Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 3 authors, 2026-01-14

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] selftests: fib-onlink: Remove "wrong nexthop device" IPv4 tests

From: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-01-12 15:25:32

On 1/11/26 5:08 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
According to the test description, these tests fail because of a wrong
nexthop device:

 # ./fib-onlink-tests.sh -v
 [...]
 COMMAND: ip ro add table 254 169.254.101.102/32 via 169.254.3.1 dev veth1 onlink
 Error: Nexthop has invalid gateway.

 TEST: Gateway resolves to wrong nexthop device            [ OK ]
 COMMAND: ip ro add table 1101 169.254.102.103/32 via 169.254.7.1 dev veth5 onlink
 Error: Nexthop has invalid gateway.

 TEST: Gateway resolves to wrong nexthop device - VRF      [ OK ]
 [...]

But this is incorrect. They fail because the gateway addresses are local
addresses:

 # ip -4 address show
 [...]
 28: veth3@if27: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link-netns peer_ns-Urqh3o
     inet 169.254.3.1/24 scope global veth3
 [...]
 32: veth7@if31: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master lisa state UP group default qlen 1000 link-netns peer_ns-Urqh3o
     inet 169.254.7.1/24 scope global veth7

Therefore, using a local address that matches the nexthop device fails
as well:

 # ip ro add table 254 169.254.101.102/32 via 169.254.3.1 dev veth3 onlink
 Error: Nexthop has invalid gateway.

Using a gateway address with a "wrong" nexthop device is actually valid
and allowed:

 # ip route get 169.254.1.2
 169.254.1.2 dev veth1 src 169.254.1.1 uid 0
 # ip ro add table 254 169.254.101.102/32 via 169.254.1.2 dev veth3 onlink
 # echo $?
 0

Remove these tests given that their output is confusing and that the
scenario that they are testing is already covered by other tests.

A subsequent patch will add tests for the nexthop device mismatch
scenario.

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/fib-onlink-tests.sh | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>

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