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diff --git a/test/doc/overview.rst b/test/doc/overview.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 0c07cb6111f..00000000000 --- a/test/doc/overview.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,450 +0,0 @@ -.. _unittest: https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html -.. _TestCase: https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase -.. _AssertionError: https://docs.python.org/2/library/exceptions.html#exceptions.AssertionError -.. _SkipTest: https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html#unittest.SkipTest -.. _virtualenv: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/ -.. _scapy: http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/ -.. _logging: https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.html -.. _process: https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#the-process-class -.. _pipes: https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.Pipe -.. _managed: https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#managers - -.. |vtf| replace:: VPP Test Framework - -|vtf| -===== - -.. contents:: - :local: - :depth: 1 - -Overview -######## - -The goal of the |vtf| is to ease writing, running and debugging -unit tests for the VPP. For this, python was chosen as a high level language -allowing rapid development with scapy_ providing the necessary tool for creating -and dissecting packets. - -Anatomy of a test case -###################### - -Python's unittest_ is used as the base framework upon which the VPP test -framework is built. A test suite in the |vtf| consists of multiple classes -derived from `VppTestCase`, which is itself derived from TestCase_. -The test class defines one or more test functions, which act as test cases. - -Function flow when running a test case is: - -1. `setUpClass <VppTestCase.setUpClass>`: - This function is called once for each test class, allowing a one-time test - setup to be executed. If this functions throws an exception, - none of the test functions are executed. -2. `setUp <VppTestCase.setUp>`: - The setUp function runs before each of the test functions. If this function - throws an exception other than AssertionError_ or SkipTest_, then this is - considered an error, not a test failure. -3. *test_<name>*: - This is the guts of the test case. It should execute the test scenario - and use the various assert functions from the unittest framework to check - necessary. Multiple test_<name> methods can exist in a test case. -4. `tearDown <VppTestCase.tearDown>`: - The tearDown function is called after each test function with the purpose - of doing partial cleanup. -5. `tearDownClass <VppTestCase.tearDownClass>`: - Method called once after running all of the test functions to perform - the final cleanup. - -Logging -####### - -Each test case has a logger automatically created for it, stored in -'logger' property, based on logging_. Use the logger's standard methods -debug(), info(), error(), ... to emit log messages to the logger. - -All the log messages go always into a log file in temporary directory -(see below). - -To control the messages printed to console, specify the V= parameter. - -.. code-block:: shell - - make test # minimum verbosity - make test V=1 # moderate verbosity - make test V=2 # maximum verbosity - -Parallel test execution -####################### - -|vtf| test suites can be run in parallel. Each test suite is executed -in a separate process spawned by Python multiprocessing process_. - -The results from child test suites are sent to parent through pipes_, which are -aggregated and summarized at the end of the run. - -Stdout, stderr and logs logged in child processes are redirected to individual -parent managed_ queues. The data from these queues are then emitted to stdout -of the parent process in the order the test suites have finished. In case there -are no finished test suites (such as at the beginning of the run), the data -from last started test suite are emitted in real time. - -To enable parallel test run, specify the number of parallel processes: - -.. code-block:: shell - - make test TEST_JOBS=n # at most n processes will be spawned - make test TEST_JOBS=auto # chosen based on the number of cores - # and the size of shared memory - -Test temporary directory and VPP life cycle -########################################### - -Test separation is achieved by separating the test files and vpp instances. -Each test creates a temporary directory and it's name is used to create -a shared memory prefix which is used to run a VPP instance. -The temporary directory name contains the testcase class name for easy -reference, so for testcase named 'TestVxlan' the directory could be named -e.g. vpp-unittest-TestVxlan-UNUP3j. -This way, there is no conflict between any other VPP instances running -on the box and the test VPP. Any temporary files created by the test case -are stored in this temporary test directory. - -The test temporary directory holds the following interesting files: - -* log.txt - this contains the logger output on max verbosity -* pg*_in.pcap - last injected packet stream into VPP, named after the interface, - so for pg0, the file will be named pg0_in.pcap -* pg*_out.pcap - last capture file created by VPP for interface, similarly, - named after the interface, so for e.g. pg1, the file will be named - pg1_out.pcap -* history files - whenever the capture is restarted or a new stream is added, - the existing files are rotated and renamed, soo all the pcap files - are always saved for later debugging if needed -* core - if vpp dumps a core, it'll be stored in the temporary directory -* vpp_stdout.txt - file containing output which vpp printed to stdout -* vpp_stderr.txt - file containing output which vpp printed to stderr - -*NOTE*: existing temporary directories named vpp-unittest-* are automatically -removed when invoking 'make test*' or 'make retest*' to keep the temporary -directory clean. - -Virtual environment -################### - -Virtualenv_ is a python module which provides a means to create an environment -containing the dependencies required by the |vtf|, allowing a separation -from any existing system-wide packages. |vtf|'s Makefile automatically -creates a virtualenv_ inside build-root and installs the required packages -in that environment. The environment is entered whenever executing a test -via one of the make test targets. - -Naming conventions -################## - -Most unit tests do some kind of packet manipulation - sending and receiving -packets between VPP and virtual hosts connected to the VPP. Referring -to the sides, addresses, etc. is always done as if looking from the VPP side, -thus: - -* *local_* prefix is used for the VPP side. - So e.g. `local_ip4 <VppInterface.local_ip4>` address is the IPv4 address - assigned to the VPP interface. -* *remote_* prefix is used for the virtual host side. - So e.g. `remote_mac <VppInterface.remote_mac>` address is the MAC address - assigned to the virtual host connected to the VPP. - -Automatically generated addresses -################################# - -To send packets, one needs to typically provide some addresses, otherwise -the packets will be dropped. The interface objects in |vtf| automatically -provide addresses based on (typically) their indexes, which ensures -there are no conflicts and eases debugging by making the addressing scheme -consistent. - -The developer of a test case typically doesn't need to work with the actual -numbers, rather using the properties of the objects. The addresses typically -come in two flavors: '<address>' and '<address>n' - note the 'n' suffix. -The former address is a Python string, while the latter is translated using -socket.inet_pton to raw format in network byte order - this format is suitable -for passing as an argument to VPP APIs. - -e.g. for the IPv4 address assigned to the VPP interface: - -* local_ip4 - Local IPv4 address on VPP interface (string) -* local_ip4n - Local IPv4 address - raw, suitable as API parameter. - -These addresses need to be configured in VPP to be usable using e.g. -`VppInterface.config_ip4` API. Please see the documentation to -`VppInterface` for more details. - -By default, there is one remote address of each kind created for L3: -remote_ip4 and remote_ip6. If the test needs more addresses, because it's -simulating more remote hosts, they can be generated using -`generate_remote_hosts` API and the entries for them inserted into the ARP -table using `configure_ipv4_neighbors` API. - -Packet flow in the |vtf| -######################## - -Test framework -> VPP -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -|vtf| doesn't send any packets to VPP directly. Traffic is instead injected -using packet-generator interfaces, represented by the `VppPGInterface` class. -Packets are written into a temporary .pcap file, which is then read by the VPP -and the packets are injected into the VPP world. - -To add a list of packets to an interface, call the `VppPGInterface.add_stream` -method on that interface. Once everything is prepared, call `pg_start` method to -start the packet generator on the VPP side. - -VPP -> test framework -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Similarly, VPP doesn't send any packets to |vtf| directly. Instead, packet -capture feature is used to capture and write traffic to a temporary .pcap file, -which is then read and analyzed by the |vtf|. - -The following APIs are available to the test case for reading pcap files. - -* `VppPGInterface.get_capture`: this API is suitable for bulk & batch - style of test, where a list of packets is prepared & sent, then the - received packets are read and verified. The API needs the number of - packets which are expected to be captured (ignoring filtered - packets - see below) to know when the pcap file is completely - written by the VPP. If using packet infos for verifying packets, - then the counts of the packet infos can be automatically used by - `VppPGInterface.get_capture` to get the proper count (in this case - the default value None can be supplied as expected_count or ommitted - altogether). -* `VppPGInterface.wait_for_packet`: this API is suitable for - interactive style of test, e.g. when doing session management, - three-way handshakes, etc. This API waits for and returns a single - packet, keeping the capture file in place and remembering - context. Repeated invocations return following packets (or raise - Exception if timeout is reached) from the same capture file (= - packets arriving on the same interface). - -*NOTE*: it is not recommended to mix these APIs unless you understand -how they work internally. None of these APIs rotate the pcap capture -file, so calling e.g. `VppPGInterface.get_capture` after -`VppPGInterface.wait_for_packet` will return already read packets. It -is safe to switch from one API to another after calling -`VppPGInterface.enable_capture` as that API rotates the capture file. - -Automatic filtering of packets: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Both APIs (`VppPGInterface.get_capture` and -`VppPGInterface.wait_for_packet`) by default filter the packet -capture, removing known uninteresting packets from it - these are IPv6 -Router Advertisments and IPv6 Router Alerts. These packets are -unsolicitated and from the point of |vtf| are random. If a test wants -to receive these packets, it should specify either None or a custom -filtering function as the value to the 'filter_out_fn' argument. - -Common API flow for sending/receiving packets: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -We will describe a simple scenario, where packets are sent from pg0 to pg1 -interface, assuming that the interfaces were created using -`create_pg_interfaces` API. - -1. Create a list of packets for pg0:: - - packet_count = 10 - packets = create_packets(src=self.pg0, dst=self.pg1, - count=packet_count) - -2. Add that list of packets to the source interface:: - - self.pg0.add_stream(packets) - -3. Enable capture on the destination interface:: - - self.pg1.enable_capture() - -4. Start the packet generator:: - - self.pg_start() - -5. Wait for capture file to appear and read it:: - - capture = self.pg1.get_capture(expected_count=packet_count) - -6. Verify packets match sent packets:: - - self.verify_capture(send=packets, captured=capture) - -Test framework objects -###################### - -The following objects provide VPP abstraction and provide a means to do -common tasks easily in the test cases. - -* `VppInterface`: abstract class representing generic VPP interface - and contains some common functionality, which is then used by derived classes -* `VppPGInterface`: class representing VPP packet-generator interface. - The interface is created/destroyed when the object is created/destroyed. -* `VppSubInterface`: VPP sub-interface abstract class, containing common - functionality for e.g. `VppDot1QSubint` and `VppDot1ADSubint` classes - -How VPP APIs/CLIs are called -############################ - -Vpp provides python bindings in a python module called vpp-papi, which the test -framework installs in the virtual environment. A shim layer represented by -the `VppPapiProvider` class is built on top of the vpp-papi, serving these -purposes: - -1. Automatic return value checks: - After each API is called, the return value is checked against the expected - return value (by default 0, but can be overridden) and an exception - is raised if the check fails. -2. Automatic call of hooks: - - a. `before_cli <Hook.before_cli>` and `before_api <Hook.before_api>` hooks - are used for debug logging and stepping through the test - b. `after_cli <Hook.after_cli>` and `after_api <Hook.after_api>` hooks - are used for monitoring the vpp process for crashes -3. Simplification of API calls: - Many of the VPP APIs take a lot of parameters and by providing sane defaults - for these, the API is much easier to use in the common case and the code is - more readable. E.g. ip_add_del_route API takes ~25 parameters, of which - in the common case, only 3 are needed. - -Utility methods -############### - -Some interesting utility methods are: - -* `ppp`: 'Pretty Print Packet' - returns a string containing the same output - as Scapy's packet.show() would print -* `ppc`: 'Pretty Print Capture' - returns a string containing printout of - a capture (with configurable limit on the number of packets printed from it) - using `ppp` - -*NOTE*: Do not use Scapy's packet.show() in the tests, because it prints -the output to stdout. All output should go to the logger associated with -the test case. - -Example: how to add a new test -############################## - -In this example, we will describe how to add a new test case which tests -basic IPv4 forwarding. - -1. Add a new file called test_ip4_fwd.py in the test directory, starting - with a few imports:: - - from framework import VppTestCase - from scapy.layers.l2 import Ether - from scapy.packet import Raw - from scapy.layers.inet import IP, UDP - from random import randint - -2. Create a class inherited from the VppTestCase:: - - class IP4FwdTestCase(VppTestCase): - """ IPv4 simple forwarding test case """ - -3. Add a setUpClass function containing the setup needed for our test to run:: - - @classmethod - def setUpClass(self): - super(IP4FwdTestCase, self).setUpClass() - self.create_pg_interfaces(range(2)) # create pg0 and pg1 - for i in self.pg_interfaces: - i.admin_up() # put the interface up - i.config_ip4() # configure IPv4 address on the interface - i.resolve_arp() # resolve ARP, so that we know VPP MAC - -4. Create a helper method to create the packets to send:: - - def create_stream(self, src_if, dst_if, count): - packets = [] - for i in range(count): - # create packet info stored in the test case instance - info = self.create_packet_info(src_if, dst_if) - # convert the info into packet payload - payload = self.info_to_payload(info) - # create the packet itself - p = (Ether(dst=src_if.local_mac, src=src_if.remote_mac) / - IP(src=src_if.remote_ip4, dst=dst_if.remote_ip4) / - UDP(sport=randint(1000, 2000), dport=5678) / - Raw(payload)) - # store a copy of the packet in the packet info - info.data = p.copy() - # append the packet to the list - packets.append(p) - - # return the created packet list - return packets - -5. Create a helper method to verify the capture:: - - def verify_capture(self, src_if, dst_if, capture): - packet_info = None - for packet in capture: - try: - ip = packet[IP] - udp = packet[UDP] - # convert the payload to packet info object - payload_info = self.payload_to_info(packet[Raw]) - # make sure the indexes match - self.assert_equal(payload_info.src, src_if.sw_if_index, - "source sw_if_index") - self.assert_equal(payload_info.dst, dst_if.sw_if_index, - "destination sw_if_index") - packet_info = self.get_next_packet_info_for_interface2( - src_if.sw_if_index, - dst_if.sw_if_index, - packet_info) - # make sure we didn't run out of saved packets - self.assertIsNotNone(packet_info) - self.assert_equal(payload_info.index, packet_info.index, - "packet info index") - saved_packet = packet_info.data # fetch the saved packet - # assert the values match - self.assert_equal(ip.src, saved_packet[IP].src, - "IP source address") - # ... more assertions here - self.assert_equal(udp.sport, saved_packet[UDP].sport, - "UDP source port") - except: - self.logger.error(ppp("Unexpected or invalid packet:", - packet)) - raise - remaining_packet = self.get_next_packet_info_for_interface2( - src_if.sw_if_index, - dst_if.sw_if_index, - packet_info) - self.assertIsNone(remaining_packet, - "Interface %s: Packet expected from interface " - "%s didn't arrive" % (dst_if.name, src_if.name)) - -6. Add the test code to test_basic function:: - - def test_basic(self): - count = 10 - # create the packet stream - packets = self.create_stream(self.pg0, self.pg1, count) - # add the stream to the source interface - self.pg0.add_stream(packets) - # enable capture on both interfaces - self.pg0.enable_capture() - self.pg1.enable_capture() - # start the packet generator - self.pg_start() - # get capture - the proper count of packets was saved by - # create_packet_info() based on dst_if parameter - capture = self.pg1.get_capture() - # assert nothing captured on pg0 (always do this last, so that - # some time has already passed since pg_start()) - self.pg0.assert_nothing_captured() - # verify capture - self.verify_capture(self.pg0, self.pg1, capture) - -7. Run the test by issuing 'make test' or, to run only this specific - test, issue 'make test TEST=test_ip4_fwd'. |