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diff --git a/test/doc/Makefile b/test/doc/Makefile
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-# Makefile for VPP Test documentation
-#
-
-SPHINXOPTS =
-SRC_DOC_DIR = $(TEST_DIR)/doc
-SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-build
-HTML_DOC_GEN_DIR = $(TEST_DOC_BR)/html
-API_DOC_GEN_DIR = $(TEST_DOC_BR)/api
-
-# Internal variables.
-ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d $(TEST_DOC_BR)/.sphinx-cache $(SPHINXOPTS) $(API_DOC_GEN_DIR) -c $(SRC_DOC_DIR)
-IN_VENV:=$(shell if pip -V | grep "venv" 2>&1 > /dev/null; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
-
-.PHONY: verify-virtualenv
-verify-virtualenv:
-ifndef TEST_DIR
- $(error TEST_DIR is not set)
-endif
-ifndef TEST_DOC_BR
- $(error TEST_DOC_BR is not set)
-endif
-ifeq ($(IN_VENV),0)
- $(error "Not running inside virtualenv (are you running 'make test-doc' from root?)")
-endif
-
-.PHONY: regen-api-doc
-regen-api-doc: verify-virtualenv
- @mkdir -p $(API_DOC_GEN_DIR)
- @cp $(SRC_DOC_DIR)/index.rst $(API_DOC_GEN_DIR)
- @cp $(SRC_DOC_DIR)/indices.rst $(API_DOC_GEN_DIR)
- @cp $(SRC_DOC_DIR)/overview.rst $(API_DOC_GEN_DIR)
- sphinx-apidoc -o $(API_DOC_GEN_DIR) -H "Module documentation" $(TEST_DIR)
-
-.PHONY: html
-html: regen-api-doc verify-virtualenv
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(HTML_DOC_GEN_DIR)
diff --git a/test/doc/conf.py b/test/doc/conf.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# VPP test framework documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Thu Oct 13 08:45:03 2016.
-#
-# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
-# containing dir.
-#
-# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
-# autogenerated file.
-#
-# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
-# serve to show the default.
-
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#
-import os
-import sys
-import subprocess
-from datetime import date
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
-
-# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
-
-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-#
-# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
-
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
-extensions = [
- 'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
-]
-autodoc_mock_imports = ['objgraph',
- 'parameterized',
- 'pexpect',
- 'psutil',
- 'pympler',
- 'scapy',
- 'syslog_rfc5424_parser',
- 'vpp_papi']
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
-
-# The suffix(es) of source filenames.
-# You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
-#
-# source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
-source_suffix = '.rst'
-
-# The encoding of source files.
-#
-# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'index'
-
-# General information about the project.
-project = u'VPP test framework'
-copyright = f'{date.today().year}, FD.io VPP team'
-author = u'FD.io VPP team'
-
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-output = subprocess.run(['../../src/scripts/version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-version = f'{output.stdout.decode("utf-8")}'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = f'{output.stdout.decode("utf-8")}'
-
-# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
-# for a list of supported languages.
-#
-# This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
-# Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
-language = None
-
-# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
-# non-false value, then it is used:
-#
-# today = ''
-#
-# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-#
-# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-# This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
-
-# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
-# documents.
-#
-default_role = 'any'
-
-# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
-#
-add_function_parentheses = True
-
-# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
-# unit titles (such as .. function::).
-#
-# add_module_names = True
-
-# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
-# output. They are ignored by default.
-#
-# show_authors = False
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = 'sphinx'
-
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-# modindex_common_prefix = []
-
-# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
-# keep_warnings = False
-
-# If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
-todo_include_todos = False
-
-
-# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages. See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-#
-# html_theme = 'alabaster'
-html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
-
-# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
-# further. For a list of options available for each theme, see the
-# documentation.
-#
-# html_theme_options = {}
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-# html_theme_path = []
-
-# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.
-# "<project> v<release> documentation" by default.
-#
-# html_title = u'VPP test framework v0.1'
-
-# A shorter title for the navigation bar. Default is the same as html_title.
-#
-# html_short_title = None
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
-# of the sidebar.
-#
-# html_logo = None
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to use as a favicon of
-# the docs. This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or
-# 32x32 pixels large.
-#
-# html_favicon = None
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-# html_static_path = []
-
-# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
-# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
-# directly to the root of the documentation.
-#
-# html_extra_path = []
-
-# If not None, a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page
-# bottom, using the given strftime format.
-# The empty string is equivalent to '%b %d, %Y'.
-#
-# html_last_updated_fmt = None
-
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-#
-# html_use_smartypants = True
-
-# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-#
-# html_sidebars = {}
-
-# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
-# template names.
-#
-# html_additional_pages = {}
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#
-# html_domain_indices = True
-
-# If false, no index is generated.
-#
-# html_use_index = True
-
-# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-#
-# html_split_index = False
-
-# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-#
-# html_show_sourcelink = True
-
-# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#
-# html_show_sphinx = True
-
-# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#
-# html_show_copyright = True
-
-# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
-# contain a <link> tag referring to it. The value of this option must be the
-# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-#
-# html_use_opensearch = ''
-
-# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-# html_file_suffix = None
-
-# Language to be used for generating the HTML full-text search index.
-# Sphinx supports the following languages:
-# 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja'
-# 'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'ro', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr', 'zh'
-#
-# html_search_language = 'en'
-
-# A dictionary with options for the search language support, empty by default.
-# 'ja' uses this config value.
-# 'zh' user can custom change `jieba` dictionary path.
-#
-# html_search_options = {'type': 'default'}
-
-# The name of a javascript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
-# implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used.
-#
-# html_search_scorer = 'scorer.js'
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = 'VPPtestframeworkdoc'
-
-# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {
- # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
- #
- # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
- # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
- #
- # 'pointsize': '10pt',
-
- # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
- #
- # 'preamble': '',
-
- # Latex figure (float) alignment
- #
- # 'figure_align': 'htbp',
-}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-# author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
-latex_documents = [
- (master_doc, 'VPPtestframework.tex', u'VPP test framework Documentation',
- u'VPP team', 'manual'),
-]
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
-# the title page.
-#
-# latex_logo = None
-
-# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
-# not chapters.
-#
-# latex_use_parts = False
-
-# If true, show page references after internal links.
-#
-# latex_show_pagerefs = False
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#
-# latex_show_urls = False
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#
-# latex_appendices = []
-
-# It false, will not define \strong, \code, itleref, \crossref ... but only
-# \sphinxstrong, ..., \sphinxtitleref, ... To help avoid clash with user added
-# packages.
-#
-# latex_keep_old_macro_names = True
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#
-# latex_domain_indices = True
-
-
-# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [
- (master_doc, 'vpptestframework', u'VPP test framework Documentation',
- [author], 1)
-]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#
-# man_show_urls = False
-
-
-# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-# dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
- (master_doc, 'VPPtestframework', u'VPP test framework Documentation',
- author, 'VPPtestframework', 'One line description of project.',
- 'Miscellaneous'),
-]
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#
-# texinfo_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#
-# texinfo_domain_indices = True
-
-# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
-#
-# texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
-
-# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
-#
-# texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
diff --git a/test/doc/index.rst b/test/doc/index.rst
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-Contents
-========
-
-.. toctree::
- :numbered:
- :maxdepth: 2
- :glob:
-
- overview
- modules
- indices
diff --git a/test/doc/indices.rst b/test/doc/indices.rst
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-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`
diff --git a/test/doc/overview.rst b/test/doc/overview.rst
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-.. _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'.