[PATCH net-next v8] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key support and test
From: Minxi Hou <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-31 06:27:10
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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 a matching
selftest that verifies SCTP flow key matching (sctp src/dst port).
Also enable CONFIG_IP_SCTP in the selftest kernel config.
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <redacted>
---
Changes from v7:
- Drop all unit tests per Ilya's feedback (tests for test code
feels excessive); merge patches back into one.
- Enable CONFIG_IP_SCTP in the selftest kernel config.
- Rebase onto latest net-next; add base-commit header.
v7: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260729064549.3647518-1-houminxi@gmail.com/ (local)
v6: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260724150624.3457427-1-houminxi@gmail.com/ (local)
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260723215630.2502169-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260723162503.1790998-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260722214915.4128292-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260721190648.2713156-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260718215437.3257200-1-houminxi@gmail.com/
.../testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config | 1 +
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh | 121 ++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py | 5 +
3 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
index c659749cd086..754297b1644e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/config@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ CONFIG_GENEVE=m CONFIG_INET_DIAG=y CONFIG_IPV6=y +CONFIG_IP_SCTP=y CONFIG_NETFILTER=y CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_DEMUX=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index 853dbc1b00d7..b448324527d8 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ tests=" action_set set: SET action rewrites fields trunc trunc: output truncation icmpv6 icmpv6: ICMPv6 echo type match + sctp_connect_v4 sctp: SCTP flow key matching psample psample: Sampling packets with psample" info() {
@@ -611,6 +612,126 @@ test_icmpv6() { return 0 } +# Check for an SCTP endpoint via /proc, which works without sctp_diag. +sctp_eps_has() { + ip netns exec "$1" awk -v p="$2" '$6==p' /proc/net/sctp/eps | grep -q . +} + +# sctp_connect_v4 test +# - sctp(dst=4443) matches client-to-server INIT +# - sctp(src=4443) matches server-to-client INIT-ACK +# - remove flows and verify connection fails, reinstall and recover +test_sctp_connect_v4() { + local t="test_sctp_connect_v4" + local srv_ip=172.31.110.20 + + modprobe -q sctp 2>/dev/null || return "$ksft_skip" + socat -V 2>&1 | grep -q "define WITH_SCTP" || return "$ksft_skip" + + sbx_add "$t" || return $? + ovs_add_dp "$t" sctp4 || return 1 + + info "create namespaces" + for ns in client server; do + ovs_add_netns_and_veths "$t" "sctp4" "$ns" \ + "${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1 + done + + ip netns exec client ip addr add 172.31.110.10/24 dev c1 + ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up + ip netns exec server ip addr add "${srv_ip}/24" dev s1 + ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up + + # Probe: check if kernel supports sctp flow key. + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)' \ + '2' &>/dev/null + if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then + info "no support for sctp key - skipping" + ovs_exit_sig + return $ksft_skip + fi + ovs_del_flows "$t" sctp4 + + # ARP forwarding + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \ + '2' || return 1 + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \ + '1' || return 1 + + # SCTP port matching: dst for request, src for reply + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)' \ + '2' || return 1 + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(src=4443)' \ + '1' || return 1 + + ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "$t" "server" \ + socat -u SCTP4-LISTEN:4443 STDOUT + local server_pid="$pid" + ovs_wait sctp_eps_has server 4443 || return 1 + + info "verify SCTP association with port-keyed flows" + ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \ + timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:${srv_ip}:4443" </dev/null \ + || return 1 + + ovs_del_flows "$t" sctp4 + + info "verify connection fails without flows" + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \ + '2' || return 1 + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' \ + '1' || return 1 + + kill -TERM "$server_pid" 2>/dev/null + local i=0 + while kill -0 "$server_pid" 2>/dev/null && [ "$i" -lt 5 ]; do + sleep 0.2 + i=$((i + 1)) + done + ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "$t" "server" \ + socat -u SCTP4-LISTEN:4443 STDOUT + server_pid="$pid" + ovs_wait sctp_eps_has server 4443 || return 1 + + ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \ + timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:${srv_ip}:4443" </dev/null \ + >/dev/null 2>&1 \ + && { info "connection should fail without flows" + return 1; } + + info "reinstall flows and verify recovery" + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(dst=4443)' \ + '2' || return 1 + ovs_add_flow "$t" sctp4 \ + 'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(proto=132),sctp(src=4443)' \ + '1' || return 1 + + kill -TERM "$server_pid" 2>/dev/null + i=0 + while kill -0 "$server_pid" 2>/dev/null && [ "$i" -lt 5 ]; do + sleep 0.2 + i=$((i + 1)) + done + ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "$t" "server" \ + socat -u SCTP4-LISTEN:4443 STDOUT + server_pid="$pid" + ovs_wait sctp_eps_has server 4443 || return 1 + + ovs_sbx "$t" ip netns exec client \ + timeout 3 socat -u STDIN "SCTP4-CONNECT:${srv_ip}:4443" </dev/null \ + || return 1 + + return 0 +} + # psample test # - use psample to observe packets test_psample() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
index f3edd198223f..ce790d936832 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py@@ -1984,6 +1984,11 @@ class ovskey(nla): "udp", ovskey.ovs_key_udp, ), + ( + "OVS_KEY_ATTR_SCTP", + "sctp", + ovskey.ovs_key_sctp, + ), ( "OVS_KEY_ATTR_ICMP", "icmp",
base-commit: 2fbade66245059c78daeaccfce13ecf499fffb51 -- 2.55.0