DPDK based userspace TCP/IP stack testing

1 . x DPDK-based userspace TCP/IP stack testing SHU MA EBS – KUAFU ALIBABA CLOUD 

2 .Agenda 1 Background 2 Current status 3 Our practice 4 Q&A 

3 .Background  Luna • high performance network framework • DPDK • Luna Stack (userspace lightweight TCP/IP stack)  Product • ESSD (cloud disk) • hundreds of production clusters • tens of thousands of machines  Latency • 1/3 kernel • nearly as fast as RDMA https://www.aliyun.com/product/disk 

4 .Background  Challenges in developing Luna Stack • Bug is time-series-related • hard to reproduce Test Framework • hard to troubleshoot • Large number of corner cases 1. bug reproduction • hard to fix 2. trouble shooting • easy to break other cases 3. regression 4. correctness • Convince upper-layer developers • correctness • robustness 

5 .Current status  Linux kernel, FreeBSD • Internal • Low unit test coverage • External (LTP) • 20+ scripts for TCP/IP  Testing approaches • Unit test（white box） • need to know code detail, hard to write • Function test（black box） • hard to create scenarios with strict time-series • packetdrill（grey box） • Google, open source • USENIX ATC 2013 • 3 new TCP features, 10 kernel bugs bug fix for Linux kernel 

6 .Packetdrill: script  4 statements 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3 +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0 • packets +0 listen(3, 1) = 0 • tcpdump-like syntax • inbound, outbound +0 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1460, nop, wscale 7, nop, nop, TS val 0 ecr 0> • system calls +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <mss 1460, nop, nop, TS val 0 ecr 0, nop, wscale 7> • strace-like syntax +0 `netstat -anp | grep 8080 | grep SYN_RCVD` // examine TCP state • shell commands +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 100 • python scripts +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4 +0 %{ assert tcpi_snd_cwnd = 10 }% // examine TCP_INFO  time model • relative time +0 write(4, ..., 1000) = 1000 // send 1 packet • +0, +.1 +0 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 • absolute time +.2 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 // RTO retrans, 200ms • 0.100, 0.100…0.200 +.4 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 // RTO retarns, 400ms 100 lines of UT -> 13 lines of script 

7 .Packetdrill: pros & cons  Pros • time-series • developer-friendly script syntax • high maintainability • reusable among different stacks libluna.so 1. Posix socket API  Cons 2. DPDK send/receive API • kernel TCP/IP 3. netstat/ss/pollinghang • TCP_INFO/netstat/ss • polling related time-series packetdrill 1. dynamically link libluna.so 2. DPDK polling thread 3. dispatch function call 

8 .Modified packetdrill  Main thread • read script line by line • send/receive packets via DPDK • dispatch function • run shell tools • inspect: netstat, ss • interfere: pollinghang?time=10  Stack thread • polling mode • userspace stack initialization • call dispatched function  Usage • ./packetdrill ./test.pkt • ./packetdrill --userspace_stack --so_filename=libluna.so ./test.pkt • Compare between Luna TCP and kernel TCP 

9 .Modified packetdrill 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3 +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0 +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0 +0 listen(3, 1) = 0 +0 listen(3, 1) = 0 +0 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <…> +0 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <…> +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <…> +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <…> +0 `netstat -anp | grep 8080 | grep SYN_RCVD` +0 `curl http://127.0.0.1:8899/netstat | grep 8080 | grep SYN_RCVD` +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 100 +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 100 +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4 +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4 +0 `curl http://127.0.0.1:8899/ss | grep 8080 | +0 %{ assert tcpi_snd_cwnd = 10 }% sed 's/^.*\(cwnd:[0-9]*\).*$/\1/' | grep 10` +0 write(4, ..., 1000) = 1000 +0 write(4, ..., 1000) = 1000 +0 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 +0 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 +.2 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 +.2 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 +.4 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 +.4 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1 script for kernel TCP script for userspace TCP 

10 .Experience in Alibaba  75 test cases for Luna TCP • TCP state transmission • exceptional packet handling • congestion control、keep alive、custom features … • RFC 793, 1122, 3042, 5681, 6582  reproduction • fix 3 bugs in production  regression • added to Jenkins 

11 .“ Thank You ! ” Q&A