[PATCH bpf-next v2 2/4] selftests/bpf: Optionally open a dedicated namespace to run test in it

From: Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2025 - 09:57:08 EST


Some tests are serialized to prevent interference with others.

Open a dedicated network namespace when a test name starts with 'ns_' to
allow more test parallelization. Use the test name as namespace name to
avoid conflict between namespaces.

Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation) <bastien.curutchet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index c9e745d49493e594b55d79ac26061b0466f9a039..0cb759632225d27ad8df7bc478bf1adb5651bf33 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -1365,10 +1365,19 @@ static int recv_message(int sock, struct msg *msg)
return ret;
}

+static bool ns_is_needed(const char *test_name)
+{
+ if (strlen(test_name) < 3)
+ return false;
+
+ return !strncmp(test_name, "ns_", 3);
+}
+
static void run_one_test(int test_num)
{
struct prog_test_def *test = &prog_test_defs[test_num];
struct test_state *state = &test_states[test_num];
+ struct netns_obj *ns = NULL;

env.test = test;
env.test_state = state;
@@ -1376,10 +1385,13 @@ static void run_one_test(int test_num)
stdio_hijack(&state->log_buf, &state->log_cnt);

watchdog_start();
+ if (ns_is_needed(test->test_name))
+ ns = netns_new(test->test_name, true);
if (test->run_test)
test->run_test();
else if (test->run_serial_test)
test->run_serial_test();
+ netns_free(ns);
watchdog_stop();

/* ensure last sub-test is finalized properly */

--
2.48.1