Extend the existing netconsole cmdline selftest to also validate that interface selection can be performed via MAC address.
The test now validates that netconsole works with both interface name and MAC address, improving test coverage.
Suggested-by: Breno Leitao leitao@debian.org Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao leitao@debian.org Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho asantostc@gmail.com --- Changes in v2: - Redirect log line to stderr - Do not ignore error unloading the module between test cases - Remove nested quotes when building cmdline for module - Format comments to avoid exceeding 80 columns - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250811-netcons-cmdline-selftest-v1-1-1f725ab020f... --- .../selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh | 10 +++- .../selftests/drivers/net/netcons_cmdline.sh | 55 +++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh index b6071e80ebbb6a33283ab6cd6bcb7b925aefdb43..8e1085e896472d5c87ec8b236240878a5b2d00d2 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh @@ -148,12 +148,20 @@ function create_dynamic_target() { # Generate the command line argument for netconsole following: # netconsole=[+][src-port]@[src-ip]/[<dev>],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr] function create_cmdline_str() { + local BINDMODE=${1:-"ifname"} + if [ "${BINDMODE}" == "ifname" ] + then + SRCDEV=${SRCIF} + else + SRCDEV=$(mac_get "${SRCIF}") + fi + DSTMAC=$(ip netns exec "${NAMESPACE}" \ ip link show "${DSTIF}" | awk '/ether/ {print $2}') SRCPORT="1514" TGTPORT="6666"
- echo "netconsole="+${SRCPORT}@${SRCIP}/${SRCIF},${TGTPORT}@${DSTIP}/${DSTMAC}"" + echo "netconsole="+${SRCPORT}@${SRCIP}/${SRCDEV},${TGTPORT}@${DSTIP}/${DSTMAC}"" }
# Do not append the release to the header of the message diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netcons_cmdline.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netcons_cmdline.sh index ad2fb8b1c46326c69af20f2c9d68e80fa8eb894f..d1d23dc67f99aa357041b71718550ed94292e57a 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netcons_cmdline.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netcons_cmdline.sh @@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ check_netconsole_module modprobe netdevsim 2> /dev/null || true rmmod netconsole 2> /dev/null || true
-# The content of kmsg will be save to the following file -OUTPUT_FILE="/tmp/${TARGET}" - # Check for basic system dependency and exit if not found # check_for_dependencies # Set current loglevel to KERN_INFO(6), and default to KERN_NOTICE(5) @@ -30,23 +27,39 @@ echo "6 5" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk trap do_cleanup EXIT # Create one namespace and two interfaces set_network -# Create the command line for netconsole, with the configuration from the -# function above -CMDLINE="$(create_cmdline_str)" - -# Load the module, with the cmdline set -modprobe netconsole "${CMDLINE}" - -# Listed for netconsole port inside the namespace and destination interface -listen_port_and_save_to "${OUTPUT_FILE}" & -# Wait for socat to start and listen to the port. -wait_local_port_listen "${NAMESPACE}" "${PORT}" udp -# Send the message -echo "${MSG}: ${TARGET}" > /dev/kmsg -# Wait until socat saves the file to disk -busywait "${BUSYWAIT_TIMEOUT}" test -s "${OUTPUT_FILE}" -# Make sure the message was received in the dst part -# and exit -validate_msg "${OUTPUT_FILE}" + +# Run the test twice, with different cmdline parameters +for BINDMODE in "ifname" "mac" +do + echo "Running with bind mode: ${BINDMODE}" >&2 + # Create the command line for netconsole, with the configuration from + # the function above + CMDLINE=$(create_cmdline_str "${BINDMODE}") + + # The content of kmsg will be save to the following file + OUTPUT_FILE="/tmp/${TARGET}-${BINDMODE}" + + # Load the module, with the cmdline set + modprobe netconsole "${CMDLINE}" + + # Listed for netconsole port inside the namespace and destination + # interface + listen_port_and_save_to "${OUTPUT_FILE}" & + # Wait for socat to start and listen to the port. + wait_local_port_listen "${NAMESPACE}" "${PORT}" udp + # Send the message + echo "${MSG}: ${TARGET}" > /dev/kmsg + # Wait until socat saves the file to disk + busywait "${BUSYWAIT_TIMEOUT}" test -s "${OUTPUT_FILE}" + # Make sure the message was received in the dst part + # and exit + validate_msg "${OUTPUT_FILE}" + + # kill socat in case it is still running + pkill_socat + # Unload the module + rmmod netconsole + echo "${BINDMODE} : Test passed" >&2 +done
exit "${ksft_pass}"
--- base-commit: 37816488247ddddbc3de113c78c83572274b1e2e change-id: 20250807-netcons-cmdline-selftest-b32e27a4bd16
Best regards,
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org:
On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:38:23 +0100 you wrote:
Extend the existing netconsole cmdline selftest to also validate that interface selection can be performed via MAC address.
The test now validates that netconsole works with both interface name and MAC address, improving test coverage.
Suggested-by: Breno Leitao leitao@debian.org Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao leitao@debian.org Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho asantostc@gmail.com
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Here is the summary with links: - [net-next,v2] selftests: netconsole: Validate interface selection by MAC address https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/acfea9361073
You are awesome, thank you!
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