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WalkthroughThe PR adds shared QAT PCI, driver, debugfs, device-state, and crypto-algorithm discovery. Configuration validation and acceleration status reporting now use this library. QAT CLI options and hardware-independent smoke tests were updated. ChangesQAT discovery and acceleration integration
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR changes QAT status reporting to reflect kernel-visible device state rather than configuration state. It is mergeable with owner awareness that the current tests do not deterministically exercise multi-device discovery and kernel-state reporting, leaving a bounded risk of incorrect status output on some hardware layouts. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@python/vyos/qat.py`:
- Around line 90-91: Update the driver discovery logic in find_devices around
the driver_link islink/readlink sequence to catch FileNotFoundError from
os.readlink when the symlink disappears concurrently, and treat the device as
unbound so discovery continues and status reporting is preserved.
In `@smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py`:
- Around line 83-90: Replace host-dependent QAT tests with controlled fixtures
in test_find_devices at smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py:83-90, covering
supported and unsupported IDs, bound and unbound drivers, and at least two PCI
addresses using temporary sysfs/debugfs trees. In the state tests at
smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py:61-68, patch qat.debugfs_mounted() to cover
both “not started” and “unknown”. In the crypto tests at
smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py:91-109, inject /proc/crypto data through
mocked read_file() and assert that QAT entries are filtered from non-QAT
entries.
In `@src/op_mode/show_acceleration.py`:
- Around line 127-128: Update get_qat_proc_path so it returns a debugfs path
only when both q_type and q_bsf are set; otherwise fall through to the existing
“Could not determine” error handling, preventing unknown devices from producing
a malformed path.
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- T9236 — “QAT driver autoloads and self-starts independently of "set system acceleration qat"; op mode reports "not configured" while the device is active” is Open with priority Requires assessment. The task explicitly limits this change to reporting actual state; module blacklisting or boot/commit warnings were intentionally not implemented.
- The reported hardware was PCI ID
8086:18ee, bound to driver200xx, with firmware reporting “started 6 acceleration engines” while QAT configuration was unset. The task states that crypto-framework registration on that system was inferred, not observed;/proc/cryptowas not captured. - Historical compatibility requirements include:
- T6177 — “Intel QAT causes CPU runaway/stall with ipsec VPN” remains Open. Its report includes an
intel_qatresponse-handler path in an IPsec/XFRM CPU-stall trace, so the new status output should not imply that detecting a started device fixes driver-level stability issues. - T2932 — “The second QAT device does not start” is resolved but documents systems with multiple QAT devices where only one previously started. The per-device discovery and state reporting should therefore be checked against multiple-device systems, not only a single device.
- T2853 — “Intel QAT acceleration does not work” records a device that started but showed zero IPsec firmware flows. This supports keeping “device started” and “crypto algorithms registered” distinct from proving actual traffic offload.
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22-22: LGTM!Also applies to: 66-70
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| def test_find_devices(self): | ||
| # Returns an empty list on images without QAT hardware. What matters | ||
| # here is that it never raises and that entries are well formed. | ||
| for device in qat.find_devices(): | ||
| for key in ['address', 'chipset', 'driver', 'debugfs']: | ||
| self.assertIn(key, device) | ||
| self.assertIn(device['chipset'], qat.PCI_DEVICE_IDS.values()) | ||
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Use controlled fixtures for QAT discovery and state tests.
These tests read the current host state. They can pass without exercising the new discovery contract. Use temporary sysfs/debugfs trees and mocked read_file() data.
smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py#L83-L90: Test supported and unsupported IDs, bound and unbound drivers, and at least two QAT PCI addresses.smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py#L61-L68: Patchqat.debugfs_mounted()to test bothnot startedandunknown.smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py#L91-L109: Inject/proc/cryptofixtures with QAT and non-QAT entries and assert the filter result.
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In `@smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py` around lines 83 - 90, Replace
host-dependent QAT tests with controlled fixtures in test_find_devices at
smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py:83-90, covering supported and unsupported
IDs, bound and unbound drivers, and at least two PCI addresses using temporary
sysfs/debugfs trees. In the state tests at
smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py:61-68, patch qat.debugfs_mounted() to cover
both “not started” and “unknown”. In the crypto tests at
smoketest/scripts/system/test_qat.py:91-109, inject /proc/crypto data through
mocked read_file() and assert that QAT entries are filtered from non-QAT
entries.
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Thanks — two of the three were worth fixing and are pushed:
On the smoketest: the discovery and state tests are deliberately |
…n.py The op-mode definition invokes the completion helper as show_acceleration.py --dev-list but the script declared the option as "--dev_list", so tab completion of show system acceleration qat device <tab> failed with: show_acceleration.py: error: unrecognized arguments: --dev-list The divergence was introduced by 6d4caef ("opmode: T5191: replace underscores with hyphens in generated options"), which rewrote the XML side of the option but not the argparse declaration. Rename the option to the hyphenated spelling used everywhere else in op mode. argparse maps "--dev-list" to the "dev_list" attribute, so the dispatch at the bottom of the script is unaffected. No other option in this script is multi-word, so no other flag is affected.
The conf-mode and op-mode scripts each carry their own copy of the list of supported QAT PCI IDs, and the two have been out of sync since 2020. 4a83a9a ("qat: T2968: adjust to C200xx PCI ID from Intel drivers") added 8086:18ee (QAT_200XX) to verify() in the conf-mode script but not to detect_qat_dev() in the op-mode script. ffba3fc ("qat: T7662: add PCI ID range for Intel C62x virtual function devices") later updated both, which left op mode with every ID except 18ee. The result on a QAT_200XX host, e.g. Xeon D-1700 / Supermicro X12SDV: 01:00.0 Co-processor [0b40]: Intel Corporation 200xx Series QAT [8086:18ee] (rev 11) Kernel driver in use: 200xx is that "set system acceleration qat" commits successfully, because conf-mode recognises the device, while show system acceleration qat reports "No QAT device found", because op-mode does not. Operators are told the hardware is absent on a machine where the driver is loaded and the device has started. Add 18ee to both detect_qat_dev() and the "--hw" lspci filter, and copy the chipset comment table over from the conf-mode script so the two lists can be diffed by eye. This is the minimal, backportable fix for the false negative. It does not address the underlying duplication, which is dealt with separately.
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"show system acceleration qat status" short-circuited on the config tree:
def check_qat_if_conf():
if not Config().exists_effective('system acceleration qat'):
print("\t system acceleration qat is not configured")
sys.exit(1)
The configuration node does not gate the driver. The QAT modules autoload
from the PCI modalias and the device is started by the driver itself, so
on a host with QAT hardware and no "system acceleration qat" the command
reported the opposite of reality:
vyos@hub:~$ show system acceleration qat status
system acceleration qat is not configured
vyos@hub:~$ lsmod | grep -i qat
qat_200xx 20480 1
intel_qat 413696 17 qat_200xx
vyos@hub:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i qat
[ 15.734217] 200xx 0000:01:00.0: qat_dev0 started 6 acceleration engines
Add vyos.qat, which reads device state from sysfs, debugfs and
/proc/crypto, and rewrite the status command around it. Four states are
now distinguished rather than collapsed into "not configured":
- no QAT device on the PCI bus
- device present, no driver bound
- driver bound and device started, node not set
- node set
The third is the one that mattered and it is now visibly distinct. When
the driver has additionally registered with the kernel crypto framework,
which is what the Intel driver's --enable-qat-lkcf build option turns on,
the report says so and warns that cryptographic operations may be
offloaded regardless of the configuration. That is the condition under
which T6177 applies, and it was previously not observable from the CLI.
The status report no longer depends on the Intel userspace tooling in
/etc/init.d/qat_service; its output is appended when present, but device
state is read from the kernel. The config-tree gate is likewise removed
from the flows, config and interrupts commands, which report on a running
device and have no reason to consult the configuration session.
get_qat_proc_path() now exits with a diagnostic rather than raising
TypeError when the path cannot be determined.
The supported PCI IDs move into vyos.qat and both conf mode and op mode
read that one table, so the two lists cannot drift apart again as they
did between 2020 and this commit.
Smoke tests cover the parts that do not need acceleration hardware: the
ID table, every branch of the device state machine, /proc/crypto parsing
against the running kernel, and the op-mode option surface.
Only the reporting path changes. Nothing here loads, unloads, starts or
stops the driver, and the set of accepted configurations is unchanged.
find_devices() checked that the sysfs 'driver' symlink exists before reading it. A PCI unbind or a hot removal between the two calls makes os.readlink() raise FileNotFoundError, which aborts the whole scan and leaves op mode with no status to report at all. Treat that case the way the device would be reported a moment later, as present with no driver bound. Every other sysfs read in this function already survives the file disappearing.
get_qat_proc_path() returned a path built from empty strings when the qat_service status output parsed but did not mention the requested device, so 'show system acceleration qat flows device <unknown>' ran cat against /sys/kernel/debug/qat__/fw_counters. Only return a path once both the type and the bus address have been found, and let the existing error branch handle everything else.
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Change summary
show system acceleration qat statusreported on the configuration tree rather than on the device, so on hardware where the QAT modules autoload it printed the opposite of reality:The configuration node does not gate the driver — the modules autoload from the PCI modalias and the device is started by the driver itself — so op mode should not consult the config session to decide what the hardware is doing.
Three commits, deliberately separable:
--dev-listargparse fix. The op-mode definition calls the completion helper as--dev-list; the script declared--dev_list, soshow system acceleration qat device <tab>failed withunrecognized arguments: --dev-list. Introduced by 6d4caef (T5191), which rewrote the XML side only.8086:18ee(QAT_200XX) PCI ID to op mode. Minimal and backportable on its own. 4a83a9a (T2968, 2020) added it to conf mode only, soset system acceleration qatcommitted whileshow system acceleration qatreported "No QAT device found" on the same box.python/vyos/qat.py, which reads device state from sysfs, debugfs and/proc/crypto, and rebuilds the status command on it. Both conf mode and op mode now read one PCI ID table, so the two cannot drift apart again.User-visible output — please review the wording
This is the part I would most like a ruling on.
Driver bound and started, node not set — the case that motivated this:
Configured and running — identical, with
'system acceleration qat' is setand no warning.Hardware present, no driver bound:
No QAT hardware:
No QAT device found, exit 1.Notes on specific choices, all of which I am happy to change:
Stateis one ofstarted,not started,no driver bound,unknown.unknownappears when debugfs is not mounted, rather than guessing that a bound device is stopped.No QAT device found. Say the word and I will keep that string byte-identical.qat_service statusoutput is still appended when/etc/init.d/qat_serviceexists, but is no longer required — device state comes from the kernel.Types of changes
Related Task(s)
Referenced for context, not fixed here:
--enable-qat-lkcf, the origin of the LKCF exposure.Related PR(s)
None. The driver-side fix for T6177 will be a separate PR against vyos-build.
Also changed
flows,configandinterruptsas well. They report on a running device and had no reason to consult the configuration session.get_qat_proc_path()raisedTypeErrorwhen it could not determine the path — it returnedNone, which was then concatenated with a string. It now prints a diagnostic and exits.Deliberately not included
The substantive problem behind T9236 is that the documented opt-in does not gate the driver. This PR makes that visible; it does not remove the exposure. Two further options are written up in the task for a ruling:
Also left alone:
--dev-list,flowsandconfigstill resolve devices through/etc/init.d/qat_service, because theqat_devNnames it produces are user-visible CLI tokens. Moving those to sysfs would change what operators type, so it needs a decision on device naming first.How to test / Smoketest result
Please read this before merging: I do not have QAT hardware, or a VyOS box. Work was done on a Debian workstation, so the smoketests below have not been run on a live image.
Exercised:
vyos.qat.find_devices()against a mocked sysfs covering all four device states, multiple devices in mixed states, non-QAT Intel devices, non-Intel devices sharing a device ID, and a missing/sys/bus/pci/devices./proc/cryptoparsing against realistic samples: a QAT-present case, a QAT-absent case withaesni_intelentries that must not match, and an unreadable file.show_qat_status()with a mocked filesystem — that is where those samples come from.lspci -nnline from the affected box, plus each previously supported chipset as a regression check.Not exercised: any code path that needs a real QAT device — debugfs directory naming,
qat_serviceinteraction,fw_countersanddev_cfgoutput, or interaction with a live IPsec session. The debugfs directory is matched by PCI address (qat_*_<address>) rather than by driver type specifically so that it does not depend on the type/driver name mapping, which I could not verify.New smoke tests, which do not require acceleration hardware:
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