On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 6:17 PM <jspewock@iol.unh.edu> wrote:
From: Jeremy Spewock <jspewock@iol.unh.edu>

Modifies the current process so that we bind to os_driver_for_dpdk from
the configuration file before running test suites and bind back to the
os_driver afterwards. This allows test suites to assume that the ports
are bound to a DPDK supported driver or bind to either driver as needed.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Spewock <jspewock@iol.unh.edu>
---
 dts/framework/testbed_model/sut_node.py | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 dts/tests/TestSuite_os_udp.py           |  4 +++
 dts/tests/TestSuite_smoke_tests.py      |  6 ++---
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dts/framework/testbed_model/sut_node.py b/dts/framework/testbed_model/sut_node.py
index 202aebfd06..4161d3a4d5 100644
--- a/dts/framework/testbed_model/sut_node.py
+++ b/dts/framework/testbed_model/sut_node.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class SutNode(Node):
     _dpdk_version: str | None
     _node_info: NodeInfo | None
     _compiler_version: str | None
+    _path_to_devbind_script: PurePath | None

     def __init__(self, node_config: SutNodeConfiguration):
         super(SutNode, self).__init__(node_config)
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ def __init__(self, node_config: SutNodeConfiguration):
         self._dpdk_version = None
         self._node_info = None
         self._compiler_version = None
+        self._path_to_devbind_script = None
         self._logger.info(f"Created node: {self.name}")

     @property
@@ -155,6 +157,14 @@ def compiler_version(self) -> str:
                 return ""
         return self._compiler_version

+    @property
+    def path_to_devbind_script(self) -> PurePath:
+        if self._path_to_devbind_script is None:
+            self._path_to_devbind_script = self.main_session.join_remote_path(
+                self._remote_dpdk_dir, "usertools", "dpdk-devbind.py"
+            )
+        return self._path_to_devbind_script
+
     def get_build_target_info(self) -> BuildTargetInfo:
         return BuildTargetInfo(
             dpdk_version=self.dpdk_version, compiler_version=self.compiler_version
@@ -176,6 +186,14 @@ def _set_up_build_target(
         self._configure_build_target(build_target_config)
         self._copy_dpdk_tarball()
         self._build_dpdk()
+        self.bind_ports_to_driver()
+
+    def _tear_down_build_target(self) -> None:
+        """
+        This method exists to be optionally overwritten by derived classes and
+        is not decorated so that the derived class doesn't have to use the decorator.
+        """
+        self.bind_ports_to_driver(for_dpdk=False)

     def _configure_build_target(
         self, build_target_config: BuildTargetConfiguration
@@ -389,3 +407,18 @@ def create_interactive_shell(
         return super().create_interactive_shell(
             shell_cls, timeout, privileged, str(eal_parameters)
         )
+
+    def bind_ports_to_driver(self, for_dpdk: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Bind all ports on the SUT to a driver.
+
+        Args:
+            for_dpdk: Boolean that, when True, binds ports to os_driver_for_dpdk
+            or, when False, binds to os_driver. Defaults to True.
+        """
+        for port in self.ports:
+            driver = port.os_driver_for_dpdk if for_dpdk else port.os_driver
+            self.main_session.send_command(
+                f"{self.path_to_devbind_script} -b {driver} --force {port.pci}",
+                privileged=True,
+                verify=True,
+            )

This all looks consistent with the understanding we came to during the CI meeting and on the v2 discussion thread. 
 
diff --git a/dts/tests/TestSuite_os_udp.py b/dts/tests/TestSuite_os_udp.py
index 9b5f39711d..bf6b93deb5 100644
--- a/dts/tests/TestSuite_os_udp.py
+++ b/dts/tests/TestSuite_os_udp.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def set_up_suite(self) -> None:
             Configure SUT ports and SUT to route traffic from if1 to if2.
         """

+        # This test uses kernel drivers
+        self.sut_node.bind_ports_to_driver(for_dpdk=False)
         self.configure_testbed_ipv4()

     def test_os_udp(self) -> None:
@@ -43,3 +45,5 @@ def tear_down_suite(self) -> None:
             Remove the SUT port configuration configured in setup.
         """
         self.configure_testbed_ipv4(restore=True)
+        # Assume other suites will likely need dpdk driver
+        self.sut_node.bind_ports_to_driver(for_dpdk=True)
 
Thanks for refactoring this to make it survive the binding approach change. We'll still want to revisit this for 24.03, as Juraj mentioned that it's really just to demonstrate the TG is performant, and may not be needed in the future. 
 
diff --git a/dts/tests/TestSuite_smoke_tests.py b/dts/tests/TestSuite_smoke_tests.py
index 4a269df75b..e8016d1b54 100644
--- a/dts/tests/TestSuite_smoke_tests.py
+++ b/dts/tests/TestSuite_smoke_tests.py
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ def test_device_bound_to_driver(self) -> None:
             Ensure that all drivers listed in the config are bound to the correct
             driver.
         """
-        path_to_devbind = self.sut_node.main_session.join_remote_path(
-            self.sut_node._remote_dpdk_dir, "usertools", "dpdk-devbind.py"
-        )
+        path_to_devbind = self.sut_node.path_to_devbind_script

         all_nics_in_dpdk_devbind = self.sut_node.main_session.send_command(
             f"{path_to_devbind} --status | awk '{REGEX_FOR_PCI_ADDRESS}'",
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ def test_device_bound_to_driver(self) -> None:
             # We know this isn't None, but mypy doesn't
             assert devbind_info_for_nic is not None
             self.verify(
-                devbind_info_for_nic.group(1) == nic.os_driver,
+                devbind_info_for_nic.group(1) == nic.os_driver_for_dpdk,
                 f"Driver for device {nic.pci} does not match driver listed in "
                 f"configuration (bound to {devbind_info_for_nic.group(1)})",
             )
--
2.42.0

We discussed this aspect of binding during last week's CI meeting and I understood Juraj to be consenting to returning to DTS running the binding to the dpdk driver (so, what you're doing here), as opposed to relying on the user to do it, and making it a smoke test. As we've discussed, that's how the old DTS framework ran, and I prefer to stick to this approach. One aspect I raised was how in a lab context it's desirable for us to define as much as possible within config files, and have environmental configuration be handled by DTS. So, since there was basically agreement here, I think your changes here are appropriate. 

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