[PATCH net v2 4/4] selftests: net: add a test case for nsid in all nsid notifications

From: Ilya Maximets

Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 16:31:54 EST


The test subscribes to link events from all namespaces and makes
sure that local events do not carry NSID in their ancillary data
(even if there is a self-referential NSID allocated for the local
namespace), and remote events do.

Assisted-by: OpenCode:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/link_netns.py | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/link_netns.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/link_netns.py
index aab043c59d695..6d1f863b6262e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/link_netns.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/link_netns.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@

import time

-from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit, ksft_true
+from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit, ksft_eq, ksft_true
from lib.py import ip
from lib.py import NetNS, NetNSEnter
from lib.py import RtnlFamily


LINK_NETNSID = 100
+LINK_NETNSID2 = 200


def test_event() -> None:
@@ -32,6 +33,57 @@ def test_event() -> None:
"Received unexpected link notification")


+def test_event_all_nsid() -> None:
+ """NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID notifications: local events must not
+ carry nsid even with a self-referential mapping. Remote events
+ must carry the correct nsid."""
+
+ with NetNS() as ns1, NetNS() as ns2:
+ net1, net2 = str(ns1), str(ns2)
+
+ with NetNSEnter(net1):
+ rtnl = RtnlFamily()
+ rtnl.ntf_listen_all_nsid()
+ rtnl.ntf_subscribe("rtnlgrp-link")
+
+ # Case 1: no nsid assigned, local event, no nsid expected.
+ ip("link add dummy-lo type dummy", ns=net1)
+
+ # Case 2: self-referential nsid, local event, still no nsid.
+ ip(f"netns set {net1} {LINK_NETNSID}", ns=net1)
+ ip("link add dummy-sr type dummy", ns=net1)
+
+ # Case 3: remote event, nsid present.
+ ip(f"netns set {net2} {LINK_NETNSID2}", ns=net1)
+ ip("link add dummy-re type dummy", ns=net2)
+
+ # Collect the three newlink events, ignoring unrelated noise.
+ events = {}
+ for msg in rtnl.poll_ntf(duration=1):
+ if msg['name'] == 'getlink':
+ ifname = msg['msg'].get('ifname')
+ if ifname in ('dummy-lo', 'dummy-sr', 'dummy-re'):
+ events[ifname] = msg
+ if len(events) == 3:
+ break
+
+ ksft_true('dummy-lo' in events, "missing local event")
+ ksft_true(events['dummy-lo'].get('nsid') is None,
+ "local event without nsid should not carry nsid")
+
+ ksft_true('dummy-sr' in events, "missing self-ref event")
+ ksft_true(events['dummy-sr'].get('nsid') is None,
+ "local event with self-ref nsid should not carry nsid")
+
+ ksft_true('dummy-re' in events, "missing remote event")
+ ksft_eq(events['dummy-re'].get('nsid'), LINK_NETNSID2,
+ "remote event should carry nsid")
+
+ ip("link del dummy-lo", ns=net1)
+ ip("link del dummy-sr", ns=net1)
+ ip("link del dummy-re", ns=net2)
+
+
def validate_link_netns(netns, ifname, link_netnsid) -> bool:
link_info = ip(f"-d link show dev {ifname}", ns=netns, json=True)
if not link_info:
@@ -133,7 +185,12 @@ def test_peer_net() -> None:


def main() -> None:
- ksft_run([test_event, test_link_net, test_peer_net])
+ ksft_run([
+ test_event,
+ test_event_all_nsid,
+ test_link_net,
+ test_peer_net,
+ ])
ksft_exit()


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2.53.0