[PATCH bpf-next 5/7] selftests/bpf: Add netdevsim helper library
From: Anton Protopopov <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-31 10:59:06
Also in:
bpf, netdev
Subsystem:
bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), bpf [selftests] (test runners & infrastructure), kernel selftest framework, the rest · Maintainers:
Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, Linus Torvalds
Add a minimal netdevsim helper library for the BPF selftests. This covers basics: netdevsim creation with one port and one queue, which we need for the upcoming BPF selftests. Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <redacted> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 1 + .../testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.c | 176 ++++++++++++++++++ .../testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.h | 9 + 3 files changed, 186 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.h
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index b481b867f372..c21f89dbe70c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ TRUNNER_EXTRA_SOURCES := test_progs.c \ unpriv_helpers.c \ sysctl_helpers.c \ netlink_helpers.c \ + netdevsim_helpers.c \ jit_disasm_helpers.c \ io_helpers.c \ test_loader.c \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fbed7442b2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.c@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +#include <errno.h> +#include <fcntl.h> +#include <linux/rtnetlink.h> +#include <poll.h> +#include <stdarg.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <string.h> +#include <sys/socket.h> +#include <time.h> +#include <unistd.h> + +#include "netdevsim_helpers.h" + +static int echo(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...) +{ + char buf[64]; + va_list ap; + int fd, len, err = 0; + + va_start(ap, fmt); + len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap); + va_end(ap); + + fd = open(path, O_WRONLY); + if (fd < 0) + return -errno; + if (write(fd, buf, len) != len) + err = -errno; + close(fd); + + return err; +} + +void netdevsim_destroy(unsigned int id) +{ + echo("/sys/bus/netdevsim/del_device", "%u", id); +} + +static int create_new_device(void) +{ + unsigned int id; + int err; + + /* if 10K is not enough, then something is clearly not right */ + for (id = 0; id < 10000; id++) { + err = echo("/sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device", "%u", id); + if (!err) + return id; + if (err != -ENOSPC) + return err; + } + + return -ENOSPC; +} + +static int open_link_socket(void) +{ + struct sockaddr_nl addr = { + .nl_family = AF_NETLINK, + .nl_groups = RTMGRP_LINK, + }; + int fd; + + fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE); + if (fd < 0) + return -errno; + if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr))) { + int err = -errno; + + close(fd); + return err; + } + + return fd; +} + +static int remaining_timeout_ms(const struct timespec *deadline) +{ + struct timespec now; + long long remaining; + + if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now)) + return -errno; + + remaining = (deadline->tv_sec - now.tv_sec) * 1000 + + (deadline->tv_nsec - now.tv_nsec) / 1000000; + + return remaining > 0 ? remaining : 0; +} + +static int recv_device_ifindex(int fd, unsigned int id, unsigned int *ifindex) +{ + char parent_name[32], buf[16 * 1024]; + struct pollfd pfd = { + .fd = fd, + .events = POLLIN, + }; + struct timespec deadline; + struct nlmsghdr *nlh; + int len, ret, timeout; + + snprintf(parent_name, sizeof(parent_name), "netdevsim%u", id); + if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &deadline)) + return -errno; + deadline.tv_sec += 5; + + for (timeout = remaining_timeout_ms(&deadline); timeout > 0; + timeout = remaining_timeout_ms(&deadline)) { + ret = poll(&pfd, 1, timeout); + if (ret < 0) { + if (errno == EINTR) + continue; + return -errno; + } + if (!ret) + return -ETIMEDOUT; + if (!(pfd.revents & POLLIN)) + return -EIO; + + len = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0); + if (len < 0) + return -errno; + + for (nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buf; NLMSG_OK(nlh, len); + nlh = NLMSG_NEXT(nlh, len)) { + struct ifinfomsg *ifm; + struct rtattr *attr; + int attr_len; + + if (nlh->nlmsg_type != RTM_NEWLINK) + continue; + + ifm = NLMSG_DATA(nlh); + attr = IFLA_RTA(ifm); + attr_len = IFLA_PAYLOAD(nlh); + for (; RTA_OK(attr, attr_len); + attr = RTA_NEXT(attr, attr_len)) { + if (attr->rta_type != IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME) + continue; + if (strcmp(RTA_DATA(attr), parent_name)) + continue; + + *ifindex = ifm->ifi_index; + return 0; + } + } + } + + return timeout < 0 ? timeout : -ETIMEDOUT; +} + +int netdevsim_create(unsigned int *ifindex) +{ + int fd, id, err; + + fd = open_link_socket(); + if (fd < 0) + return fd; + + id = create_new_device(); + if (id < 0) { + close(fd); + return id; + } + + err = recv_device_ifindex(fd, id, ifindex); + close(fd); + if (err) { + netdevsim_destroy(id); + return err; + } + + return id; +}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a37d564a2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/netdevsim_helpers.h@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ + +#ifndef NETDEVSIM_HELPERS_H +#define NETDEVSIM_HELPERS_H + +int netdevsim_create(unsigned int *ifindex); +void netdevsim_destroy(unsigned int id); + +#endif /* NETDEVSIM_HELPERS_H */
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