1 tdc - Linux Traffic Control (tc) unit testing suite
3 Author: Lucas Bates - lucasb@mojatatu.com
5 tdc is a Python script to load tc unit tests from a separate JSON file and
6 execute them inside a network namespace dedicated to the task.
12 * Minimum Python version of 3.4. Earlier 3.X versions may work but are not
15 * The kernel must have network namespace support if using nsPlugin
17 * The kernel must have veth support available, as a veth pair is created
18 prior to running the tests when using nsPlugin.
20 * The kernel must have the appropriate infrastructure enabled to run all tdc
21 unit tests. See the config file in this directory for minimum required
22 features. As new tests will be added, config options list will be updated.
24 * All tc-related features being tested must be built in or available as
25 modules. To check what is required in current setup run:
29 In the current release, tdc run will abort due to a failure in setup or
30 teardown commands - which includes not being able to run a test simply
31 because the kernel did not support a specific feature. (This will be
32 handled in a future version - the current workaround is to run the tests
33 on specific test categories that your kernel supports)
39 The path to the tc executable that will be most commonly tested can be defined
40 in the tdc_config.py file. Find the 'TC' entry in the NAMES dictionary and
43 If you need to test a different tc executable on the fly, you can do so by
44 using the -p option when running tdc:
45 ./tdc.py -p /path/to/tc
51 To use tdc, root privileges are required. This is because the
52 commands being tested must be run as root. The code that enforces
53 execution by root uid has been moved into a plugin (see PLUGIN
56 Tests that use a network device should have nsPlugin.py listed as a
57 requirement for that test. nsPlugin executes all commands within a
58 network namespace and creates a veth pair which may be used in those test
59 cases. To disable execution within the namespace, pass the -N option
60 to tdc when starting a test run; the veth pair will still be created
63 Running tdc without any arguments will run all tests. Refer to the section
64 on command line arguments for more information, or run:
67 tdc will list the test names as they are being run, and print a summary in
68 TAP (Test Anything Protocol) format when they are done. If tests fail,
69 output captured from the failing test will be printed immediately following
70 the failed test in the TAP output.
73 OVERVIEW OF TDC EXECUTION
74 -------------------------
76 One run of tests is considered a "test suite" (this will be refined in the
77 future). A test suite has one or more test cases in it.
79 A test case has four stages:
86 The setup and teardown stages can run zero or more commands. The setup
87 stage does some setup if the test needs it. The teardown stage undoes
88 the setup and returns the system to a "neutral" state so any other test
89 can be run next. These two stages require any commands run to return
90 success, but do not otherwise verify the results.
92 The execute and verify stages each run one command. The execute stage
93 tests the return code against one or more acceptable values. The
94 verify stage checks the return code for success, and also compares
95 the stdout with a regular expression.
97 Each of the commands in any stage will run in a shell instance.
100 USER-DEFINED CONSTANTS
101 ----------------------
103 The tdc_config.py file contains multiple values that can be altered to suit
104 your needs. Any value in the NAMES dictionary can be altered without affecting
105 the tests to be run. These values are used in the tc commands that will be
106 executed as part of the test. More will be added as test cases require.
109 $TC qdisc add dev $DEV1 ingress
111 The NAMES values are used to substitute into the commands in the test cases.
114 COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
115 ----------------------
117 Run tdc.py -h to see the full list of available arguments.
119 usage: tdc.py [-h] [-p PATH] [-D DIR [DIR ...]] [-f FILE [FILE ...]]
120 [-c [CATG [CATG ...]]] [-e ID [ID ...]] [-l] [-s] [-i] [-v] [-N]
121 [-d DEVICE] [-P] [-n] [-V]
126 -h, --help show this help message and exit
127 -p PATH, --path PATH The full path to the tc executable to use
128 -v, --verbose Show the commands that are being run
129 -N, --notap Suppress tap results for command under test
130 -d DEVICE, --device DEVICE
131 Execute the test case in flower category
132 -P, --pause Pause execution just before post-suite stage
135 select which test cases: files plus directories; filtered by categories
138 -D DIR [DIR ...], --directory DIR [DIR ...]
139 Collect tests from the specified directory(ies)
141 -f FILE [FILE ...], --file FILE [FILE ...]
142 Run tests from the specified file(s)
143 -c [CATG [CATG ...]], --category [CATG [CATG ...]]
144 Run tests only from the specified category/ies, or if
145 no category/ies is/are specified, list known
147 -e ID [ID ...], --execute ID [ID ...]
148 Execute the specified test cases with specified IDs
151 select action to perform on selected test cases
153 -l, --list List all test cases, or those only within the
155 -s, --show Display the selected test cases
156 -i, --id Generate ID numbers for new test cases
159 options for nsPlugin (run commands in net namespace)
162 Do not run commands in a network namespace.
165 options for valgrindPlugin (run command under test under Valgrind)
167 -V, --valgrind Run commands under valgrind
173 There is now a plugin architecture, and some of the functionality that
174 was in the tdc.py script has been moved into the plugins.
176 The plugins are in the directory plugin-lib. The are executed from
177 directory plugins. Put symbolic links from plugins to plugin-lib,
178 and name them according to the order you want them to run. This is not
179 necessary if a test case being run requires a specific plugin to work.
183 bjb@bee:~/work/tc-testing$ ls -l plugins
185 lrwxrwxrwx 1 bjb bjb 27 Oct 4 16:12 10-rootPlugin.py -> ../plugin-lib/rootPlugin.py
186 lrwxrwxrwx 1 bjb bjb 25 Oct 12 17:55 20-nsPlugin.py -> ../plugin-lib/nsPlugin.py
187 -rwxr-xr-x 1 bjb bjb 0 Sep 29 15:56 __init__.py
189 The plugins are a subclass of TdcPlugin, defined in TdcPlugin.py and
190 must be called "SubPlugin" so tdc can find them. They are
191 distinguished from each other in the python program by their module
194 This base class supplies "hooks" to run extra functions. These hooks are as follows:
198 pre- and post-execute stage
199 adjust-command (runs in all stages and receives the stage name)
201 The pre-suite hook receives the number of tests and an array of test ids.
202 This allows you to dump out the list of skipped tests in the event of a
203 failure during setup or teardown stage.
205 The pre-case hook receives the ordinal number and test id of the current test.
207 The adjust-command hook receives the stage id (see list below) and the
208 full command to be executed. This allows for last-minute adjustment
211 The stages are identified by the following strings:
221 To write a plugin, you need to inherit from TdcPlugin in
222 TdcPlugin.py. To use the plugin, you have to put the
223 implementation file in plugin-lib, and add a symbolic link to it from
224 plugins. It will be detected at run time and invoked at the
225 appropriate times. There are a few examples in the plugin-lib
229 implements the enforcement of running as root
231 sets up a network namespace and runs all commands in that namespace,
232 while also setting up dummy devices to be used in testing.
234 runs each command in the execute stage under valgrind,
235 and checks for leaks.
236 This plugin will output an extra test for each test in the test file,
237 one is the existing output as to whether the test passed or failed,
238 and the other is a test whether the command leaked memory or not.
239 (This one is a preliminary version, it may not work quite right yet,
240 but the overall template is there and it should only need tweaks.)
241 - buildebpfPlugin.py:
242 builds all programs in $EBPFDIR.
250 Jamal Hadi Salim, for providing valuable test cases
251 Keara Leibovitz, who wrote the CLI test driver that I used as a base for the
252 first version of the tc testing suite. This work was presented at
253 Netdev 1.2 Tokyo in October 2016.
254 Samir Hussain, for providing help while I dove into Python for the first time
255 and being a second eye for this code.