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From: Jhonata Poma-Hansen via B4 Relay <devnull+jhonata.poma.gmail.com@kernel.org>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	 Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
	 Jhonata Poma-Hansen <jhonata.poma@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: net: netlink-dumps: start a dump with a notification queued
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:26:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023-netlink-dump-livelock-v1-2-478214a635d2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023-netlink-dump-livelock-v1-0-478214a635d2@gmail.com>

From: Jhonata Poma-Hansen <jhonata.poma@gmail.com>

Add a test which starts a link dump on a socket with a small receive
buffer while a link notification is still queued, after a large read
made the kernel attempt large dump skbs. The test reads like libnl
does, peeking before each read, and expects the dump to complete.

Signed-off-by: Jhonata Poma-Hansen <jhonata.poma@gmail.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/netlink-dumps.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 93 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netlink-dumps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netlink-dumps.c
index 51129c564..6f66a478d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netlink-dumps.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netlink-dumps.c
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
@@ -260,4 +262,95 @@ TEST(close_with_ref)
 	usleep(100 * 1000);
 }
 
+static int lo_set_up(int sock, bool up)
+{
+	struct ifreq ifr = {};
+
+	strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, "lo");
+	if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr))
+		return -1;
+	if (up)
+		ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP;
+	else
+		ifr.ifr_flags &= ~IFF_UP;
+	return ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr);
+}
+
+static const struct {
+	struct nlmsghdr nlhdr;
+	struct ifinfomsg ifm;
+} dump_links = {
+	.nlhdr = {
+		.nlmsg_len	= sizeof(dump_links),
+		.nlmsg_type	= RTM_GETLINK,
+		.nlmsg_flags	= NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK | NLM_F_DUMP,
+		.nlmsg_seq	= 1,
+	},
+	.ifm = {
+		.ifi_family	= AF_UNSPEC,
+	},
+};
+
+// A dump started while a notification is still queued must make progress
+// for a reader which peeks before reading, like libnl does
+TEST(dump_with_queued_ntf)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl addr = {
+		.nl_family	= AF_NETLINK,
+		.nl_groups	= RTMGRP_LINK,
+	};
+	int netlink_sock, inet_sock, i;
+	int rcvbuf = 8192;
+	bool done = false;
+	char buf[32768];
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(unshare(CLONE_NEWNET), 0);
+
+	inet_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(inet_sock, 0);
+	netlink_sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+	ASSERT_GE(netlink_sock, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(setsockopt(netlink_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF,
+			     &rcvbuf, sizeof(rcvbuf)), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(bind(netlink_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
+		       sizeof(addr)), 0);
+
+	// A large read makes the kernel attempt large dump skbs
+	ASSERT_EQ(lo_set_up(inet_sock, true), 0);
+	n = recv(netlink_sock, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(n, (ssize_t)sizeof(struct nlmsghdr));
+
+	// Leave one notification queued, then start the dump
+	ASSERT_EQ(lo_set_up(inet_sock, false), 0);
+	n = send(netlink_sock, &dump_links, sizeof(dump_links), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(n, sizeof(dump_links));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 100 && !done; i++) {
+		struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+
+		n = recv(netlink_sock, buf, sizeof(buf),
+			 MSG_PEEK | MSG_TRUNC | MSG_DONTWAIT);
+		if (n < 0)
+			continue;
+		n = recv(netlink_sock, buf, sizeof(buf), MSG_DONTWAIT);
+		if (n < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		for (nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buf; NLMSG_OK(nlh, n);
+		     nlh = NLMSG_NEXT(nlh, n)) {
+			if (nlh->nlmsg_seq != dump_links.nlhdr.nlmsg_seq)
+				continue;
+			if (nlh->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR)
+				EXPECT_EQ(*(int *)NLMSG_DATA(nlh), 0);
+			if (nlh->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
+				done = true;
+		}
+	}
+	EXPECT_TRUE(done);
+
+	close(netlink_sock);
+	close(inet_sock);
+}
+
 TEST_HARNESS_MAIN

-- 
2.54.0



      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-23 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-23 11:26 [PATCH net 0/2] netlink: fix a dump livelock " Jhonata Poma-Hansen via B4 Relay
2026-10-23 11:26 ` [PATCH net 1/2] netlink: retry a dump skb that does not fit with the minimum size Jhonata Poma-Hansen via B4 Relay
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