Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/9] selftests: net: update some helpers to use run_on

From: Petr Machata

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 07:27:05 EST



Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Update some helpers so that they are capable to run commands on
> different targets than the local one. This patch makes the necesasy
> modification for those helpers / sections of code which are needed for
> the ethtool_rmon.sh test that will be converted in the next patches.
>
> For example, mac_addr_prepare() and mac_addr_restore() used when
> STABLE_MAC_ADDRS=yes need to ensure stable MAC addresses on interfaces
> located even in other namespaces. In order to do that, append the 'ip
> link' commands with a 'run_on $dev' tag.
>
> The same run_on is necessary also when verifying if all the interfaces
> listed in NETIFS are indeed available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>

This looks good, but I'm unhappy with some overlong lines again :)

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - added some more double quotes
> Changes in v2:
> - patch is new
>
> tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh | 17 ++++++++++-------
> tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
> index fb5aa56343e1..f76de37d0caf 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
> @@ -530,10 +530,10 @@ mac_addr_prepare()
> dev=${NETIFS[p$i]}
> new_addr=$(printf "00:01:02:03:04:%02x" $i)
>
> - MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]=$(ip -j link show dev $dev | jq -e '.[].address')
> + MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]=$(run_on "$dev" ip -j link show dev "$dev" | jq -e '.[].address')

Here.

> # Strip quotes
> MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]=${MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]//\"/}
> - ip link set dev $dev address $new_addr
> + run_on "$dev" ip link set dev "$dev" address $new_addr
> done
> }
>
> @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ mac_addr_restore()
>
> for ((i = 1; i <= NUM_NETIFS; ++i)); do
> dev=${NETIFS[p$i]}
> - ip link set dev $dev address ${MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]}
> + run_on "$dev" ip link set dev "$dev" address ${MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]}

And here.

> done
> }
>
> @@ -556,7 +556,9 @@ if [[ "$STABLE_MAC_ADDRS" = "yes" ]]; then
> fi
>
> for ((i = 1; i <= NUM_NETIFS; ++i)); do
> - ip link show dev ${NETIFS[p$i]} &> /dev/null
> + int="${NETIFS[p$i]}"
> +
> + run_on "$int" ip link show dev "$int" &> /dev/null
> if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
> echo "SKIP: could not find all required interfaces"
> exit $ksft_skip
> @@ -639,7 +641,7 @@ setup_wait_dev_with_timeout()
> local i
>
> for ((i = 1; i <= $max_iterations; ++i)); do
> - ip link show dev $dev up \
> + run_on "$dev" ip link show dev "$dev" up \
> | grep 'state UP' &> /dev/null
> if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
> sleep 1
> @@ -944,9 +946,10 @@ ethtool_std_stats_get()
> local src=$1; shift
>
> if [[ "$grp" == "pause" ]]; then
> - ethtool -I --json -a "$dev" | jq --arg name "$name" '.[].statistics[$name]'
> + run_on "$dev" ethtool -I --json -a "$dev" | \
> + jq --arg name "$name" '.[].statistics[$name]'

Oh, I see, you fold it here. Um, would be better in 1/9 though :)

> else
> - ethtool --json -S "$dev" --groups "$grp" -- --src "$src" | \
> + run_on "$dev" ethtool --json -S "$dev" --groups "$grp" -- --src "$src" | \
> jq --arg grp "$grp" --arg name "$name" '.[][$grp][$name]'

This needs to be folded as well.

> fi
> }
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
> index f7c54d05758e..14f262a593c9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
> @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ mac_get()
> {
> local if_name=$1
>
> - ip -j link show dev $if_name | jq -r '.[]["address"]'
> + run_on "$if_name" ip -j link show dev "$if_name" | jq -r '.[]["address"]'
> }
>
> kill_process()