > +     # 13: test-dummy1    inet6 mcast ff02::1 scope global
> > +     # 13: test-dummy1    inet mcast 224.0.0.1 scope global
> > +     # Deleted 13: test-dummy1    inet mcast 224.0.0.1 scope global
> > +     # Deleted 13: test-dummy1    inet6 mcast ff02::1 scope global
> > +     if [ $match_result -ne 4 ];then
> > +             end_test "FAIL: mcast addr notification"
> > +             return 1
> > +     fi
> > +     end_test "PASS: mcast addr notification"
> > +}
> > +
>
> ...
>
> ## Form letter - net-next-closed
>
> The merge window for v6.16 has begun and therefore net-next is closed
> for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations. We are
> currently accepting bug fixes only.
>
> Please repost when net-next reopens after June 8th.
>
> RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.
>
> pw-bot: deffer