Re: [PROBLEM] selftests: net/forwarding/*.sh: 'Command line is not complete. Try option "help"'

[Petr Machata]

Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:51:04PM +0200, Mirsad Todorovac wrote:
>> Tests fail with error message:
>> 
>> Command line is not complete. Try option "help"
>> Failed to create netif
>> 
>> The script
>> 
>> # tools/testing/seltests/net/forwarding/bridge_igmp.sh
>> 
>> bash `set -x` ends with an error:
>> 
>> ++ create_netif_veth
>> ++ local i
>> ++ (( i = 1 ))
>> ++ (( i <= NUM_NETIFS ))
>> ++ local j=2
>> ++ ip link show dev
>> ++ [[ 255 -ne 0 ]]
>> ++ ip link add type veth peer name
>> Command line is not complete. Try option "help"
>> ++ [[ 255 -ne 0 ]]
>> ++ echo 'Failed to create netif'
>> Failed to create netif
>> ++ exit 1
>> 
>> The problem seems to be linked with this piece of code of "lib.sh":
>> 
>> create_netif_veth()
>> {
>>         local i
>> 
>>         for ((i = 1; i <= NUM_NETIFS; ++i)); do
>>                 local j=$((i+1))
>> 
>>                 ip link show dev ${NETIFS[p$i]} &> /dev/null
>>                 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
>>                         ip link add ${NETIFS[p$i]} type veth \
>>                                 peer name ${NETIFS[p$j]}
>>                         if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
>>                                 echo "Failed to create netif"
>>                                 exit 1
>>                         fi
>>                 fi
>>                 i=$j
>>         done
>> }
>> 
>> Somehow, ${NETIFS[p$i]} is evaluated to an empty string?
>
> You need to provide a configuration file in
> tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/forwarding.config. See
> tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample for
> example.
>
> Another option is to provide the interfaces on the command line.
>
> ./bridge_igmp.sh veth0 veth1 veth2 veth3
>
> If no configuration file is present, we can try to assume that the
> tests are meant to be run with veth pairs and not with physical
> loopbacks. Something like:
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
> index 71f7c0c49677..5b0183013017 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
> @@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ TEAMD=${TEAMD:=teamd}
>  WAIT_TIME=${WAIT_TIME:=5}
>  PAUSE_ON_FAIL=${PAUSE_ON_FAIL:=no}
>  PAUSE_ON_CLEANUP=${PAUSE_ON_CLEANUP:=no}
> -NETIF_TYPE=${NETIF_TYPE:=veth}
> -NETIF_CREATE=${NETIF_CREATE:=yes}
>  MCD=${MCD:=smcrouted}
>  MC_CLI=${MC_CLI:=smcroutectl}
>  PING_COUNT=${PING_COUNT:=10}
> @@ -30,6 +28,20 @@ REQUIRE_MZ=${REQUIRE_MZ:=yes}
>  REQUIRE_MTOOLS=${REQUIRE_MTOOLS:=no}
>  STABLE_MAC_ADDRS=${STABLE_MAC_ADDRS:=no}
>  TCPDUMP_EXTRA_FLAGS=${TCPDUMP_EXTRA_FLAGS:=}
> +NETIF_TYPE=${NETIF_TYPE:=veth}
> +NETIF_CREATE=${NETIF_CREATE:=yes}
> +declare -A NETIFS=(
> +       [p1]=veth0
> +       [p2]=veth1
> +       [p3]=veth2
> +       [p4]=veth3
> +       [p5]=veth4
> +       [p6]=veth5
> +       [p7]=veth6
> +       [p8]=veth7
> +       [p9]=veth8
> +       [p10]=veth9
> +)
>  
>  relative_path="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
>  if [[ "$relative_path" == "${BASH_SOURCE}" ]]; then

Or maybe this so that we get the exactly right number of interfaces?

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index 8491c97475ab..4fefdf9716dc 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ if [[ "$relative_path" == "${BASH_SOURCE}" ]]; then
 	relative_path="."
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -v NUM_NETIFS ]]; then
+	echo "SKIP: importer does not define \"NUM_NETIFS\""
+	exit $ksft_skip
+fi
+
+declare -A NETIFS
+for i in $(seq $NUM_NETIFS); do
+	NETIFS[p$i]=veth$i
+done
+
 if [[ -f $relative_path/forwarding.config ]]; then
 	source "$relative_path/forwarding.config"
 fi
@@ -195,11 +205,6 @@ if [[ "$REQUIRE_MTOOLS" = "yes" ]]; then
 	require_command mreceive
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -v NUM_NETIFS ]]; then
-	echo "SKIP: importer does not define \"NUM_NETIFS\""
-	exit $ksft_skip
-fi
-
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