From: "Eva Kurchatova (Virtuozzo)" <eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com>
To: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@virtuozzo.com>, devel@openvz.org
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v4 0/3] selftests/bpf: run the xsk veth tests in a network namespace of their own
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:50:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e89e31c-4676-486e-83ac-2f979199414f@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027-b4-prep-khorenko-vstor-150731-xsk-veth-netns-v4-0-c74cad570c70@virtuozzo.com>
On 10/27/26 20:15, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> Patchset for task https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-150731
>
> test_xsk.sh makes its veth pair in the host's namespace. The host's own
> traffic on the pair reaches the AF_XDP sockets under test, so the tests
> fail on a configured host and pass on a bare one. The series moves the
> veth part into a namespace of its own, after two fixes it relies on:
>
> - Patch 1: test_exit() exits 1 for a skip, so the runner counts every
> "skip all tests" as a failure.
> - Patch 2: xskxceiver takes the fragment limit from the max_skb_frags
> sysctl, which AF_XDP does not check and which exists in the initial
> namespace only. Take MAX_SKB_FRAGS from the kernel's BTF.
> - Patch 3: the namespace itself.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Split v3 into three patches. The test_exit() fix gets a Fixes: tag;
> mainline gets the same fix (VSTOR-151679), and a commit of its own
> here can later be replaced by the ms/ one.
> - Patch 3: drop "mount --make-rprivate /", unshare --mount already
> makes the new mount namespace private.
> - Messages: the sysctl fallback serves kernels without BTF only, it
> cannot work inside the namespace; the "as before" claim is gone.
> - Link to v3: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/20261026012309.458048-1-eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com
>
> Changes in v3:
> - The namespace is unnamed, so it goes with its last process however
> the run ends, Ctrl-C, a timeout or a kill, and no outer run is left
> to delete host interfaces.
> - Obtain max_skb_frags from the kernel BTF, removing -f option.
> - Fix test_exit() exit status for skipped runs.
> - With -d, the namespace is kept.
> - Rebased.
> - Link to v2: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/kernel/20261022024816.2435565-1-eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com/T/#t
>
> Changes in v2:
> - -f is checked as the sysctl is, 1 to 45 and digits only, so a value
> that would wrap the fragment count or the packet array is refused.
> - -f goes into the namespace only when the host's sysctl file could be
> read; a bare -f made getopts complain.
> - No network namespace skips the tests, as no veth support does, rather
> than failing them.
> - The -f description says the option tells the tests the kernel's limit
> and changes nothing in the kernel.
> - The -d hint names the namespace in a usable form.
> - test_exit() exits 1 for a skip as it does for the veth one; as the
> script has it.
> - Link to v1: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/kernel/20261020041218.1659392-1-eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com/T/#t
>
> ---
> Eva Kurchatova (3):
> selftests/bpf: xsk: exit with the status test_exit() is given
> selftests/bpf: xsk: take the fragment limit from the kernel's BTF
> selftests/bpf: run the xsk veth tests in a network namespace of their own
>
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xsk.sh | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++--
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xsk_prereqs.sh | 2 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xskxceiver.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 02401c5e378f282fbf11bdc65996253ff65dad9b
> change-id: 20261027-b4-prep-khorenko-vstor-150731-xsk-veth-netns-d97e81caa801
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Konstantin Khorenko,
> Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team
Thanks, I've had a look. This is a clean split of my v3 series into 3
commits, with some wording tightened. The dropped `mount --make-rprivate
/` is correct, as `unshare --mount` already makes the new mount
namespace private.
This is good to merge.
Signed-off-by: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com>
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2026-10-27 18:15 Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-27 18:15 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v4 1/3] selftests/bpf: xsk: exit with the status test_exit() is given Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-27 18:15 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v4 2/3] selftests/bpf: xsk: take the fragment limit from the kernel's BTF Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-27 18:15 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v4 3/3] selftests/bpf: run the xsk veth tests in a network namespace of their own Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-27 18:50 ` Eva Kurchatova (Virtuozzo) [this message]
2026-10-29 13:59 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v4 0/3] " Konstantin Khorenko
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