[Devel] [PATCH vz10 4/4] selftests: drv-net-hw: skip the tests that need a real interface

[Konstantin Khorenko]

i have NOT applied it, please rework.

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Best regards,

Konstantin Khorenko,
Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team

On 9/1/26 00:50, Eva Kurchatova wrote:
> ethtool, ethtool_extended_state, hw_stats_l3 and hw_stats_l3_gre need a
> device that can set link speed and autonegotiation, report an extended
> link state, or offload L3 statistics. Where none is configured, lib.sh
> creates a veth pair instead, which supports none of that, so every case
> fails on something the kernel correctly refuses.
> 
> Upstream answers this by keeping such tests in drivers/net/hw and not
> running them on veth at all: commit 0c499a351777 ("selftests:
> forwarding: Ditch skip_on_veth()") removed the equivalent check once the
> directory was split out. This guard is therefore not for upstream, it
> only stops a run that substitutes veth pairs from reporting failures.
> 
> Skip before sourcing lib.sh, because lib.sh makes the veth pair as it is
> sourced. Exiting afterwards leaves the devices behind - vrf_cleanup()
> removes them and a test that skips never gets there - and a later test
> that adds a veth by one of those names then cannot. hw_stats_l3_gre
> asks for six interfaces, so one run left veth0 to veth5 in the initial
> namespace and the netfilter suite failed on it.
> 
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-139651
> Feature: fix vz selftests
> Signed-off-by: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  .../testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool.sh  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  .../drivers/net/hw/ethtool_extended_state.sh     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  .../selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3.sh      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  .../selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3_gre.sh  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool.sh
> index fa6953de6b6d..b1744758627c 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool.sh
> @@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ ALL_TESTS="
>  "
>  NUM_NETIFS=2
>  lib_dir=$(dirname "$0")
> +
> +# The test needs a device capable of setting link speed and
> +# autonegotiation. Where no real interfaces are configured, lib.sh makes
> +# a veth pair instead, which cannot, and every case then fails on
> +# something the kernel correctly refuses. Check this before sourcing
> +# lib.sh: it creates that pair as it is sourced, so exiting afterwards
> +# leaves the devices behind, and the next test that wants one of those
> +# names cannot create it.
> +
> +: "${NETIF_CREATE:=yes}"
> +: "${NETIF_TYPE:=veth}"
> +if [[ "$NETIF_CREATE" = yes && "$NETIF_TYPE" = veth ]]; then
> +	echo "SKIP: needs a real interface, set NETIFS in forwarding.config"
> +	exit 4 # ksft_skip, lib.sh is not sourced yet
> +fi
> +
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/lib.sh
>  source ethtool_lib.sh
>  
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool_extended_state.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool_extended_state.sh
> index a7584448416e..c6c96117b1f1 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool_extended_state.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ethtool_extended_state.sh
> @@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ ALL_TESTS="
>  
>  NUM_NETIFS=2
>  lib_dir=$(dirname "$0")
> +
> +# The test needs a device capable of reporting an extended link state.
> +# Where no real interfaces are configured, lib.sh makes a veth pair
> +# instead, which cannot, and every case then fails on something the
> +# kernel correctly refuses. Check this before sourcing lib.sh: it
> +# creates that pair as it is sourced, so exiting afterwards leaves the
> +# devices behind, and the next test that wants one of those names cannot
> +# create it.
> +
> +: "${NETIF_CREATE:=yes}"
> +: "${NETIF_TYPE:=veth}"
> +if [[ "$NETIF_CREATE" = yes && "$NETIF_TYPE" = veth ]]; then
> +	echo "SKIP: needs a real interface, set NETIFS in forwarding.config"
> +	exit 4 # ksft_skip, lib.sh is not sourced yet
> +fi
> +
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/lib.sh
>  source ethtool_lib.sh
>  
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3.sh
> index 67fafefc80be..1776a4954601 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3.sh
> @@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ ALL_TESTS="
>  "
>  NUM_NETIFS=4
>  lib_dir=$(dirname "$0")
> +
> +# The test needs a device capable of offloading L3 statistics. Where no
> +# real interfaces are configured, lib.sh makes a veth pair instead,
> +# which cannot, and every case then fails on something the kernel
> +# correctly refuses. Check this before sourcing lib.sh: it creates that
> +# pair as it is sourced, so exiting afterwards leaves the devices
> +# behind, and the next test that wants one of those names cannot create
> +# it.
> +
> +: "${NETIF_CREATE:=yes}"
> +: "${NETIF_TYPE:=veth}"
> +if [[ "$NETIF_CREATE" = yes && "$NETIF_TYPE" = veth ]]; then
> +	echo "SKIP: needs a real interface, set NETIFS in forwarding.config"
> +	exit 4 # ksft_skip, lib.sh is not sourced yet
> +fi
> +
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/lib.sh
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/tc_common.sh
>  
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3_gre.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3_gre.sh
> index a94d92e1abce..2cbc2682f7b7 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3_gre.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/hw_stats_l3_gre.sh
> @@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ ALL_TESTS="
>  "
>  NUM_NETIFS=6
>  lib_dir=$(dirname "$0")
> +
> +# The test needs a device capable of offloading L3 statistics. Where no
> +# real interfaces are configured, lib.sh makes a veth pair instead,
> +# which cannot, and every case then fails on something the kernel
> +# correctly refuses. Check this before sourcing lib.sh: it creates that
> +# pair as it is sourced, so exiting afterwards leaves the devices
> +# behind, and the next test that wants one of those names cannot create
> +# it.
> +
> +: "${NETIF_CREATE:=yes}"
> +: "${NETIF_TYPE:=veth}"
> +if [[ "$NETIF_CREATE" = yes && "$NETIF_TYPE" = veth ]]; then
> +	echo "SKIP: needs a real interface, set NETIFS in forwarding.config"
> +	exit 4 # ksft_skip, lib.sh is not sourced yet
> +fi
> +
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/lib.sh
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/ipip_lib.sh
>  source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/tc_common.sh