[net-next,v7,0/4] netdevsim: link and forward skbs between ports

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David Wei Jan. 27, 2024, 4:03 a.m. UTC

This patchset adds the ability to link two netdevsim ports together and
forward skbs between them, similar to veth. The goal is to use netdevsim
for testing features e.g. zero copy Rx using io_uring.

This feature was tested locally on QEMU, and a selftest is included.

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v6->v7:
- change link syntax to netnsid:ifidx
- replace dev_get_by_index() with __dev_get_by_index()
- check for NULL peer when linking
- add a sysfs attribute for unlinking
- only update Tx stats if not dropped
- update selftest

v5->v6:
- reworked to link two netdevsims using sysfs attribute on the bus
  device instead of debugfs due to deadlock possibility if a netdevsim
  is removed during linking
- removed unnecessary patch maintaining a list of probed nsim_devs
- updated selftest

v4->v5:
- reduce nsim_dev_list_lock critical section
- fixed missing mutex unlock during unwind ladder
- rework nsim_dev_peer_write synchronization to take devlink lock as
  well as rtnl_lock
- return err msgs to user during linking if port doesn't exist or
  linking to self
- update tx stats outside of RCU lock

v3->v4:
- maintain a mutex protected list of probed nsim_devs instead of using
  nsim_bus_dev
- fixed synchronization issues by taking rtnl_lock
- track tx_dropped skbs

v2->v3:
- take lock when traversing nsim_bus_dev_list
- take device ref when getting a nsim_bus_dev
- return 0 if nsim_dev_peer_read cannot find the port
- address code formatting
- do not hard code values in selftests
- add Makefile for selftests

v1->v2:
- renamed debugfs file from "link" to "peer"
- replaced strstep() with sscanf() for consistency
- increased char[] buf sz to 22 for copying id + port from user
- added err msg w/ expected fmt when linking as a hint to user
- prevent linking port to itself
- protect peer ptr using RCU


David Wei (4):
  netdevsim: allow two netdevsim ports to be connected
  netdevsim: forward skbs from one connected port to another
  netdevsim: add selftest for forwarding skb between connected ports
  netdevsim: add Makefile for selftests

 MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 +
 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c                   | 132 ++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c                |  39 +++++-
 drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h             |   3 +
 .../selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile  |  18 +++
 .../selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh   | 127 +++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 315 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh