netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/4] tools: ynl: add --dbg-small-recv for easier kernel testing

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Message-ID: <20240301230542.116823-5-kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Fri,  1 Mar 2024 15:05:42 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: davem@...emloft.net
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us,
	donald.hunter@...il.com,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/4] tools: ynl: add --dbg-small-recv for easier kernel testing

Most "production" netlink clients use large buffers to
make dump efficient, which means that handling of dump
continuation in the kernel is not very well tested.

Add an option for debugging / testing handling of dumps.
It enables printing of extra netlink-level debug and
lowers the recv() buffer size in one go. When used
without any argument (--dbg-small-recv) it picks
a very small default (4000), explicit size can be set,
too (--dbg-small-recv 5000).

Example:

$ ./cli.py [...] --dbg-small-recv
Recv: read 3712 bytes, 29 messages
   nl_len = 128 (112) nl_flags = 0x0 nl_type = 19
 [...]
   nl_len = 128 (112) nl_flags = 0x0 nl_type = 19
Recv: read 3968 bytes, 31 messages
   nl_len = 128 (112) nl_flags = 0x0 nl_type = 19
 [...]
   nl_len = 128 (112) nl_flags = 0x0 nl_type = 19
Recv: read 532 bytes, 5 messages
   nl_len = 128 (112) nl_flags = 0x0 nl_type = 19
 [...]
   nl_len = 128 (112) nl_flags = 0x0 nl_type = 19
   nl_len = 20 (4) nl_flags = 0x2 nl_type = 3

(the [...] are edits to shorten the commit message).

Note that the first message of the dump is sized conservatively
by the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 tools/net/ynl/cli.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/cli.py b/tools/net/ynl/cli.py
index 0f8239979670..e8a65fbc3698 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/cli.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/cli.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ from lib import YnlFamily, Netlink
                         const=Netlink.NLM_F_APPEND)
     parser.add_argument('--process-unknown', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
     parser.add_argument('--output-json', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('--dbg-small-recv', default=0, const=4000,
+                        action='store', nargs='?', type=int)
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     def output(msg):
@@ -53,7 +55,10 @@ from lib import YnlFamily, Netlink
     if args.json_text:
         attrs = json.loads(args.json_text)
 
-    ynl = YnlFamily(args.spec, args.schema, args.process_unknown)
+    ynl = YnlFamily(args.spec, args.schema, args.process_unknown,
+                    recv_size=args.dbg_small_recv)
+    if args.dbg_small_recv:
+        ynl.set_recv_dbg(True)
 
     if args.ntf:
         ynl.ntf_subscribe(args.ntf)
-- 
2.44.0