Re: [PATCH net-next v1 4/4] selftests: net: add leased devmem RX and TX netdev unregister tests

From: Dragos Tatulea

Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 08:56:26 EST


On 04.11.26 00:26, Mina Almasry wrote:
> Add devmem_lease_bind_rx_unregister_check and
> devmem_lease_bind_tx_unregister_check to nl_netdev.py to verify that
> leased RX and TX devmem bindings on a netkit interface backed by a
> netdevsim queue detach their dma-buf cleanly while the netlink socket
> remains open, both when the virtual device (bind_dev) is unregistered
> before the physical device (map_dev) and when the physical device is
> unregistered directly (which uninstalls the physical queue memory
> provider and cascades unregistration to the leasing netkit).
>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 129 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py
> index dd0321c0b463a..fa4b5be093257 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py
> @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import os
> import struct
> from os import system
> from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit, KsftFailEx, KsftSkipEx
> -from lib.py import ksft_eq, ksft_ge, ksft_ne, ksft_raises, ksft_busy_wait
> -from lib.py import EthtoolFamily, NetdevFamily, NetdevSimDev, NlError, defer, ip
> +from lib.py import ksft_eq, ksft_ge, ksft_ne, ksft_not_in, ksft_raises, ksft_busy_wait
> +from lib.py import EthtoolFamily, NetdevFamily, NetdevSimDev, Netlink
> +from lib.py import NlError, RtnlFamily, cmd, defer, ip
>
>
> def empty_check(nf) -> None:
> @@ -483,6 +484,129 @@ def devmem_bind_tx_unregister_check(_nf) -> None:
> nf_priv.close()
>
>
> +def _create_netkit_single(rxqueues=2):
> + """Create a single-device netkit interface for queue lease tests."""
> + ifname = f"nk{os.getpid()}"
> + try:
> + with RtnlFamily() as rtnl:
> + rtnl.newlink(
> + {
> + "ifname": ifname,
> + "linkinfo": {
> + "kind": "netkit",
> + "data": {
> + "mode": "l2",
> + "pairing": "single",
> + },
> + },
> + "num-rx-queues": rxqueues,
> + },
> + flags=[Netlink.NLM_F_CREATE, Netlink.NLM_F_EXCL],
> + )
> + except NlError as e:
> + if e.error in (errno.EOPNOTSUPP, errno.ENOENT):
> + raise KsftSkipEx(f"netkit single mode not supported: {e}") from e
> + raise
> + defer(cmd, f"ip link del dev {ifname}", fail=False)
> +
> + link = ip(f"-d link show dev {ifname}", json=True)[0]
> + return ifname, link["ifindex"]
> +
> +
> +def devmem_lease_bind_rx_unregister_check(nf) -> None:
> + """Verify leased RX devmem bindings detach cleanly on virt/phys unregister."""
> + for remove_virt_first in (False, True):
> + dmabuf_fd = _create_udmabuf()
> + defer(os.close, dmabuf_fd)
> + nf_priv = NetdevFamily()
> + defer(nf_priv.close)
> + nsimdev = NetdevSimDev(queue_count=2)
> + defer(nsimdev.remove)
> + nsim = nsimdev.nsims[0]
> +
> + ip(f"link set dev {nsim.ifname} up")
> + with EthtoolFamily() as ef:
> + ef.rings_set({"header": {"dev-index": nsim.ifindex},
> + "tcp-data-split": "enabled"})
> +
> + nk_ifname, nk_ifindex = _create_netkit_single(rxqueues=2)
> + ip(f"link set dev {nk_ifname} up")
> +
> + res = nf.queue_create({
> + "ifindex": nk_ifindex,
> + "type": "rx",
> + "lease": {
> + "ifindex": nsim.ifindex,
> + "queue": {"id": 1, "type": "rx"},
> + },
> + })
> +
> + _devmem_bind(nf_priv.bind_rx, {
> + "ifindex": nk_ifindex,
> + "fd": dmabuf_fd,
> + "queues": [{"id": res["id"], "type": "rx"}],
> + })
> + ksft_ge(_dmabuf_attach_count(dmabuf_fd), 1)
> +
> + if remove_virt_first:
> + ip(f"link del dev {nk_ifname}")
> + phys_q = nf.queue_get({"ifindex": nsim.ifindex, "id": 1,
> + "type": "rx"})
> + ksft_not_in("dmabuf", phys_q)
> + ksft_not_in("lease", phys_q)
> + ksft_ge(_dmabuf_attach_count(dmabuf_fd), 1)
> + nsimdev.remove()
> + else:
> + nsimdev.remove()
> + ksft_ne(cmd(f"ip link show dev {nk_ifname}", fail=False).ret, 0)
> + ksft_eq(_dmabuf_attach_count(dmabuf_fd), 0)
> +
> + nf_priv.close()
Any value in leaving this here? defer() should handle it.

Other than that:
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Dragos