From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Cc: sbrivio@redhat.com, passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test/lib: Add --config-net to setup_pasta()
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:18:25 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ajc74at3GE7zpSka@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260620200921.1720380-1-jmaloy@redhat.com>
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 04:09:21PM -0400, Jon Maloy wrote:
> Since commit b4dace8 ("fwd: Direct inbound spliced forwards to the
> guest's external address"), inbound splice connections target the
> guest's external address (addr_seen) rather than loopback. This
> requires the namespace tap interface to be configured with that
> address.
>
> setup_pasta() starts pasta without --config-net, so the tap interface
> in the namespace is never brought up and has no addresses or routes.
> Splice connections to addr_seen fail because the address is
> unreachable in the namespace, breaking all pasta TCP and UDP tests.
>
> Add --config-net to the pasta command line in setup_pasta(), matching
> what setup_passt_in_ns() and setup_two_guests() already do.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
No. We use setup_pasta() to test NDP and DHCP behaviour with pasta,
so we need it not to preconfigure the network.
> ---
> test/lib/setup | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/test/lib/setup b/test/lib/setup
> index 59945987..dbf8079d 100755
> --- a/test/lib/setup
> +++ b/test/lib/setup
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ setup_pasta() {
> [ ${DEBUG} -eq 1 ] && __opts="${__opts} -d"
> [ ${TRACE} -eq 1 ] && __opts="${__opts} --trace"
>
> - context_run_bg passt "./pasta ${__opts} -f -t 10002 -T 10003 -u 10002 -U 10003 -P ${STATESETUP}/passt.pid $(${NSTOOL} info -pw ${STATESETUP}/ns.hold)"
> + context_run_bg passt "./pasta ${__opts} -f -t 10002 -T 10003 -u 10002 -U 10003 --config-net -P ${STATESETUP}/passt.pid $(${NSTOOL} info -pw ${STATESETUP}/ns.hold)"
>
> # pidfile isn't created until pasta is ready
> wait_for [ -f "${STATESETUP}/passt.pid" ]
> --
> 2.52.0
>
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