September 2025 - dev

[PATCH v6 0/4] New proof-of-concept based exeter tests
by David Gibson 03 Sep '25

03 Sep '25

Here's a new approach to building passt tests with exeter. This new one no longer uses Avocado in the default case, although it would still be possible to manually run the exeter based tests with Avocado. Here's another draft of my work on testing passt with Avocado and the exeter library I recently created. It includes Cleber's patch adding some basic Avocado tests and builds on that. For now this only does simple tests, to show how the integration could work. It adds some new trivial "smoke tests" and converts the linter and build checks to exeter. More complex tests will require building the sinte/pesto library we've discussed. A lot of the work for that already exists in my earlier exeter test series, but it will need some rework to split it into a separate component. v6: * Use exeter's new metadata support to print nicer test names v5: * Updated according to Stefano's review - Fixed a number of whitespace errors - Improved many comments and variable names to make things clearer * New patch adding parallel test execution with BATS * Improved autodetection of exeter tests using "exetool probe" David Gibson (4): test: Extend test scripts to allow running exeter tests. test: Run static checkers as exeter tests test: Convert build tests to exeter test: Allow exeter & podman tests to be parallel executed with BATS test/.gitignore | 2 + test/Makefile | 22 ++++++- test/build/all | 61 ------------------- test/build/build.py | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ test/build/clang_tidy | 17 ------ test/build/cppcheck | 17 ------ test/build/static_checkers.sh | 26 ++++++++ test/lib/exeter | 57 ++++++++++++++++++ test/run | 18 ++++-- test/smoke/smoke.sh | 33 ++++++++++ 10 files changed, 260 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 test/build/all create mode 100755 test/build/build.py delete mode 100644 test/build/clang_tidy delete mode 100644 test/build/cppcheck create mode 100755 test/build/static_checkers.sh create mode 100644 test/lib/exeter create mode 100755 test/smoke/smoke.sh -- 2.51.0

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[PATCH v11 00/30] Introduce discontiguous frames management
by Laurent Vivier 03 Sep '25

03 Sep '25

This series introduces iov_tail to convey frame information between functions. v11: - invert logic of pool_can_fit() and add iov_tail_prune() v10: - rename iov_tail_drop() to iov_drop_header() - rename pool_full() to pool_can_fit() - replace NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-core.NonNullParamChecker) by ASSERT(iov[i].iov_base); - update iov_tail_clone() comment header v9: - address comments from David v8: - rebase - rework the two last patches to store the iovec in the p->pkt array v7: - Add a patch to fix comment style of 'Return:' - Fix ignore_arp()/accept_arp() - Fix coverity error - Fix several comments v6: - Replaced iov_slice() with the clearer iov_tail_clone() for creating iovec subsets. - Standardized local header variable names (to *_storage suffix). - Renamed functions for better semantics (e.g., ignore_arp to accept_arp, packet_data to packet_get). - Corrected OPTLEN_MAX definition in TCP. - Addressed minor logic issues (e.g., DHCPv6 FQDN flags, NDP null check). - Updated ipv6_l4hdr() return type to boolean. - Improved comments and documentation across several modules. v5: - store in the pool iovec array with several entries v4: Prepare to introduce iovec array in the pool: - passe iov_tail rather than pool to ndp,icmp, dhcp, dhcpv6 and arp - remove unused pool macros - add memory regions in the pool structure, this will allow us to use the buf pointer to store the iovec array for vhost-user v3: Address comments from David Laurent Vivier (30): arp: Don't mix incoming and outgoing buffers iov: Introduce iov_tail_clone() and iov_drop_header(). iov: Update IOV_REMOVE_HEADER() and IOV_PEEK_HEADER() tap: Use iov_tail with tap_add_packet() packet: Use iov_tail with packet_add() packet: Add packet_data() arp: Convert to iov_tail ndp: Convert to iov_tail icmp: Convert to iov_tail udp: Convert to iov_tail tcp: Convert tcp_tap_handler() to use iov_tail tcp: Convert tcp_data_from_tap() to use iov_tail dhcpv6: move offset initialization out of dhcpv6_opt() dhcpv6: Extract sending of NotOnLink status dhcpv6: Convert to iov_tail dhcpv6: Use iov_tail in dhcpv6_opt() dhcp: Convert to iov_tail ip: Use iov_tail in ipv6_l4hdr() tap: Convert tap4_handler() to iov_tail tap: Convert tap6_handler() to iov_tail packet: rename packet_data() to packet_get() arp: use iov_tail rather than pool dhcp: use iov_tail rather than pool dhcpv6: use iov_tail rather than pool icmp: use iov_tail rather than pool ndp: use iov_tail rather than pool packet: remove PACKET_POOL() and PACKET_POOL_P() packet: remove unused parameter from PACKET_POOL_DECL() packet: Refactor vhost-user memory region handling packet: Add support for multi-vector packets arp.c | 86 +++++++++++++------- arp.h | 2 +- dhcp.c | 48 ++++++----- dhcp.h | 2 +- dhcpv6.c | 223 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- dhcpv6.h | 2 +- icmp.c | 40 +++++---- icmp.h | 2 +- iov.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++--- iov.h | 58 ++++++++++---- ip.c | 33 ++++---- ip.h | 3 +- ndp.c | 16 +++- ndp.h | 4 +- packet.c | 146 ++++++++++++++++++--------------- packet.h | 45 ++++------- pcap.c | 1 + tap.c | 119 +++++++++++++++------------ tap.h | 4 +- tcp.c | 61 +++++++++----- tcp_buf.c | 2 +- udp.c | 33 +++++--- vhost_user.c | 28 +++---- virtio.c | 4 +- virtio.h | 18 ++++- vu_common.c | 48 ++++------- 26 files changed, 693 insertions(+), 436 deletions(-) -- 2.50.1

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[PATCH v2] build: Fix errors of TCP_REPAIR_* undeclared
by Yumei Huang 03 Sep '25

03 Sep '25

Based on an original patch by Dongsheng, fix the following errors on systems with glibc < 2.29: tcp.c: In function ‘tcp_flow_repair_on’: tcp.c:2787:38: error: ‘TCP_REPAIR_ON’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘TCP_REPAIR’? if ((rc = repair_set(c, conn->sock, TCP_REPAIR_ON))) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ TCP_REPAIR tcp.c:2787:38: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in tcp.c: In function ‘tcp_flow_repair_off’: tcp.c:2807:38: error: ‘TCP_REPAIR_OFF’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘TCP_REPAIR’? if ((rc = repair_set(c, conn->sock, TCP_REPAIR_OFF))) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TCP_REPAIR make: *** [Makefile:94: passt] Error 1 Link: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=121 Reported-by: Dongsheng <dongsheng.song(a)gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang(a)redhat.com> --- linux_dep.h | 6 ++++++ passt-repair.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/linux_dep.h b/linux_dep.h index 240f50a..1d9e166 100644 --- a/linux_dep.h +++ b/linux_dep.h @@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ struct tcp_info_linux { #define CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE (1U << 1) #endif +#ifndef TCP_REPAIR_ON +#define TCP_REPAIR_ON 1 +#define TCP_REPAIR_OFF 0 +#define TCP_REPAIR_OFF_NO_WP -1 /* Turn off without window probes */ +#endif + __attribute__ ((weak)) /* cppcheck-suppress funcArgNamesDifferent */ int close_range(unsigned int first, unsigned int last, int flags) { diff --git a/passt-repair.c b/passt-repair.c index 8c59d7e..c3c140f 100644 --- a/passt-repair.c +++ b/passt-repair.c @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ #include <linux/seccomp.h> #include "seccomp_repair.h" +#include "linux_dep.h" #define SCM_MAX_FD 253 /* From Linux kernel (include/net/scm.h), not in UAPI */ #define REPAIR_EXT ".repair" -- 2.47.0

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[PATCH v3 0/7] tcp: Fixes for issues uncovered by tests with 6.17-rc1 kernels
by Stefano Brivio 02 Sep '25

02 Sep '25

Starting from Linux kernel commit 1d2fbaad7cd8 ("tcp: stronger sk_rcvbuf checks"), window limits are enforced more aggressively with a bigger amount of zero-window updates compared to what happened with e2142825c120 ("net: tcp: send zero-window ACK when no memory") alone, and occasional duplicate ACKs can now be seen also for local transfers with default (208 KiB) socket buffer sizes. Paul reports that, with 6.17-rc1-ish kernels, Podman tests for the pasta integration occasionally fail on the "TCP/IPv4 large transfer, tap" case. While playing with a reproducer that seems to be matching those failures: while true; do ./pasta --trace -l /tmp/pasta.log -p /tmp/pasta.pcap --config-net -t 5555 -- socat TCP-LISTEN:5555 OPEN:/tmp/large.rcv,trunc & (sleep 0.3; socat -T2 OPEN:large.bin TCP:88.198.0.164:5555; ); wait; diff large.bin /tmp/large.rcv || break; done and a kernel including that commit, I hit a few different failures, that should be fixed by this series. Paul tested v1 of this series and found an additional failure (transfer timeout), which I could reproduce with a slightly different command: while true; do ./pasta --trace -l /tmp/pasta.log -p /tmp/pasta.pcap --config-net -t 5555 -- socat TCP-LISTEN:5555 EXEC:./write.sh & (sleep 0.3; socat -T2 OPEN:large.bin TCP:88.198.0.164:5555; ); wait; diff large.bin /tmp/large.rcv || break; done where write.sh is simply: #!/bin/sh cat > /tmp/large.rcv so that the connection is not half-closed starting from the beginning, because socat can't make assumptions about the unidirectional nature of the traffic. This should now be fixed as well by the new version of patch 3/7. v3: - add patch 6/7 - in 7/7, check dlen <= 1 for keep-alive segments, instead of len <= 1 v2: in 3/6, rewind sequence also if the zero-window update comes in the middle of a batch with non-zero window updates Stefano Brivio (7): tcp: FIN flags have to be retransmitted as well tcp: Factor sequence rewind for retransmissions into a new function tcp: Rewind sequence when guest shrinks window to zero tcp: Fix closing logic for half-closed connections tcp: Don't try to transmit right after the peer shrank the window to zero tcp: Cast operands of sequence comparison macros to uint32_t before using them tcp: Fast re-transmit if half-closed, make TAP_FIN_RCVD path consistent tcp.c | 181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- tcp_internal.h | 12 ++-- 2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) -- 2.43.0

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[PATCH] build: Fix errors of TCP_REPAIR_* undeclared
by Yumei Huang 02 Sep '25

02 Sep '25

Fix the following errors on systems with glibc < 2.29: tcp.c: In function ‘tcp_flow_repair_on’: tcp.c:2787:38: error: ‘TCP_REPAIR_ON’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘TCP_REPAIR’? if ((rc = repair_set(c, conn->sock, TCP_REPAIR_ON))) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ TCP_REPAIR tcp.c:2787:38: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in tcp.c: In function ‘tcp_flow_repair_off’: tcp.c:2807:38: error: ‘TCP_REPAIR_OFF’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘TCP_REPAIR’? if ((rc = repair_set(c, conn->sock, TCP_REPAIR_OFF))) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TCP_REPAIR make: *** [Makefile:94: passt] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang(a)redhat.com> --- linux_dep.h | 6 ++++++ passt-repair.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/linux_dep.h b/linux_dep.h index 240f50a..c200444 100644 --- a/linux_dep.h +++ b/linux_dep.h @@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ struct tcp_info_linux { #define CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE (1U << 1) #endif +#ifndef TCP_REPAIR_ON +#define TCP_REPAIR_ON 1 +#define TCP_REPAIR_OFF 0 +#define TCP_REPAIR_OFF_NO_WP -1 /* Turn off without window probes */ +#endif + __attribute__ ((weak)) /* cppcheck-suppress funcArgNamesDifferent */ int close_range(unsigned int first, unsigned int last, int flags) { diff --git a/passt-repair.c b/passt-repair.c index 8c59d7e..c3c140f 100644 --- a/passt-repair.c +++ b/passt-repair.c @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ #include <linux/seccomp.h> #include "seccomp_repair.h" +#include "linux_dep.h" #define SCM_MAX_FD 253 /* From Linux kernel (include/net/scm.h), not in UAPI */ #define REPAIR_EXT ".repair" -- 2.44.0

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