On 02/11, Joe Damato wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 09:45:56AM -0800, Joe Damato wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:09:50PM +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > On 2/10/25 8:38 PM, Joe Damato wrote:
> > > > +def check_xdp(cfg, nl, xdp_queue_id=0) -> None:
> > > > + test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
> > > > + xdp = subprocess.Popen([f"{test_dir}/xdp_helper", f"{cfg.ifindex}", f"{xdp_queue_id}"],
> > > > + stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, bufsize=1,
> > > > + text=True)
> > > > + defer(xdp.kill)
> > > > +
> > > > + stdout, stderr = xdp.communicate(timeout=10)
> > > > + rx = tx = False
> > > > +
> > > > + queues = nl.queue_get({'ifindex': cfg.ifindex}, dump=True)
> > > > + if not queues:
> > > > + raise KsftSkipEx("Netlink reports no queues")
> > > > +
> > > > + for q in queues:
> > > > + if q['id'] == 0:
> > > > + if q['type'] == 'rx':
> > > > + rx = True
> > > > + if q['type'] == 'tx':
> > > > + tx = True
> > > > +
> > > > + ksft_eq(q['xsk'], {})
> > > > + else:
> > > > + if 'xsk' in q:
> > > > + _fail("Check failed: xsk attribute set.")
> > > > +
> > > > + ksft_eq(rx, True)
> > > > + ksft_eq(tx, True)
> > >
> > > This causes self-test failures:
> > >
> > > https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-net-drv/results/987742/4-queues-py/stdout
> > >
> > > but I really haven't done any real investigation here.
> >
> > I think it's because the test kernel in this case has
> > CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS undefined [1].
> >
> > The error printed in the link you mentioned:
> >
> > socket creation failed: Address family not supported by protocol
> >
> > is coming from the C program, which fails to create the AF_XDP
> > socket.
> >
> > I think the immediate reaction is to add more error checking to the
> > python to make sure that the subprocess succeeded and if it failed,
> > skip.
> >
> > But, we may want it to fail for other error states instead of
> > skipping? Not sure if there's general guidance on this, but my plan
> > was to have the AF_XDP socket creation failure return a different
> > error code (I dunno maybe -1?) and only skip the test in that case.
> >
> > Will that work or is there a better way? I only want to skip if
> > AF_XDP doesn't exist in the test kernel.
> >
> > [1]: https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-net-drv/results/987742/config
>
> I'll give it a few more hours incase anyone has comments before I
> resend, but I got something working (tested on kernels with and
> without XDP sockets).
>
> xdp_helper returns -1 if (errno == EAFNOSUPPORT). All other error
> cases return 1.
>
> Updated the python to do this:
>
> if xdp.returncode == 255:
> raise KsftSkipEx('AF_XDP unsupported')
> elif xdp.returncode > 0:
> raise KsftFailEx('unable to create AF_XDP socket')
>
> Which seems to work on both types of kernels?
>
> Happy to take feedback; will hold off on respinning for a bit just
> incase there's a better way I don't know about.
Any reason not to enable CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS on NIPA kernels? Seems a bit
surprising that we run networking tests without XSKs enabled.
