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Message-ID: <95a5c1ba-10f3-13c3-3982-cee38b093227@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:10:03 -0700
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@...roma2.it>,
"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>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@...roma2.it>,
Paolo Lungaroni <paolo.lungaroni@...roma2.it>,
Ahmed Abdelsalam <ahabdels.dev@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 3/3] selftests: seg6: add selftest for PSP flavor in
SRv6 End behavior
On 2/15/23 6:46 AM, Andrea Mayer wrote:
> This selftest is designed for testing the PSP flavor in SRv6 End behavior.
> It instantiates a virtual network composed of several nodes: hosts and
> SRv6 routers. Each node is realized using a network namespace that is
> properly interconnected to others through veth pairs.
> The test makes use of the SRv6 End behavior and of the PSP flavor needed
> for removing the SRH from the IPv6 header at the penultimate node.
>
> The correct execution of the behavior is verified through reachability
> tests carried out between hosts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@...roma2.it>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Lungaroni <paolo.lungaroni@...roma2.it>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile | 1 +
> .../selftests/net/srv6_end_flavors_test.sh | 869 ++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 870 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/srv6_end_flavors_test.sh
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
> index 3364c548a23b..6cd8993454d7 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ TEST_PROGS += srv6_end_dt6_l3vpn_test.sh
> TEST_PROGS += srv6_hencap_red_l3vpn_test.sh
> TEST_PROGS += srv6_hl2encap_red_l2vpn_test.sh
> TEST_PROGS += srv6_end_next_csid_l3vpn_test.sh
> +TEST_PROGS += srv6_end_flavors_test.sh
> TEST_PROGS += vrf_strict_mode_test.sh
> TEST_PROGS += arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier.sh
> TEST_PROGS += ndisc_unsolicited_na_test.sh
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/srv6_end_flavors_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/srv6_end_flavors_test.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..50563443a4ad
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/srv6_end_flavors_test.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,869 @@
> +#!/bin/bash
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#
> +# author: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@...roma2.it>
> +# author: Paolo Lungaroni <paolo.lungaroni@...roma2.it>
> +#
> +# This script is designed to test the support for "flavors" in the SRv6 End
> +# behavior.
> +#
> +# Flavors defined in RFC8986 [1] represent additional operations that can modify
> +# or extend the existing SRv6 End, End.X and End.T behaviors. For the sake of
> +# convenience, we report the list of flavors described in [1] hereafter:
> +# - Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP);
> +# - Ultimate Segment Pop (USP);
> +# - Ultimate Segment Decapsulation (USD).
> +#
> +# The End, End.X, and End.T behaviors can support these flavors either
> +# individually or in combinations.
> +# Currently in this selftest we consider only the PSP flavor for the SRv6 End
> +# behavior. However, it is possible to extend the script as soon as other
> +# flavors will be supported in the kernel.
> +#
> +# The purpose of the PSP flavor consists in instructing the penultimate node
> +# listed in the SRv6 policy to remove (i.e. pop) the outermost SRH from the IPv6
> +# header.
> +# A PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior instance processes the SRH by:
> +# - decrementing the Segment Left (SL) value from 1 to 0;
> +# - copying the last SID from the SID List into the IPv6 Destination Address
> +# (DA);
> +# - removing the SRH from the extension headers following the IPv6 header.
> +#
> +# Once the SRH is removed, the IPv6 packet is forwarded to the destination using
> +# the IPv6 DA updated during the PSP operation (i.e. the IPv6 DA corresponding
> +# to the last SID carried by the removed SRH).
> +#
> +# Although the PSP flavor can be set for any SRv6 End behavior instance on any
> +# SR node, it will be active only on such behaviors bound to a penultimate SID
> +# for a given SRv6 policy.
> +# SL=2 SL=1 SL=0
> +# | | |
> +# For example, given the SRv6 policy (SID List := <X, Y, Z>):
> +# - a PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior bound to SID Y will apply the PSP operation
> +# as Segment Left (SL) is 1, corresponding to the Penultimate Segment of the
> +# SID List;
> +# - a PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior bound to SID X will *NOT* apply the PSP
> +# operation as the Segment Left is 2. This behavior instance will apply the
> +# "standard" End packet processing, ignoring the configured PSP flavor at
> +# all.
> +#
> +# [1] RFC8986: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8986
> +#
> +# Network topology
> +# ================
> +#
> +# The network topology used in this selftest is depicted hereafter, composed by
> +# two hosts (hs-1, hs-2) and four routers (rt-1, rt-2, rt-3, rt-4).
> +# Hosts hs-1 and hs-2 are connected to routers rt-1 and rt-2, respectively,
> +# allowing them to communicate with each other.
> +# Traffic exchanged between hs-1 and hs-2 can follow different network paths.
> +# The network operator, through specific SRv6 Policies can steer traffic to one
> +# path rather than another. In this selftest this is implemented as follows:
> +#
> +# i) The SRv6 H.Insert behavior applies SRv6 Policies on traffic received by
> +# connected hosts. It pushes the Segment Routing Header (SRH) after the
> +# IPv6 header. The SRH contains the SID List (i.e. SRv6 Policy) needed for
> +# steering traffic across the segments/waypoints specified in that list;
> +#
> +# ii) The SRv6 End behavior advances the active SID in the SID List carried by
> +# the SRH;
> +#
> +# iii) The PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior is used to remove the SRH when such
> +# behavior is configured on a node bound to the Penultimate Segment carried
> +# by the SID List.
> +#
> +# cafe::1 cafe::2
> +# +--------+ +--------+
> +# | | | |
> +# | hs-1 | | hs-2 |
> +# | | | |
> +# +---+----+ +--- +---+
> +# cafe::/64 | | cafe::/64
> +# | |
> +# +---+----+ +----+---+
> +# | | fcf0:0:1:2::/64 | |
> +# | rt-1 +-------------------+ rt-2 |
> +# | | | |
> +# +---+----+ +----+---+
> +# | . . |
> +# | fcf0:0:1:3::/64 . |
> +# | . . |
> +# | . . |
> +# fcf0:0:1:4::/64 | . | fcf0:0:2:3::/64
> +# | . . |
> +# | . . |
> +# | fcf0:0:2:4::/64 . |
> +# | . . |
> +# +---+----+ +----+---+
> +# | | | |
> +# | rt-4 +-------------------+ rt-3 |
> +# | | fcf0:0:3:4::/64 | |
> +# +---+----+ +----+---+
> +#
> +# Every fcf0:0:x:y::/64 network interconnects the SRv6 routers rt-x with rt-y in
> +# the IPv6 operator network.
> +#
> +#
> +# Local SID table
> +# ===============
> +#
> +# Each SRv6 router is configured with a Local SID table in which SIDs are
> +# stored. Considering the given SRv6 router rt-x, at least two SIDs are
> +# configured in the Local SID table:
> +#
> +# Local SID table for SRv6 router rt-x
> +# +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
> +# |fcff:x::e is associated with the SRv6 End behavior |
> +# |fcff:x::ef1 is associated with the SRv6 End behavior with PSP flavor |
> +# +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
> +#
> +# The fcff::/16 prefix is reserved by the operator for the SIDs. Reachability of
> +# SIDs is ensured by proper configuration of the IPv6 operator's network and
> +# SRv6 routers.
> +#
> +#
> +# SRv6 Policies
> +# =============
> +#
> +# An SRv6 ingress router applies different SRv6 Policies to the traffic received
> +# from connected hosts on the basis of the destination addresses.
> +# In case of SRv6 H.Insert behavior, the SRv6 Policy enforcement consists of
> +# pushing the SRH (carrying a given SID List) after the existing IPv6 header.
> +# Note that in the inserting mode, there is no encapsulation at all.
> +#
> +# Before applying an SRv6 Policy using the SRv6 H.Insert behavior
> +# +------+---------+
> +# | IPv6 | Payload |
> +# +------+---------+
> +#
> +# After applying an SRv6 Policy using the SRv6 H.Insert behavior
> +# +------+-----+---------+
> +# | IPv6 | SRH | Payload |
> +# +------+-----+---------+
> +#
> +# Traffic from hs-1 to hs-2
> +# -------------------------
> +#
> +# Packets generated from hs-1 and directed towards hs-2 are
> +# handled by rt-1 which applies the following SRv6 Policy:
> +#
> +# i.a) IPv6 traffic, SID List=fcff:3::e,fcff:4::ef1,fcff:2::ef1,cafe::2
> +#
> +# Router rt-1 is configured to enforce the Policy (i.a) through the SRv6
> +# H.Insert behavior which pushes the SRH after the existing IPv6 header. This
> +# Policy steers the traffic from hs-1 across rt-3, rt-4, rt-2 and finally to the
> +# destination hs-2.
> +#
> +# As the packet reaches the router rt-3, the SRv6 End behavior bound to SID
> +# fcff:3::e is triggered. The behavior updates the Segment Left (from SL=3 to
> +# SL=2) in the SRH, the IPv6 DA with fcff:4::ef1 and forwards the packet to the
> +# next router on the path, i.e. rt-4.
> +#
> +# When router rt-4 receives the packet, the PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior bound
> +# to SID fcff:4::ef1 is executed. Since the SL=2, the PSP operation is *NOT*
> +# kicked in and the behavior applies the default End processing: the Segment
> +# Left is decreased (from SL=2 to SL=1), the IPv6 DA is updated with the SID
> +# fcff:2::ef1 and the packet is forwarded to router rt-2.
> +#
> +# The PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior on rt-2 is associated with SID fcff:2::ef1
> +# and is executed as the packet is received. Because SL=1, the behavior applies
> +# the PSP processing on the packet as follows: i) SL is decreased, i.e. from
> +# SL=1 to SL=0; ii) last SID (cafe::2) is copied into the IPv6 DA; iii) the
> +# outermost SRH is removed from the extension headers following the IPv6 header.
> +# Once the PSP processing is completed, the packet is forwarded to the host hs-2
> +# (destination).
> +#
> +# Traffic from hs-2 to hs-1
> +# -------------------------
> +#
> +# Packets generated from hs-2 and directed to hs-1 are handled by rt-2 which
> +# applies the following SRv6 Policy:
> +#
> +# i.b) IPv6 traffic, SID List=fcff:1::ef1,cafe::1
> +#
> +# Router rt-2 is configured to enforce the Policy (i.b) through the SRv6
> +# H.Insert behavior which pushes the SRH after the existing IPv6 header. This
> +# Policy steers the traffic from hs-2 across rt-1 and finally to the
> +# destination hs-1
> +#
> +#
> +# When the router rt-1 receives the packet, the PSP enabled SRv6 End behavior
> +# associated with the SID fcff:1::ef1 is triggered. Since the SL=1,
> +# the PSP operation takes place: i) the SL is decremented; ii) the IPv6 DA is
> +# set with the last SID; iii) the SRH is removed from the extension headers
> +# after the IPv6 header. At this point, the packet with IPv6 DA=cafe::1 is sent
> +# to the destination, i.e. hs-1.
> +
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write a detailed
description of the test and its setup. Documenting intent is such an
important part of the tests.
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
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