[PATCH net-next v6 1/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key parsing to ovs-dpctl.py
From: Minxi Hou <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-24 15:06:38
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linux-kselftest, lkml
Subsystem:
kernel selftest framework, networking [general], openvswitch, the rest · Maintainers:
Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Aaron Conole, Eelco Chaudron, Ilya Maximets, Linus Torvalds
The ovskey flow-string parser has no OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP entry, so a flow string containing sctp(src=.../dst=...) parses without error but silently drops the L4 key. The resulting flow carries only ipv4(proto=132), and the kernel rejects it: match_validate() in flow_netlink.c requires OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP when the IP protocol is IPPROTO_SCTP and returns -EINVAL for the missing key. Register OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP in the parse table and add unit tests (runnable via ovs-dpctl.py --test) covering SCTP and the neighboring TCP/UDP/ICMP/IPv4 key parsers. Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <redacted> --- .../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py | 129 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 129 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
index f3edd198223f..633af10d7e8a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import struct import sys import time import types +import unittest import uuid try:
@@ -1984,6 +1985,11 @@ class ovskey(nla): "udp", ovskey.ovs_key_udp, ), + ( + "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP", + "sctp", + ovskey.ovs_key_sctp, + ), ( "OVS_KEY_ATTR_ICMP", "icmp",
@@ -3165,5 +3171,128 @@ def main(argv): return 0 +def _init_ovskey_nlas(): + """Initialize required NLA classes for ovskey parsing.""" + nlmsg_atoms.encap_ovskey = encap_ovskey + nlmsg_atoms.ovskey = ovskey + nlmsg_atoms.ovsactions = ovsactions + + +def _parse_flow(flowstr): + """Parse a flow string and return the key.""" + key = ovskey() + key["attrs"] = [] + key.parse(flowstr) + return key + + +def _find_attr(key, attr_name): + """Find an attribute in parsed key.""" + for attr in key["attrs"]: + if attr[0] == attr_name: + return attr[1] + return None + + +class TestOvsKeyParse(unittest.TestCase): + """Unit tests for ovskey.parse() flow string parsing.""" + + @classmethod + def setUpClass(cls): + _init_ovskey_nlas() + + def test_sctp_dst(self): + """Test SCTP destination port parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("sctp(dst=4443)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "SCTP key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["dst"], 4443) + + def test_sctp_src(self): + """Test SCTP source port parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("sctp(src=4443)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "SCTP key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["src"], 4443) + + def test_sctp_src_and_dst(self): + """Test SCTP source and destination port parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("sctp(src=1234,dst=5678)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "SCTP key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["src"], 1234) + self.assertEqual(attr["dst"], 5678) + + def test_tcp_dst(self): + """Test TCP destination port parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("tcp(dst=80)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_TCP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "TCP key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["dst"], 80) + + def test_udp_dst(self): + """Test UDP destination port parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("udp(dst=53)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_UDP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "UDP key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["dst"], 53) + + def test_icmp_type_code(self): + """Test ICMP type and code parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("icmp(type=8,code=0)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_ICMP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "ICMP key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["type"], 8) + self.assertEqual(attr["code"], 0) + + def test_ipv4_proto(self): + """Test IPv4 protocol parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_IPV4") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "IPv4 key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr["proto"], 132) + + def test_eth_type(self): + """Test Ethernet type parsing.""" + key = _parse_flow("eth_type(0x0800)") + attr = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_ETHERTYPE") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "EthType key not found") + self.assertEqual(attr, 0x0800) + + def test_full_sctp_flow(self): + """Test complete SCTP flow string parsing.""" + flowstr = ( + "in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800)," + "ipv4(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)" + ) + key = _parse_flow(flowstr) + in_port = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_IN_PORT") + self.assertEqual(in_port, 1) + sctp = _find_attr(key, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP") + self.assertIsNotNone(sctp, "SCTP key not found") + self.assertEqual(sctp["dst"], 4443) + + def test_sctp_roundtrip(self): + """Test parse -> dpstr -> parse keeps the SCTP key.""" + key = _parse_flow("sctp(dst=4443)") + key2 = ovskey() + key2["attrs"] = [] + remainder = key2.parse(key.dpstr()) + self.assertEqual(remainder, "", "round-trip left unparsed text") + attr = _find_attr(key2, "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP") + self.assertIsNotNone(attr, "SCTP key lost in round-trip") + self.assertEqual(attr["dst"], 4443) + + +def test_ovskey_parse(): + """Test ovskey.parse() method for various flow key types.""" + suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestOvsKeyParse) + runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2) + result = runner.run(suite) + return 0 if result.wasSuccessful() else 1 + + if __name__ == "__main__": + if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "--test": + sys.exit(test_ovskey_parse()) sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
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