On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 3:28 PM <jspewock@iol.unh.edu> wrote:
From: Jeremy Spewock <jspewock@iol.unh.edu>

This test suite provides testing the support of scattered packets by
Poll Mode Drivers using testpmd. It incorporates 5 different test cases
which test the sending and receiving of packets with lengths that are
less than the mbuf data buffer size, the same as the mbuf data buffer
size, and the mbuf data buffer size plus 1, 4, and 5. The goal of this
test suite is to align with the existing dts test plan for scattered
packets within DTS.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Spewock <jspewock@iol.unh.edu>
---
 dts/tests/TestSuite_scatter.py | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 dts/tests/TestSuite_scatter.py

diff --git a/dts/tests/TestSuite_scatter.py b/dts/tests/TestSuite_scatter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..217f465e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/tests/TestSuite_scatter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2023 University of New Hampshire
+
+import struct
+
+from scapy.layers.inet import IP  # type: ignore[import]
+from scapy.layers.l2 import Ether  # type: ignore[import]
+from scapy.packet import Raw  # type: ignore[import]
+from scapy.utils import hexstr  # type: ignore[import]
+
+from framework.remote_session import TestPmdShell
+from framework.test_suite import TestSuite
+
+
+class Scatter(TestSuite):
+    mbsize: int
+
+    def set_up_suite(self) -> None:
+        self.verify(
+            len(self._port_links) > 1,
+            "Must have at least two port links to run scatter",
+        )
+        if self._sut_port_egress.os_driver in ["i40e", "ixgbe", "ice"]: 
+            self.mbsize = 2048
+        else:
+            self.mbsize = 1024

In old DTS there existed a registry of devices, and the scatter suite defined mbsize based on the specific NIC in use. I agree that using the os_driver accomplishes the same thing, and is a simpler implementation, but am just noting this change. 
 
+
+        self.tg_node.main_session.configure_port_mtu(9000, self._tg_port_egress)
+        self.tg_node.main_session.configure_port_mtu(9000, self._tg_port_ingress)
+
+    def scatter_pktgen_send_packet(self, pktsize: int) -> str:
+        """Generate and send packet to the SUT.
+
+        Functional test for scatter packets.
+
+        Args:
+            pktsize: Size of the packet to generate and send.
+        """
+        packet = Ether() / IP() / Raw()
+        packet.getlayer(2).load = ""
+        payload_len = pktsize - len(packet) - 4
+        payload = ["58"] * payload_len
+        # pack the payload
+        for X_in_hex in payload:
+            packet.load += struct.pack(
+                "=B", int("%s%s" % (X_in_hex[0], X_in_hex[1]), 16)
+            )
+        load = hexstr(packet.getlayer(2), onlyhex=1)
+        received_packets = self.send_packet_and_capture(packet)
+        self.verify(len(received_packets) > 0, "Did not receive any packets.")
+        load = hexstr(received_packets[0].getlayer(2), onlyhex=1)
+
+        return load
+
+    def test_scatter_mbuf_2048(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test:
+            Start testpmd and run functional test with preset mbsize.
+        """
+        testpmd = self.sut_node.create_interactive_shell(
+            TestPmdShell,
+            app_parameters=(
+                "--mbcache=200 "
+                f"--mbuf-size={self.mbsize} "
+                "--max-pkt-len=9000 "
+                "--port-topology=paired "
+                "--tx-offloads=0x00008000"
+            ),
+            privileged=True,
+        )

Just noting that when starting testpmd, --port-topology=loop from the original scatter suite is changed to --port-topology=paired in order to align with the recommended test topology for the new DTS framework, and thus is appropriate. Of course, it shouldn't affect the salient aspect of this test (checking scattered rx support). 
 
+        testpmd.send_command("set fwd mac")
+        testpmd.send_command("start")
+        link_is_up = testpmd.wait_link_status_up(0) and testpmd.wait_link_status_up(1)
+        self.verify(link_is_up, "Links never came up in TestPMD.")
+
+        for offset in [-1, 0, 1, 4, 5]:
+            recv_payload = self.scatter_pktgen_send_packet(self.mbsize + offset)
+            self.verify(
+                ("58 " * 8).strip() in recv_payload,
+                "Received packet had incorrect payload",
+            )
+        testpmd.send_command("stop")
+
+    def tear_down_suite(self) -> None:
+        self.tg_node.main_session.configure_port_mtu(1500, self._tg_port_egress)
+        self.tg_node.main_session.configure_port_mtu(1500, self._tg_port_ingress)
--
2.42.0

In my opinion it looks like a good port of the scatter suite[1], with some inconsequential modifications made according to the design of the new DTS framework. 

Acked-by: Patrick Robb <probb@iol.unh.edu>

[1] https://git.dpdk.org/tools/dts/tree/tests/TestSuite_scatter.py