[PATCH net-next v3 01/11] selftests/vsock: improve logging in vmtest.sh

From: Bobby Eshleman

Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 19:49:52 EST


From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>

Improve usability of logging functions. Remove the test name prefix from
logging functions so that logging calls can be made deeper into the call
stack without passing down the test name or setting some global. Teach
log function to accept a LOG_PREFIX variable to avoid unnecessary
argument shifting.

Remove log_setup() and instead use log_host(). The host/guest prefixes
are useful to show whether a failure happened on the guest or host side,
but "setup" doesn't really give additional useful information. Since all
log_setup() calls happen on the host, lets just use log_host() instead.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- add quotes around $@ in log_{host,guest} (Simon)
- remove unnecessary cat for piping into awk (Simon)

Changes from previous series:
- do not use log levels, keep as on/off switch, after revising the other
patch series the levels became unnecessary.
---
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh | 69 ++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
index 8ceeb8a7894f..54bae61bf6d4 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
@@ -271,60 +271,51 @@ EOF

host_wait_for_listener() {
wait_for_listener "${TEST_HOST_PORT_LISTENER}" "${WAIT_PERIOD}" "${WAIT_PERIOD_MAX}"
-}
-
-__log_stdin() {
- cat | awk '{ printf "%s:\t%s\n","'"${prefix}"'", $0 }'
-}

-__log_args() {
- echo "$*" | awk '{ printf "%s:\t%s\n","'"${prefix}"'", $0 }'
}

log() {
- local prefix="$1"
+ local redirect
+ local prefix

- shift
- local redirect=
if [[ ${VERBOSE} -eq 0 ]]; then
redirect=/dev/null
else
redirect=/dev/stdout
fi

+ prefix="${LOG_PREFIX:-}"
+
if [[ "$#" -eq 0 ]]; then
- __log_stdin | tee -a "${LOG}" > ${redirect}
+ if [[ -n "${prefix}" ]]; then
+ awk -v prefix="${prefix}" '{printf "%s: %s\n", prefix, $0}'
+ else
+ cat
+ fi
else
- __log_args "$@" | tee -a "${LOG}" > ${redirect}
- fi
-}
-
-log_setup() {
- log "setup" "$@"
+ if [[ -n "${prefix}" ]]; then
+ echo "${prefix}: " "$@"
+ else
+ echo "$@"
+ fi
+ fi | tee -a "${LOG}" > ${redirect}
}

log_host() {
- local testname=$1
-
- shift
- log "test:${testname}:host" "$@"
+ LOG_PREFIX=host log "$@"
}

log_guest() {
- local testname=$1
-
- shift
- log "test:${testname}:guest" "$@"
+ LOG_PREFIX=guest log "$@"
}

test_vm_server_host_client() {
- local testname="${FUNCNAME[0]#test_}"

vm_ssh -- "${VSOCK_TEST}" \
--mode=server \
--control-port="${TEST_GUEST_PORT}" \
--peer-cid=2 \
- 2>&1 | log_guest "${testname}" &
+ 2>&1 | log_guest &

vm_wait_for_listener "${TEST_GUEST_PORT}"

@@ -332,18 +323,17 @@ test_vm_server_host_client() {
--mode=client \
--control-host=127.0.0.1 \
--peer-cid="${VSOCK_CID}" \
- --control-port="${TEST_HOST_PORT}" 2>&1 | log_host "${testname}"
+ --control-port="${TEST_HOST_PORT}" 2>&1 | log_host

return $?
}

test_vm_client_host_server() {
- local testname="${FUNCNAME[0]#test_}"

${VSOCK_TEST} \
--mode "server" \
--control-port "${TEST_HOST_PORT_LISTENER}" \
- --peer-cid "${VSOCK_CID}" 2>&1 | log_host "${testname}" &
+ --peer-cid "${VSOCK_CID}" 2>&1 | log_host &

host_wait_for_listener

@@ -351,19 +341,18 @@ test_vm_client_host_server() {
--mode=client \
--control-host=10.0.2.2 \
--peer-cid=2 \
- --control-port="${TEST_HOST_PORT_LISTENER}" 2>&1 | log_guest "${testname}"
+ --control-port="${TEST_HOST_PORT_LISTENER}" 2>&1 | log_guest

return $?
}

test_vm_loopback() {
- local testname="${FUNCNAME[0]#test_}"
local port=60000 # non-forwarded local port

vm_ssh -- "${VSOCK_TEST}" \
--mode=server \
--control-port="${port}" \
- --peer-cid=1 2>&1 | log_guest "${testname}" &
+ --peer-cid=1 2>&1 | log_guest &

vm_wait_for_listener "${port}"

@@ -371,7 +360,7 @@ test_vm_loopback() {
--mode=client \
--control-host="127.0.0.1" \
--control-port="${port}" \
- --peer-cid=1 2>&1 | log_guest "${testname}"
+ --peer-cid=1 2>&1 | log_guest

return $?
}
@@ -399,25 +388,25 @@ run_test() {

host_oops_cnt_after=$(dmesg | grep -i 'Oops' | wc -l)
if [[ ${host_oops_cnt_after} -gt ${host_oops_cnt_before} ]]; then
- echo "FAIL: kernel oops detected on host" | log_host "${name}"
+ echo "FAIL: kernel oops detected on host" | log_host
rc=$KSFT_FAIL
fi

host_warn_cnt_after=$(dmesg --level=warn | grep -c -i 'vsock')
if [[ ${host_warn_cnt_after} -gt ${host_warn_cnt_before} ]]; then
- echo "FAIL: kernel warning detected on host" | log_host "${name}"
+ echo "FAIL: kernel warning detected on host" | log_host
rc=$KSFT_FAIL
fi

vm_oops_cnt_after=$(vm_ssh -- dmesg | grep -i 'Oops' | wc -l)
if [[ ${vm_oops_cnt_after} -gt ${vm_oops_cnt_before} ]]; then
- echo "FAIL: kernel oops detected on vm" | log_host "${name}"
+ echo "FAIL: kernel oops detected on vm" | log_host
rc=$KSFT_FAIL
fi

vm_warn_cnt_after=$(vm_ssh -- dmesg --level=warn | grep -c -i 'vsock')
if [[ ${vm_warn_cnt_after} -gt ${vm_warn_cnt_before} ]]; then
- echo "FAIL: kernel warning detected on vm" | log_host "${name}"
+ echo "FAIL: kernel warning detected on vm" | log_host
rc=$KSFT_FAIL
fi

@@ -452,10 +441,10 @@ handle_build

echo "1..${#ARGS[@]}"

-log_setup "Booting up VM"
+log_host "Booting up VM"
vm_start
vm_wait_for_ssh
-log_setup "VM booted up"
+log_host "VM booted up"

cnt_pass=0
cnt_fail=0

--
2.47.3