selftests/net/openvswitch: add flow modify test

Add mod_flow() and the mod-flow CLI command to ovs-dpctl.py, exercising
OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET. Add test_flow_set which first modifies an existing
flow with new actions and verifies the change via traffic, then modifies
the same flow without actions and verifies the kernel handles the
no-actions case gracefully.

The no-actions path is unreachable from userspace OVS tools (dpctl
mod-flow requires actions) but reachable via raw netlink. This is the
code path where Adrian Moreno found a possible kfree_skb of ERR_PTR
when reply allocation fails after locking.

Make parse() skip OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS when actstr is None so the
kernel enters the post-lock allocation branch in ovs_flow_cmd_set().
After the no-actions set, verify via dump-flows that the flow retained
its drop action.

Suggested-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609165725.107484-1-houminxi@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Minxi Hou 2026-06-10 00:57:25 +08:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 7bc054c2d4
commit 3e9201e4fe
2 changed files with 114 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ tests="
drop_reason drop: test drop reasons are emitted
pop_vlan vlan: POP_VLAN action strips tag
dec_ttl ttl: dec_ttl decrements IP TTL
flow_set flow-set: Flow modify
psample psample: Sampling packets with psample"
info() {
@ -193,6 +194,23 @@ ovs_add_flow () {
return 0
}
ovs_mod_flow () {
if [ -n "$4" ]; then
info "Modifying flow: sbx:$1 br:$2 flow:$3 act:$4"
ovs_sbx "$1" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py \
mod-flow "$2" "$3" "$4"
else
info "Modifying flow (no actions): sbx:$1 br:$2 flow:$3"
ovs_sbx "$1" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py \
mod-flow "$2" "$3"
fi
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
info "Flow modify [ $3 ] failed"
return 1
fi
return 0
}
ovs_del_flows () {
info "Deleting all flows from DP: sbx:$1 br:$2"
ovs_sbx "$1" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py del-flows "$2"
@ -300,6 +318,65 @@ test_dec_ttl() {
return 0
}
test_flow_set() {
sbx_add "test_flow_set" || return $?
ovs_add_dp "test_flow_set" flowset || return 1
info "create namespaces"
for ns in client server; do
ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_flow_set" "flowset" "$ns" \
"${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
done
ip netns exec client ip addr add 10.0.0.1/24 dev c1
ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
ip netns exec server ip addr add 10.0.0.2/24 dev s1
ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset \
'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset \
'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
local fwd_flow="ufid:00000001-0002-0003-0004-000500060007"
fwd_flow="$fwd_flow,in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()"
ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset "$fwd_flow" '2' \
|| return 1
ovs_add_flow "test_flow_set" flowset \
'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()' '1' || return 1
info "verify initial forwarding"
ovs_sbx "test_flow_set" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
10.0.0.2 || return 1
info "mod-flow with new actions (change to drop)"
ovs_mod_flow "test_flow_set" flowset "$fwd_flow" 'drop' \
|| return 1
info "verify traffic is now dropped"
ovs_sbx "test_flow_set" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
10.0.0.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 \
&& { info "FAIL: ping should fail after mod-flow to drop"
return 1; }
info "mod-flow without actions"
ovs_mod_flow "test_flow_set" flowset "$fwd_flow" || return 1
info "verify flow retained drop action via dump"
python3 "$ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py" dump-flows flowset \
| grep -q "actions:drop" || \
{ info "FAIL: flow not showing drop action"; return 1; }
info "verify drop actions unchanged"
ovs_sbx "test_flow_set" ip netns exec client ping -c 1 -W 2 \
10.0.0.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 \
&& { info "FAIL: ping should still fail after no-actions set"
return 1; }
return 0
}
# psample test
# - use psample to observe packets
test_psample() {

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@ -2702,9 +2702,10 @@ class OvsFlow(GenericNetlinkSocket):
self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY", k])
self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK", m])
a = ovsactions()
a.parse(actstr)
self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS", a])
if actstr is not None:
a = ovsactions()
a.parse(actstr)
self["attrs"].append(["OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS", a])
def __init__(self):
GenericNetlinkSocket.__init__(self)
@ -2738,6 +2739,25 @@ class OvsFlow(GenericNetlinkSocket):
raise ne
return reply
def mod_flow(self, dpifindex, flowmsg):
"""Modify an existing flow in the kernel."""
flowmsg["cmd"] = OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET
flowmsg["version"] = OVS_DATAPATH_VERSION
flowmsg["reserved"] = 0
flowmsg["dpifindex"] = dpifindex
try:
reply = self.nlm_request(
flowmsg,
msg_type=self.prid,
msg_flags=NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK,
)
reply = reply[0]
except NetlinkError as ne:
print(flowmsg)
raise ne
return reply
def del_flows(self, dpifindex):
"""
Send a del message to the kernel that will drop all flows.
@ -3013,6 +3033,12 @@ def main(argv):
addflcmd.add_argument("flow", help="Flow specification")
addflcmd.add_argument("acts", help="Flow actions")
modflcmd = subparsers.add_parser("mod-flow")
modflcmd.add_argument("modbr", help="Datapath name")
modflcmd.add_argument("modflow", help="Flow specification")
modflcmd.add_argument("modacts", help="Flow actions",
nargs="?", default=None)
delfscmd = subparsers.add_parser("del-flows")
delfscmd.add_argument("flsbr", help="Datapath name")
@ -3110,6 +3136,14 @@ def main(argv):
flow = OvsFlow.ovs_flow_msg()
flow.parse(args.flow, args.acts, rep["dpifindex"])
ovsflow.add_flow(rep["dpifindex"], flow)
elif hasattr(args, "modbr"):
rep = ovsdp.info(args.modbr, 0)
if rep is None:
print(f"DP '{args.modbr}' not found.")
return 1
flow = OvsFlow.ovs_flow_msg()
flow.parse(args.modflow, args.modacts, rep["dpifindex"])
ovsflow.mod_flow(rep["dpifindex"], flow)
elif hasattr(args, "flsbr"):
rep = ovsdp.info(args.flsbr, 0)
if rep is None: