[PATCH net-next v3 4/9] selftests: net: update some helpers to use run_on

From: Ioana Ciornei

Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 12:26:16 EST


Update some helpers so that they are capable to run commands on
different targets than the local one. This patch makes the necesasy
modification for those helpers / sections of code which are needed for
the ethtool_rmon.sh test that will be converted in the next patches.

For example, mac_addr_prepare() and mac_addr_restore() used when
STABLE_MAC_ADDRS=yes need to ensure stable MAC addresses on interfaces
located even in other namespaces. In order to do that, append the 'ip
link' commands with a 'run_on $dev' tag.

The same run_on is necessary also when verifying if all the interfaces
listed in NETIFS are indeed available.

Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- added some more double quotes
Changes in v2:
- patch is new

tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh | 17 ++++++++++-------
tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh | 2 +-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index fb5aa56343e1..f76de37d0caf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -530,10 +530,10 @@ mac_addr_prepare()
dev=${NETIFS[p$i]}
new_addr=$(printf "00:01:02:03:04:%02x" $i)

- MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]=$(ip -j link show dev $dev | jq -e '.[].address')
+ MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]=$(run_on "$dev" ip -j link show dev "$dev" | jq -e '.[].address')
# Strip quotes
MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]=${MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]//\"/}
- ip link set dev $dev address $new_addr
+ run_on "$dev" ip link set dev "$dev" address $new_addr
done
}

@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ mac_addr_restore()

for ((i = 1; i <= NUM_NETIFS; ++i)); do
dev=${NETIFS[p$i]}
- ip link set dev $dev address ${MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]}
+ run_on "$dev" ip link set dev "$dev" address ${MAC_ADDR_ORIG["$dev"]}
done
}

@@ -556,7 +556,9 @@ if [[ "$STABLE_MAC_ADDRS" = "yes" ]]; then
fi

for ((i = 1; i <= NUM_NETIFS; ++i)); do
- ip link show dev ${NETIFS[p$i]} &> /dev/null
+ int="${NETIFS[p$i]}"
+
+ run_on "$int" ip link show dev "$int" &> /dev/null
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "SKIP: could not find all required interfaces"
exit $ksft_skip
@@ -639,7 +641,7 @@ setup_wait_dev_with_timeout()
local i

for ((i = 1; i <= $max_iterations; ++i)); do
- ip link show dev $dev up \
+ run_on "$dev" ip link show dev "$dev" up \
| grep 'state UP' &> /dev/null
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
sleep 1
@@ -944,9 +946,10 @@ ethtool_std_stats_get()
local src=$1; shift

if [[ "$grp" == "pause" ]]; then
- ethtool -I --json -a "$dev" | jq --arg name "$name" '.[].statistics[$name]'
+ run_on "$dev" ethtool -I --json -a "$dev" | \
+ jq --arg name "$name" '.[].statistics[$name]'
else
- ethtool --json -S "$dev" --groups "$grp" -- --src "$src" | \
+ run_on "$dev" ethtool --json -S "$dev" --groups "$grp" -- --src "$src" | \
jq --arg grp "$grp" --arg name "$name" '.[][$grp][$name]'
fi
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
index f7c54d05758e..14f262a593c9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ mac_get()
{
local if_name=$1

- ip -j link show dev $if_name | jq -r '.[]["address"]'
+ run_on "$if_name" ip -j link show dev "$if_name" | jq -r '.[]["address"]'
}

kill_process()
--
2.25.1