Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] selftests: drv-net: Add VLAN test

From: Nicolai Buchwitz

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 08:04:44 EST


Hi Ovidiu

On 18.9.2026 13:25, Ovidiu Panait wrote:
Add a test that validates ping traffic over VLAN interfaces. It aims
to catch drivers which mishandle hardware VLAN tag stripping, in
particular QinQ.

Three VLAN configurations are covered, each with hardware RX VLAN
stripping enabled and disabled (via the rx-vlan-offload and
rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse features):
- a single 802.1q VLAN interface
- a single 802.1ad VLAN interface
- an 802.1q VLAN stacked on top of an 802.1ad interface

The "hw" test variants enable the RX VLAN stripping features supported
by the device (rx-vlan-offload and rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse), the "sw"
test variants disable all of them. A test is xfailed if the requested
configuration is not possible.

VLAN insertion offloads are not tested for now.

NETIF=end0 LOCAL_V4=172.16.0.2 REMOTE_V4=172.16.0.3 \
REMOTE_TYPE=ssh REMOTE_ARGS=root@172.16.0.3 \
run_kselftest.sh -t drivers/net/hw:vlan.py
TAP version 13
1..1
# timeout set to 0
# selftests: drivers/net/hw: vlan.py
# # Interface: end0, driver: st_gmac
# TAP version 13
# 1..6
# ok 1 vlan.test.8021q_hw
# ok 2 vlan.test.8021q_sw
# ok 3 vlan.test.8021ad_hw
# ok 4 vlan.test.8021ad_sw
# ok 5 vlan.test.qinq_hw
# ok 6 vlan.test.qinq_sw
# # Totals: pass:6 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
ok 1 selftests: drivers/net/hw: vlan.py
# Totals: pass:1 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0

Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.rb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

[...]

+LOCAL_IP = os.environ.get("VLAN_LOCAL_V4", "198.51.100.1")
+REMOTE_IP = os.environ.get("VLAN_REMOTE_V4", "198.51.100.2")

LOCAL_IP = "198.51.100.1"
REMOTE_IP = "198.51.100.2"

IMHO it would be better to use cfg.env, so net.config is honoured.

Either way the vars (eg. VLAN_LOCAL_V4 / VLAN_REMOVE_V4) should be
mentioned in README.rst? Right now it is only stated in the v2 changelog
in this commit.

+
+
+def _vlan_add(base, name, proto, vid, host=None):
+ """Create a VLAN device on top of base and bring it up."""
+
+ ip(f"link add link {base} name {name} type vlan proto {proto} id {vid}",
+ host=host)
+ defer(ip, f"link del {name}", host=host)
+ ip(f"link set {name} up", host=host)
+
+
+def _vlan_setup(base, addr, outer_proto, inner_proto, host=None):
+ """Create VLAN interfaces on base and set an IP on the innermost one."""
+
+ _vlan_add(base, OUTER_DEV, outer_proto, OUTER_VID, host=host)
+ if inner_proto:
+ _vlan_add(OUTER_DEV, INNER_DEV, inner_proto, INNER_VID, host=host)
+
+ dev = INNER_DEV if inner_proto else OUTER_DEV
+ ip(f"addr add {addr}/24 dev {dev}", host=host)
+
+
+def _setup(cfg, outer_proto, inner_proto, hw_strip):
+ """Configure VLAN stripping and create the VLAN interfaces."""
+
+ names = ["rx-vlan-offload"]
+ if outer_proto == "802.1ad":
+ names.append("rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse")
+
+ feat = ethtool(f"-k {cfg.ifname}", json=True)[0]
+ feats = {}
+ for name in names:
+ # hw: skip the features the device does not support
+ # sw: request all of them off
+ if hw_strip and feat[name]["fixed"] and not feat[name]["active"]:
+ continue
+ feats[name] = hw_strip
+
+ if hw_strip and not feats:
+ raise KsftXfailEx("Device does not support RX VLAN stripping")
+
+ set_ethtool_feat(cfg.ifname, feat, feats)
+
+ _vlan_setup(cfg.ifname, LOCAL_IP, outer_proto, inner_proto)
+ _vlan_setup(cfg.remote_ifname, REMOTE_IP, outer_proto, inner_proto,

LOCAL_IP -> cfg.local_ip
REMOTE_IP -> cfg.remote_ip

+ host=cfg.remote)
+
+
+def _vlan_variants():
+ """Generator that yields the VLAN protocols and the stripping mode."""
+
+ yield KsftNamedVariant("8021q_hw", "802.1q", None, True)
+ yield KsftNamedVariant("8021q_sw", "802.1q", None, False)
+ yield KsftNamedVariant("8021ad_hw", "802.1ad", None, True)
+ yield KsftNamedVariant("8021ad_sw", "802.1ad", None, False)
+ yield KsftNamedVariant("qinq_hw", "802.1ad", "802.1q", True)
+ yield KsftNamedVariant("qinq_sw", "802.1ad", "802.1q", False)
+
+
+@ksft_variants(_vlan_variants())
+def test(cfg, outer_proto, inner_proto, hw_strip):
+ """Run a single VLAN test"""
+
+ _setup(cfg, outer_proto, inner_proto, hw_strip)
+
+ cmd(f"ping -c 1 -W 5 {REMOTE_IP}")

REMOTE_IP -> cfg.remote_ip

+
+
+def main() -> None:
+ """ Ksft boiler plate main """
+
+ with NetDrvEpEnv(__file__) as cfg:

cfg.local_ip = cfg.env.get("VLAN_LOCAL_V4", LOCAL_IP)
cfg.remote_ip = cfg.env.get("VLAN_REMOTE_V4", REMOTE_IP)

+ ksft_run(cases=[test], args=(cfg, ))
+ ksft_exit()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()

Thanks,
Nicolai