[net-next v4 12/12] selftests: drv-net: Add USO test

From: Joe Damato

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 10:49:52 EST


Add a simple test for USO. Can be used with netdevsim or real hardware.
Tests both ipv4 and ipv6 with several full segments and a partial
segment.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Damato <joe@xxxxxxx>
---
v4:
- Fix python linter issues (unused imports, docstring, etc).

rfcv2:
- new in rfcv2

tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/uso.py | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 97 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/uso.py

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
index 8154d6d429d3..800065fe443f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := \
ring_reconfig.py \
shaper.py \
stats.py \
+ uso.py \
xdp.py \
# end of TEST_PROGS

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/uso.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/uso.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2ddeae99b4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/uso.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+"""Test USO
+
+Sends large UDP datagrams with UDP_SEGMENT and verifies that the peer
+receives the correct number of individual segments with correct sizes.
+"""
+import socket
+import time
+
+from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit, KsftSkipEx
+from lib.py import ksft_ge
+from lib.py import NetDrvEpEnv
+from lib.py import defer, ethtool, ip, rand_port
+
+# python doesn't expose this constant, so we need to hardcode it to enable UDP
+# segmentation for large payloads
+UDP_SEGMENT = 103
+
+
+def _send_uso(cfg, ipver, mss, total_payload, port):
+ if ipver == "4":
+ sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+ dst = (cfg.remote_addr_v["4"], port)
+ else:
+ sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+ dst = (cfg.remote_addr_v["6"], port)
+
+ sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_UDP, UDP_SEGMENT, mss)
+ payload = bytes(range(256)) * ((total_payload // 256) + 1)
+ payload = payload[:total_payload]
+ sock.sendto(payload, dst)
+ sock.close()
+ return payload
+
+
+def _get_rx_packets(cfg):
+ stats = ip(f"-s link show dev {cfg.remote_ifname}",
+ json=True, host=cfg.remote)[0]
+ return stats['stats64']['rx']['packets']
+
+
+def _test_uso(cfg, ipver, mss, total_payload):
+ cfg.require_ipver(ipver)
+
+ try:
+ ethtool(f"-K {cfg.ifname} tx-udp-segmentation on")
+ except Exception as exc:
+ raise KsftSkipEx(
+ "Device does not support tx-udp-segmentation") from exc
+ defer(ethtool, f"-K {cfg.ifname} tx-udp-segmentation off")
+
+ expected_segs = (total_payload + mss - 1) // mss
+
+ rx_before = _get_rx_packets(cfg)
+
+ port = rand_port(stype=socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+ _send_uso(cfg, ipver, mss, total_payload, port)
+
+ time.sleep(0.5)
+
+ rx_after = _get_rx_packets(cfg)
+ rx_delta = rx_after - rx_before
+
+ ksft_ge(rx_delta, expected_segs,
+ comment=f"Expected >= {expected_segs} rx packets, got {rx_delta}")
+
+
+def test_uso_v4(cfg):
+ """USO IPv4: 11 segments (10 full + 1 partial)."""
+ _test_uso(cfg, "4", 1400, 1400 * 10 + 500)
+
+
+def test_uso_v6(cfg):
+ """USO IPv6: 11 segments (10 full + 1 partial)."""
+ _test_uso(cfg, "6", 1400, 1400 * 10 + 500)
+
+
+def test_uso_v4_exact(cfg):
+ """USO IPv4: exact multiple of MSS (5 full segments)."""
+ _test_uso(cfg, "4", 1400, 1400 * 5)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+ """Run USO tests."""
+ with NetDrvEpEnv(__file__) as cfg:
+ ksft_run([test_uso_v4,
+ test_uso_v6,
+ test_uso_v4_exact],
+ args=(cfg, ))
+ ksft_exit()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
--
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