gns3-server/tests/e2e/test_iol_docker_kernel_datapath.py
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test(e2e): run every traffic checkpoint dual-stack (IPv6)
The live suite asserted the datapath over IPv4 only. Give every guest a
ULA IPv6 address next to its v4 one and twin every v4 assertion point,
sharing the impairment window (one filter application, both families
asserted) so the runtime grows by minutes, not double.

- harness: configure_ios(eth_ipv6=), ping() dispatches to `ping ipv6`,
  docker_bring_up_ipv6 (the Docker daemon leaves eth0 with
  disable_ipv6=1 on v6-less bridge networks, so the interfaces-file
  route cannot work), family-aware docker_wait_address, pcap_records
  scans every record (a leading DAD/MLD frame must not mask the
  sampled ethertype), and pcap_icmp_rtt measures the wire round trip
  from capture timestamps;
- scenarios: connectivity/delay/suspend/isolation/churn checks in both
  families, captures assert 86dd next to 0800, the libpcap bpf drops
  are asserted family-selective (icmp vs icmp6, each killing its own
  family and leaving the other alive), the eBPF classifier modes on
  both families, marker v6 twins with an echo-specific expression
  (bare icmp6 also matches DAD/MLD and would break the exact counts),
  the v6 sharkd replay, and the link-local matrix gains the 86dd
  all-nodes row; serial (HDLC) legs stay v4-only;
- the dynamips-emulated classic IOS under-reports its `ping ipv6` RTT
  by ~40 % of a delayed round trip (pcap-verified: the wire carries the
  v6 echo exchange in the same ~230 ms as v4 while the console reports
  ~130 ms), so the dynamips-family scenarios assert the v6 delay from
  the capture's own timestamps — recorded in tests/e2e/README.md.

Full suite: 17 passed in 58m50s.
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#
# Copyright (C) 2026 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
#
# This program is free software and is redistributed under the same terms as gns3-server.
# See the LICENSE file for licensing information.
#
"""
Live end-to-end test for the IOL runner container's kernel datapath (pytest
marker ``e2e``): two real iol-xe containers (Cisco CML's iol-runner images,
the real IOS-XE CLI on PID 1 stdio), driven through the controller REST API
and their telnet consoles. The guest leg stays the runner's unix-socket pair
— the kernel datapath buys the *link segment*: anchor TAPs, a per-link Linux
bridge, kernel filters, suspend and capture.
* two containers on one compute report ``kernel_datapath`` when the compute's
uBridge has both the tap module and the swappable bridge TAP leg
(``ubridge_bridge_tap``); the anchors (``gx`` TAPs) exist from node start,
before any link — and the per-link bridge enslaves exactly the two of them;
* real ICMP crosses the [unix ↔ TAP] port bridge relay;
* the L2-anchor spec §E.2 silence window with the guests shut — the
behavioral half of the hardening on an anchor created by uBridge's
bridge TAP module;
* a ``delay 100`` filter lands as netem on both anchors, RTT grows ~200 ms;
* the classifier spot check on a TAP anchor: ``bpf`` match-drop and the
eBPF ``frequency_drop`` every-nth mode (the Docker suite runs the full
matrix on veth host ends);
* suspend admin-downs the anchor and kills the traffic; resume restores;
* link delete releases the port bridge's TAP leg (stop → delete_nio_tap) and
the anchor survives — re-creating the link swaps the leg back in (the
c-socket binding never re-binds) and the traffic returns;
* node stop tears the anchors down (uBridge holds their fds — port bridges
first, then tap delete); a restart recreates the whole wiring from the NIO;
* deleting the project leaves no anchors and no bridges behind.
``test_iol_docker_relay_control`` is the negative control on an isolated
relay-configured instance: the same topology rides unix ↔ UDP through the
uBridge relay (no anchors ever exist) and still pings.
Every checkpoint runs dual-stack: the IOS-XE guests carry a ULA v6 address
next to their v4 one and each checkpoint pings both families — including
the TAP-anchor bpf spot check (the libpcap expression is family-specific:
each drop filter is asserted to kill its own family and leave the other
alive) and the eBPF nth classifier (family-blind, asserted on both).
"""
import re
import time
import pytest
from tests.e2e import harness
pytestmark = pytest.mark.e2e
# one adapter = one 4-port unit; Ethernet0/0 is (adapter 0, port 0)
ETH = (0, 0)
BOOT_TIMEOUT = 360
# the dual-stack half: a ULA mirroring 10.1.1.x
R1_IP6 = "fd00:1:1::1"
R2_IP6 = "fd00:1:1::2"
def _pick_image(server):
images = server.compute.docker_images()
image = next((name for name in images if name.startswith("iol-xe/iol-xe:")), None)
if not image:
pytest.skip(f"no iol-xe/iol-xe image available on this server (images: {images[:5]})")
return image
def _boot(server, project_id, node_id, timeout=BOOT_TIMEOUT):
node = server.compute.node(project_id, node_id)
console = harness.IOSConsole(node["console_host"], node["console"])
# straight_prompt: IOL boots from its NVRAM startup config straight into
# the CLI — no "Press RETURN" sentinel on this console
console.boot_wait(timeout=timeout, straight_prompt=True)
return console
def _eth_shutdown(console, shut):
"""Shut/unshut the guest's Ethernet0/0 — the only legitimate speaker on
the link segment (the IOL instance's own chatter) — for §E.2's silence
window; the address stays configured and answers once it is back."""
console.run("conf t")
console.run("interface Ethernet0/0")
console.run("shutdown" if shut else "no shutdown")
console.run("end")
def _topology(compute, pid, image, name):
n1 = compute.create_iol_router(pid, f"{name}-1", image)
n2 = compute.create_iol_router(pid, f"{name}-2", image)
return n1, n2
def test_iol_docker_kernel_datapath():
server = harness.live_server(kernel=True)
compute = server.compute
caps = compute.capabilities()
if caps.get("ubridge_bridge_tap") is not True or caps.get("ubridge_tap") is not True:
pytest.skip(
f"this compute's uBridge cannot serve the IOL container anchor lifecycle "
f"(ubridge_bridge_tap={caps.get('ubridge_bridge_tap')}, ubridge_tap={caps.get('ubridge_tap')})"
)
image = _pick_image(server)
harness.stage_iol_base_config(server)
project = compute.create_project("iol-e2e")
pid = project["project_id"]
a1 = a2 = None
try:
n1, n2 = _topology(compute, pid, image, "E2E")
n1_id, n2_id = n1["node_id"], n2["node_id"]
a1 = harness.iol_anchor_name(n1_id, *ETH)
a2 = harness.iol_anchor_name(n2_id, *ETH)
# The link is created while both containers are stopped: the kernel
# NIO is bound with no anchors in existence yet and wired by node
# start (the deferred-wiring path).
link = compute.create_link(pid, (n1_id, *ETH), (n2_id, *ETH))
lid = link["link_id"]
bridge = harness.link_bridge_name(lid)
assert link["kernel_datapath"] is True, link
assert not harness.tap_exists(a1), "anchors must not exist before start"
print(".. starting containers and waiting for IOS-XE boots")
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/nodes/{n1_id}/start")
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/nodes/{n2_id}/start")
c1 = _boot(server, pid, n1_id)
c2 = _boot(server, pid, n2_id)
# NetworkManager can release an NM-managed TAP from its bridge after
# (re-)enslavement (docs/bugs/networkmanager-tap-release.md); take the
# anchors out of its reach for the rest of the run.
harness.unmanage_from_networkmanager(a1, a2)
# Kernel objects: anchors exist (born with the node, before the link
# was ever wired) and the per-link bridge has exactly the two of them.
assert harness.tap_exists(a1) and harness.tap_exists(a2), (a1, a2)
assert harness.bridge_members(bridge) == sorted([a1, a2]), harness.bridge_members(bridge)
# L2-anchor spec §E.1: anchors and the per-link bridge carry no L3
# identity (skipped on a uBridge without `link l2only`), and both
# ports are FORWARDING — the silent-failure guard.
if harness.l2only_supported():
harness.assert_pure_l2(a1)
harness.assert_pure_l2(a2)
harness.assert_pure_l2(bridge)
else:
print(".. uBridge without link l2only: skipping the §E.1 assertions")
harness.assert_forwarding(a1)
harness.assert_forwarding(a2)
harness.configure_ios(c1, "R1", eth_ip="10.1.1.1", eth_if="Ethernet0/0", eth_ipv6=R1_IP6)
harness.configure_ios(c2, "R2", eth_ip="10.1.1.2", eth_if="Ethernet0/0", eth_ipv6=R2_IP6)
out = c1.run("show ip int brief")
assert re.search(r"Ethernet0/0\s+10\.1\.1\.1\s+\S+\s+\S+\s+up\s+up", out), out
out = c1.run("show ipv6 interface brief")
assert R1_IP6.upper() in out.upper(), out # IOS prints v6 upper-case
print(".. both routers configured, pinging through the port-bridge swap")
baseline = harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")
assert baseline["success"] == 100, baseline["raw"]
baseline6 = harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)
assert baseline6["success"] == 100, baseline6["raw"]
# L2-anchor spec §E.2: with the guests shut the anchors and the
# per-link bridge stay silent for 5 s. These anchors come from
# uBridge's bridge TAP module (`bridge add_nio_tap`) — the creator
# whose missing hardening the spec caught live; this is the
# behavioral half of that guarantee.
if harness.l2only_supported():
for console in (c1, c2):
_eth_shutdown(console, shut=True)
harness.assert_idle_silence(a1, a2, bridge)
for console in (c1, c2):
_eth_shutdown(console, shut=False)
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2", attempts=5)["success"] == 100
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6, attempts=5)["success"] == 100
else:
print(".. uBridge without link l2only: skipping the §E.2 assertion")
# delay 100: netem on both anchors (each impairs one direction),
# one-way ~100 ms => RTT grows by ~200 ms
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {"delay": [100]}})
assert "netem" in harness.qdiscs(a1) and "netem" in harness.qdiscs(a2), (
harness.qdiscs(a1),
harness.qdiscs(a2),
)
delayed = harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")
assert delayed["success"] == 100, delayed["raw"]
assert delayed["avg"] >= 150, (baseline, delayed)
delayed6 = harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)
assert delayed6["success"] == 100, delayed6["raw"]
assert delayed6["avg"] >= 150, (baseline6, delayed6)
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {}})
assert "netem" not in harness.qdiscs(a1), harness.qdiscs(a1)
fast = harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")
assert fast["success"] == 100 and fast["avg"] < harness.FAST_RTT_MS, fast
fast6 = harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)
assert fast6["success"] == 100 and fast6["avg"] < harness.FAST_RTT_MS, fast6
# Classifier spot check on the container's TAP anchor (the Docker
# suite runs the full matrix on veth host ends): cls_bpf match-drop
# and the eBPF stateful classifier attach to a tun/tap anchor the
# same way.
tc_caps = (caps or {}).get("ubridge_tc") or {}
if tc_caps.get("cbpf"):
print(".. bpf 'icmp' drops v4 ICMP only on the TAP anchor")
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {"bpf": ["icmp"]}})
assert "clsact" in harness.qdiscs(a1) and "clsact" in harness.qdiscs(a2), (
harness.qdiscs(a1),
harness.qdiscs(a2),
)
blocked = harness.ping(c1, "10.1.1.2", repeat=4)
assert blocked["success"] == 0, blocked["raw"]
v6_alive = harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)
assert v6_alive["success"] == 100, v6_alive["raw"]
print(".. bpf 'icmp6' drops v6 ICMP only on the TAP anchor")
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {"bpf": ["icmp6"]}})
v4_alive = harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")
assert v4_alive["success"] == 100, v4_alive["raw"]
blocked6 = harness.ping(c1, R2_IP6, repeat=4)
assert blocked6["success"] == 0, blocked6["raw"]
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {}})
assert "clsact" not in harness.qdiscs(a1), harness.qdiscs(a1)
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")["success"] == 100
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)["success"] == 100
else:
print(".. uBridge reports no cbpf: skipping the bpf check")
modes = tc_caps.get("ebpf_modes") or []
if "nth" in modes:
print(".. frequency_drop 3 (eBPF nth) on the TAP anchor")
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {"frequency_drop": [3]}})
nth = harness.ping(c1, "10.1.1.2", repeat=9)
loss = 100 - nth["success"]
print(f".. {loss} % round-trip loss")
# the kernel counts per direction: 1 - (2/3)^2 = 55.6 % round trip
assert 20 <= loss <= 90, nth["raw"]
nth6 = harness.ping(c1, R2_IP6, repeat=9)
loss6 = 100 - nth6["success"]
print(f".. {loss6} % round-trip loss (v6)")
assert 20 <= loss6 <= 90, nth6["raw"]
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"filters": {}})
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")["success"] == 100
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)["success"] == 100
else:
print(".. uBridge reports no eBPF nth: skipping the frequency_drop check")
# suspend: anchor admin-down (the port bridge's TAP writes fail EIO,
# nothing comes back); resume restores
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"suspend": True})
assert not harness.tap_up(a1)
dead = harness.ping(c1, "10.1.1.2", repeat=3)
assert dead["success"] == 0, dead["raw"]
dead6 = harness.ping(c1, R2_IP6, repeat=3)
assert dead6["success"] == 0, dead6["raw"]
compute.call("PUT", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}", {"suspend": False})
assert harness.tap_up(a1)
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")["success"] == 100
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)["success"] == 100
# capture: AF_PACKET on the anchor writes a real pcap — both
# families inside the window
capture = compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}/capture/start", {"data_link_type": "DLT_EN10MB"})
harness.ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")
harness.ping(c1, R2_IP6)
time.sleep(1)
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}/capture/stop")
path = capture["capture_file_path"]
count, ethertypes = harness.pcap_records(path)
assert count >= 8, f"{path}: {count} records"
assert "0800" in ethertypes, (path, ethertypes)
assert "86dd" in ethertypes, (path, ethertypes)
# delete / re-create the kernel link: the port bridge's TAP leg is
# released (stop -> delete_nio_tap), the anchor survives (the node
# owns it), and re-creating swaps the leg back in — the unix binding
# never re-binds across the churn.
compute.call("DELETE", f"/projects/{pid}/links/{lid}")
assert harness.bridge_members(bridge) is None
assert harness.tap_exists(a1) and harness.tap_exists(a2)
link = compute.create_link(pid, (n1_id, *ETH), (n2_id, *ETH))
lid = link["link_id"]
bridge = harness.link_bridge_name(lid)
assert link["kernel_datapath"] is True, link
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2", attempts=5)["success"] == 100
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6, attempts=5)["success"] == 100
# node stop: uBridge holds the anchor fds, so the port bridges go
# first and the taps with them (a stopped container must not litter
# the host with gx devices); a restart recreates the whole wiring
# from the NIO that outlived it.
print(".. stopping and restarting container 1")
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/nodes/{n1_id}/stop")
assert harness.wait_until(lambda: not harness.tap_exists(a1), timeout=15), a1
# the per-link bridge lost this end's port; it may be gone entirely
# (both endpoints delete it, last one wins)
assert harness.bridge_members(bridge) in (None, [a2]), harness.bridge_members(bridge)
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/nodes/{n1_id}/start")
c1.close()
c1 = _boot(server, pid, n1_id)
assert harness.tap_exists(a1)
assert harness.bridge_members(bridge) == sorted([a1, a2]), harness.bridge_members(bridge)
harness.configure_ios(c1, "R1", eth_ip="10.1.1.1", eth_if="Ethernet0/0", eth_ipv6=R1_IP6)
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2", attempts=5)["success"] == 100
assert harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6, attempts=5)["success"] == 100
c1.close()
c2.close()
except BaseException:
harness.release(server, pid, failed=True)
raise
harness.release(server, pid, failed=False)
# deleting the project closed the nodes: anchors and bridges go with them
assert harness.wait_until(lambda: not harness.tap_exists(a1) and not harness.tap_exists(a2), timeout=15), (
a1,
a2,
)
def test_iol_docker_relay_control():
"""
Negative control: the same topology with ``enable_kernel_datapath =
false`` (an isolated instance) wires nothing into the kernel — no
per-link bridge, no enslavement — and still pings over the unix ↔ UDP
relay.
Anchors DO exist here (an IOL container creates its port TAPs at start
whenever the uBridge tap module and the swappable leg are available);
the server configuration only decides whether links are attached to
them (the same semantics as QEMU's and Dynamips' anchors).
"""
server = harness.live_server(kernel=False)
compute = server.compute
image = _pick_image(server)
harness.stage_iol_base_config(server)
project = compute.create_project("iol-relay-e2e")
pid = project["project_id"]
n1_id = n2_id = a1 = None
try:
n1, n2 = _topology(compute, pid, image, "E2E")
n1_id, n2_id = n1["node_id"], n2["node_id"]
a1 = harness.iol_anchor_name(n1_id, *ETH)
link = compute.create_link(pid, (n1_id, *ETH), (n2_id, *ETH))
assert link["kernel_datapath"] is False, link
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/nodes/{n1_id}/start")
compute.call("POST", f"/projects/{pid}/nodes/{n2_id}/start")
c1 = _boot(server, pid, n1_id)
c2 = _boot(server, pid, n2_id)
# no kernel wiring: the anchor (if born) is nobody's bridge port
assert harness.bridge_members(harness.link_bridge_name(link["link_id"])) is None
if harness.tap_exists(a1):
assert not harness.tap_up(a1), a1
if harness.l2only_supported():
# the L2 hardening is a creation-time property, not a
# datapath one: relay anchors are pure L2 too
harness.assert_pure_l2(a1)
harness.configure_ios(c1, "R1", eth_ip="10.1.1.1", eth_if="Ethernet0/0", eth_ipv6=R1_IP6)
harness.configure_ios(c2, "R2", eth_ip="10.1.1.2", eth_if="Ethernet0/0", eth_ipv6=R2_IP6)
relay_ping = harness.wait_ping(c1, "10.1.1.2")
assert relay_ping["success"] == 100, relay_ping["raw"]
relay_ping6 = harness.wait_ping(c1, R2_IP6)
assert relay_ping6["success"] == 100, relay_ping6["raw"]
c1.close()
c2.close()
except BaseException:
harness.release(server, pid, failed=True)
raise
harness.release(server, pid, failed=False)