[v2,net-next,5/5] selftests: openvswitch: add ct-nat test case with ipv4

Message ID 20230728115940.578658-6-aconole@redhat.com
State New
Headers
Series selftests: openvswitch: add flow programming cases |

Commit Message

Aaron Conole July 28, 2023, 11:59 a.m. UTC
  Building on the previous work, add a very simplistic NAT case
using ipv4.  This just tests dnat transformation

Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
---
 .../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh  | 64 ++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py    | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 139 insertions(+)
  

Comments

Adrian Moreno July 28, 2023, 2:31 p.m. UTC | #1
On 7/28/23 13:59, Aaron Conole wrote:
> Building on the previous work, add a very simplistic NAT case
> using ipv4.  This just tests dnat transformation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
> ---
>   .../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh  | 64 ++++++++++++++++
>   .../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py    | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 139 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> index 40a66c72af0f..dced4f612a78 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tests="
>   	arp_ping				eth-arp: Basic arp ping between two NS
>   	ct_connect_v4				ip4-ct-xon: Basic ipv4 tcp connection using ct
>   	connect_v4				ip4-xon: Basic ipv4 ping between two NS
> +	nat_connect_v4				ip4-nat-xon: Basic ipv4 tcp connection via NAT
>   	netlink_checks				ovsnl: validate netlink attrs and settings
>   	upcall_interfaces			ovs: test the upcall interfaces"
>   
> @@ -300,6 +301,69 @@ test_connect_v4 () {
>   	return 0
>   }
>   
> +# nat_connect_v4 test
> +#  - client has 1500 byte MTU
> +#  - server has 1500 byte MTU
> +#  - use ICMP to ping in each direction
> +#  - only allow CT state stuff to pass through new in c -> s
> +test_nat_connect_v4 () {
> +	which nc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || return $ksft_skip
> +
> +	sbx_add "test_nat_connect_v4" || return $?
> +
> +	ovs_add_dp "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 || return 1
> +	info "create namespaces"
> +	for ns in client server; do
> +		ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_nat_connect_v4" "nat4" "$ns" \
> +		    "${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
> +	done
> +
> +	ip netns exec client ip addr add 172.31.110.10/24 dev c1
> +	ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
> +	ip netns exec server ip addr add 172.31.110.20/24 dev s1
> +	ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
> +
> +	ip netns exec client ip route add default via 172.31.110.20
> +
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
> +		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
> +		'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
> +		"ct_state(-trk),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(dst=192.168.0.20)" \
> +		"ct(commit,nat(dst=172.31.110.20)),recirc(0x1)"
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
> +		"ct_state(-trk),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" \
> +		"ct(commit,nat),recirc(0x2)"
> +
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
> +		"recirc_id(0x1),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" "2"
> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
> +		"recirc_id(0x2),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" "1"
> +
> +	# do a ping
> +	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client ping 192.168.0.20 -c 3 || return 1
> +
> +	# create an echo server in 'server'
> +	echo "server" | \
> +		ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_nat_connect_v4" "server" \
> +				nc -lvnp 4443
> +	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client nc -i 1 -zv 192.168.0.20 4443 || return 1
> +
> +	# Now test in the other direction (should fail)
> +	echo "client" | \
> +		ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_nat_connect_v4" "client" \
> +				nc -lvnp 4443
> +	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client nc -i 1 -zv 172.31.110.10 4443
> +	if [ $? == 0 ]; then
> +	   info "connect to client was successful"
> +	   return 1
> +	fi
> +
> +	info "done..."
> +	return 0
> +}
> +
>   # netlink_validation
>   # - Create a dp
>   # - check no warning with "old version" simulation
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
> index 6e258ab9e635..258c9ef263d9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
> @@ -530,6 +530,81 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
>                           else:
>                               ctact["attrs"].append([scan[1], None])
>                           actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
> +                    # it seems strange to put this here, but nat() is a complex
> +                    # sub-action and this lets it sit anywhere in the ct() action
> +                    if actstr.startswith("nat"):
> +                        actstr = actstr[3:]
> +                        natact = ovsactions.ctact.natattr()
> +
> +                        if actstr.startswith("("):
> +                            t = None
> +                            actstr = actstr[1:]
> +                            if actstr.startswith("src"):
> +                                t = "OVS_NAT_ATTR_SRC"
> +                                actstr = actstr[3:]
> +                            elif actstr.startswith("dst"):
> +                                t = "OVS_NAT_ATTR_DST"
> +                                actstr = actstr[3:]
> +
> +                            actstr, ip_block_min = parse_extract_field(
> +                                actstr, "=", "([0-9a-fA-F:\.\[]+)", str, False
> +                            )
> +                            actstr, ip_block_max = parse_extract_field(
> +                                actstr, "-", "([0-9a-fA-F:\.\[]+)", str, False
> +                            )
> +
> +                            # [XXXX:YYY::Z]:123
> +                            # following RFC 3986
> +                            # More complete parsing, ala RFC5952 isn't
> +                            # supported.
> +                            if actstr.startswith("]"):
> +                                actstr = actstr[1:]
> +                            if ip_block_min is not None and \
> +                               ip_block_min.startswith("["):
> +                                ip_block_min = ip_block_min[1:]
> +                            if ip_block_max is not None and \
> +                               ip_block_max.startswith("["):
> +                                ip_block_max = ip_block_max[1:]
> +
> +                            actstr, proto_min = parse_extract_field(
> +                                actstr, ":", "(\d+)", int, False
> +                            )
> +                            actstr, proto_max = parse_extract_field(
> +                                actstr, "-", "(\d+)", int, False
> +                            )

I'm still struggling to make this part work:
On the one hand, ipv6 seems not fully supported by ovs-dpctl.py. If I try adding 
an ipv6 flow I end up needing to add a function such as as the following and use 
it to parse "ipv6()" field:

def convert_ipv6(data):
     ip, _, mask = data.partition('/')
     max_ip = pow(2, 128) - 1

     if not ip:
         ip = mask = 0
     elif not mask:
         mask = max
     elif mask.isdigit():
         mask = (max_ip << (128 - int(mask))) & max_ip

     return ipaddress.IPv6Address(ip).packed, ipaddress.IPv6Address(mask).packed

OTOH, trying to support ipv6 makes ct ip/port range parsing more complex, for 
instance, this action: "ct(nat(src=10.0.0.240-10.0.0.254:32768-65535))"

fails, because it's parsed as:
ip_block_min = 10.0.0.240
ip_block_max = 10.0.0.254:32768
proto_min = None
proto_max = 65535

I would say we could drop ipv6 support for nat() action, making it simpler to 
parse or first detect if we're parsing ipv4 or ipv6 and use appropriate regexp 
on each case. E.g: 
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/d460c473ebf9e9ab16da44cbfbb13a4911352195/python/ovs/flow/decoders.py#L430-L486

Another approach would be to stop trying to be human friendly and use an easier 
to parse syntax, something closer to key-value, e.g: 
"ct(ip_block_min=10.0.0.240, ip_block_max=10.0.0.254, proto_min=32768, 
proto_max=65535)". It'd be more verbose and not compatible with ovs tooling but 
this is a testing tool afterall. WDYT?


> +
> +                            if t is not None:
> +                                natact["attrs"].append([t, None])
> +
> +                                if ip_block_min is not None:
> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_IP_MIN", ip_block_min]
> +                                    )
> +                                if ip_block_max is not None:
> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_IP_MAX", ip_block_max]
> +                                    )
> +                                if proto_min is not None:
> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_MIN", proto_min]
> +                                    )
> +                                if proto_max is not None:
> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_MAX", proto_max]
> +                                    )
> +
> +                            for natscan in (
> +                                ("persist", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PERSISTENT"),

odp-util.c defines this flag as "persistent", not sure if you intend to keep it 
compatible at all.

> +                                ("hash", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_HASH"),
> +                                ("random", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_RANDOM"),
> +                            ):
> +                                if actstr.startswith(natscan[0]):
> +                                    actstr = actstr[len(natscan[0]) :]
> +                                    natact["attrs"].append([natscan[1], None])
> +                                    actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
> +
> +                        ctact["attrs"].append(["OVS_CT_ATTR_NAT", natact])
> +                        actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ",) ") :]
>   
>                   self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT", ctact])
>                   parsed = True
  
Aaron Conole July 31, 2023, 6:53 p.m. UTC | #2
Adrian Moreno <amorenoz@redhat.com> writes:

> On 7/28/23 13:59, Aaron Conole wrote:
>> Building on the previous work, add a very simplistic NAT case
>> using ipv4.  This just tests dnat transformation
>> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   .../selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh  | 64 ++++++++++++++++
>>   .../selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py    | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 139 insertions(+)
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
>> index 40a66c72af0f..dced4f612a78 100755
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
>> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tests="
>>   	arp_ping				eth-arp: Basic arp ping between two NS
>>   	ct_connect_v4				ip4-ct-xon: Basic ipv4 tcp connection using ct
>>   	connect_v4				ip4-xon: Basic ipv4 ping between two NS
>> +	nat_connect_v4				ip4-nat-xon: Basic ipv4 tcp connection via NAT
>>   	netlink_checks				ovsnl: validate netlink attrs and settings
>>   	upcall_interfaces			ovs: test the upcall interfaces"
>>   @@ -300,6 +301,69 @@ test_connect_v4 () {
>>   	return 0
>>   }
>>   +# nat_connect_v4 test
>> +#  - client has 1500 byte MTU
>> +#  - server has 1500 byte MTU
>> +#  - use ICMP to ping in each direction
>> +#  - only allow CT state stuff to pass through new in c -> s
>> +test_nat_connect_v4 () {
>> +	which nc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || return $ksft_skip
>> +
>> +	sbx_add "test_nat_connect_v4" || return $?
>> +
>> +	ovs_add_dp "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 || return 1
>> +	info "create namespaces"
>> +	for ns in client server; do
>> +		ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_nat_connect_v4" "nat4" "$ns" \
>> +		    "${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
>> +	done
>> +
>> +	ip netns exec client ip addr add 172.31.110.10/24 dev c1
>> +	ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
>> +	ip netns exec server ip addr add 172.31.110.20/24 dev s1
>> +	ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
>> +
>> +	ip netns exec client ip route add default via 172.31.110.20
>> +
>> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
>> +		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
>> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
>> +		'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
>> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
>> +		"ct_state(-trk),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(dst=192.168.0.20)" \
>> +		"ct(commit,nat(dst=172.31.110.20)),recirc(0x1)"
>> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
>> +		"ct_state(-trk),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" \
>> +		"ct(commit,nat),recirc(0x2)"
>> +
>> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
>> +		"recirc_id(0x1),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" "2"
>> +	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
>> +		"recirc_id(0x2),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" "1"
>> +
>> +	# do a ping
>> +	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client ping 192.168.0.20 -c 3 || return 1
>> +
>> +	# create an echo server in 'server'
>> +	echo "server" | \
>> +		ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_nat_connect_v4" "server" \
>> +				nc -lvnp 4443
>> +	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client nc -i 1 -zv 192.168.0.20 4443 || return 1
>> +
>> +	# Now test in the other direction (should fail)
>> +	echo "client" | \
>> +		ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_nat_connect_v4" "client" \
>> +				nc -lvnp 4443
>> +	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client nc -i 1 -zv 172.31.110.10 4443
>> +	if [ $? == 0 ]; then
>> +	   info "connect to client was successful"
>> +	   return 1
>> +	fi
>> +
>> +	info "done..."
>> +	return 0
>> +}
>> +
>>   # netlink_validation
>>   # - Create a dp
>>   # - check no warning with "old version" simulation
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
>> index 6e258ab9e635..258c9ef263d9 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
>> @@ -530,6 +530,81 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
>>                           else:
>>                               ctact["attrs"].append([scan[1], None])
>>                           actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
>> +                    # it seems strange to put this here, but nat() is a complex
>> +                    # sub-action and this lets it sit anywhere in the ct() action
>> +                    if actstr.startswith("nat"):
>> +                        actstr = actstr[3:]
>> +                        natact = ovsactions.ctact.natattr()
>> +
>> +                        if actstr.startswith("("):
>> +                            t = None
>> +                            actstr = actstr[1:]
>> +                            if actstr.startswith("src"):
>> +                                t = "OVS_NAT_ATTR_SRC"
>> +                                actstr = actstr[3:]
>> +                            elif actstr.startswith("dst"):
>> +                                t = "OVS_NAT_ATTR_DST"
>> +                                actstr = actstr[3:]
>> +
>> +                            actstr, ip_block_min = parse_extract_field(
>> +                                actstr, "=", "([0-9a-fA-F:\.\[]+)", str, False
>> +                            )
>> +                            actstr, ip_block_max = parse_extract_field(
>> +                                actstr, "-", "([0-9a-fA-F:\.\[]+)", str, False
>> +                            )
>> +
>> +                            # [XXXX:YYY::Z]:123
>> +                            # following RFC 3986
>> +                            # More complete parsing, ala RFC5952 isn't
>> +                            # supported.
>> +                            if actstr.startswith("]"):
>> +                                actstr = actstr[1:]
>> +                            if ip_block_min is not None and \
>> +                               ip_block_min.startswith("["):
>> +                                ip_block_min = ip_block_min[1:]
>> +                            if ip_block_max is not None and \
>> +                               ip_block_max.startswith("["):
>> +                                ip_block_max = ip_block_max[1:]
>> +
>> +                            actstr, proto_min = parse_extract_field(
>> +                                actstr, ":", "(\d+)", int, False
>> +                            )
>> +                            actstr, proto_max = parse_extract_field(
>> +                                actstr, "-", "(\d+)", int, False
>> +                            )
>
> I'm still struggling to make this part work:
> On the one hand, ipv6 seems not fully supported by ovs-dpctl.py. If I
> try adding an ipv6 flow I end up needing to add a function such as as
> the following and use it to parse "ipv6()" field:

Let's just drop the ipv6 stuff from the NAT action support, and we can
add it later when I address the flow key side of it.

> def convert_ipv6(data):
>     ip, _, mask = data.partition('/')
>     max_ip = pow(2, 128) - 1
>
>     if not ip:
>         ip = mask = 0
>     elif not mask:
>         mask = max
>     elif mask.isdigit():
>         mask = (max_ip << (128 - int(mask))) & max_ip
>
>     return ipaddress.IPv6Address(ip).packed, ipaddress.IPv6Address(mask).packed
>
> OTOH, trying to support ipv6 makes ct ip/port range parsing more
> complex, for instance, this action:
> "ct(nat(src=10.0.0.240-10.0.0.254:32768-65535))"
>
> fails, because it's parsed as:
> ip_block_min = 10.0.0.240
> ip_block_max = 10.0.0.254:32768
> proto_min = None
> proto_max = 65535
>
> I would say we could drop ipv6 support for nat() action, making it
> simpler to parse or first detect if we're parsing ipv4 or ipv6 and use
> appropriate regexp on each case. E.g:
> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/d460c473ebf9e9ab16da44cbfbb13a4911352195/python/ovs/flow/decoders.py#L430-L486

ACK

> Another approach would be to stop trying to be human friendly and use
> an easier to parse syntax, something closer to key-value, e.g:
> "ct(ip_block_min=10.0.0.240, ip_block_max=10.0.0.254, proto_min=32768,
> proto_max=65535)". It'd be more verbose and not compatible with ovs
> tooling but this is a testing tool afterall. WDYT?

I do like that we can use the flow output from the running ovs-vswitchd
to generate test cases.  I'd like, as much as possible, to try and keep
it compatible.

>> +
>> +                            if t is not None:
>> +                                natact["attrs"].append([t, None])
>> +
>> +                                if ip_block_min is not None:
>> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
>> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_IP_MIN", ip_block_min]
>> +                                    )
>> +                                if ip_block_max is not None:
>> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
>> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_IP_MAX", ip_block_max]
>> +                                    )
>> +                                if proto_min is not None:
>> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
>> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_MIN", proto_min]
>> +                                    )
>> +                                if proto_max is not None:
>> +                                    natact["attrs"].append(
>> +                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_MAX", proto_max]
>> +                                    )
>> +
>> +                            for natscan in (
>> +                                ("persist", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PERSISTENT"),
>
> odp-util.c defines this flag as "persistent", not sure if you intend
> to keep it compatible at all.

I will adjust when I resubmit.

>> +                                ("hash", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_HASH"),
>> +                                ("random", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_RANDOM"),
>> +                            ):
>> +                                if actstr.startswith(natscan[0]):
>> +                                    actstr = actstr[len(natscan[0]) :]
>> +                                    natact["attrs"].append([natscan[1], None])
>> +                                    actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
>> +
>> +                        ctact["attrs"].append(["OVS_CT_ATTR_NAT", natact])
>> +                        actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ",) ") :]
>>                     self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT",
>> ctact])
>>                   parsed = True
  

Patch

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
index 40a66c72af0f..dced4f612a78 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@  tests="
 	arp_ping				eth-arp: Basic arp ping between two NS
 	ct_connect_v4				ip4-ct-xon: Basic ipv4 tcp connection using ct
 	connect_v4				ip4-xon: Basic ipv4 ping between two NS
+	nat_connect_v4				ip4-nat-xon: Basic ipv4 tcp connection via NAT
 	netlink_checks				ovsnl: validate netlink attrs and settings
 	upcall_interfaces			ovs: test the upcall interfaces"
 
@@ -300,6 +301,69 @@  test_connect_v4 () {
 	return 0
 }
 
+# nat_connect_v4 test
+#  - client has 1500 byte MTU
+#  - server has 1500 byte MTU
+#  - use ICMP to ping in each direction
+#  - only allow CT state stuff to pass through new in c -> s
+test_nat_connect_v4 () {
+	which nc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || return $ksft_skip
+
+	sbx_add "test_nat_connect_v4" || return $?
+
+	ovs_add_dp "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 || return 1
+	info "create namespaces"
+	for ns in client server; do
+		ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_nat_connect_v4" "nat4" "$ns" \
+		    "${ns:0:1}0" "${ns:0:1}1" || return 1
+	done
+
+	ip netns exec client ip addr add 172.31.110.10/24 dev c1
+	ip netns exec client ip link set c1 up
+	ip netns exec server ip addr add 172.31.110.20/24 dev s1
+	ip netns exec server ip link set s1 up
+
+	ip netns exec client ip route add default via 172.31.110.20
+
+	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
+		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
+	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
+		'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
+	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
+		"ct_state(-trk),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(dst=192.168.0.20)" \
+		"ct(commit,nat(dst=172.31.110.20)),recirc(0x1)"
+	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
+		"ct_state(-trk),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" \
+		"ct(commit,nat),recirc(0x2)"
+
+	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
+		"recirc_id(0x1),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" "2"
+	ovs_add_flow "test_nat_connect_v4" nat4 \
+		"recirc_id(0x2),ct_state(+trk-inv),in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" "1"
+
+	# do a ping
+	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client ping 192.168.0.20 -c 3 || return 1
+
+	# create an echo server in 'server'
+	echo "server" | \
+		ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_nat_connect_v4" "server" \
+				nc -lvnp 4443
+	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client nc -i 1 -zv 192.168.0.20 4443 || return 1
+
+	# Now test in the other direction (should fail)
+	echo "client" | \
+		ovs_netns_spawn_daemon "test_nat_connect_v4" "client" \
+				nc -lvnp 4443
+	ovs_sbx "test_nat_connect_v4" ip netns exec client nc -i 1 -zv 172.31.110.10 4443
+	if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+	   info "connect to client was successful"
+	   return 1
+	fi
+
+	info "done..."
+	return 0
+}
+
 # netlink_validation
 # - Create a dp
 # - check no warning with "old version" simulation
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
index 6e258ab9e635..258c9ef263d9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
@@ -530,6 +530,81 @@  class ovsactions(nla):
                         else:
                             ctact["attrs"].append([scan[1], None])
                         actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
+                    # it seems strange to put this here, but nat() is a complex
+                    # sub-action and this lets it sit anywhere in the ct() action
+                    if actstr.startswith("nat"):
+                        actstr = actstr[3:]
+                        natact = ovsactions.ctact.natattr()
+
+                        if actstr.startswith("("):
+                            t = None
+                            actstr = actstr[1:]
+                            if actstr.startswith("src"):
+                                t = "OVS_NAT_ATTR_SRC"
+                                actstr = actstr[3:]
+                            elif actstr.startswith("dst"):
+                                t = "OVS_NAT_ATTR_DST"
+                                actstr = actstr[3:]
+
+                            actstr, ip_block_min = parse_extract_field(
+                                actstr, "=", "([0-9a-fA-F:\.\[]+)", str, False
+                            )
+                            actstr, ip_block_max = parse_extract_field(
+                                actstr, "-", "([0-9a-fA-F:\.\[]+)", str, False
+                            )
+
+                            # [XXXX:YYY::Z]:123
+                            # following RFC 3986
+                            # More complete parsing, ala RFC5952 isn't
+                            # supported.
+                            if actstr.startswith("]"):
+                                actstr = actstr[1:]
+                            if ip_block_min is not None and \
+                               ip_block_min.startswith("["):
+                                ip_block_min = ip_block_min[1:]
+                            if ip_block_max is not None and \
+                               ip_block_max.startswith("["):
+                                ip_block_max = ip_block_max[1:]
+
+                            actstr, proto_min = parse_extract_field(
+                                actstr, ":", "(\d+)", int, False
+                            )
+                            actstr, proto_max = parse_extract_field(
+                                actstr, "-", "(\d+)", int, False
+                            )
+
+                            if t is not None:
+                                natact["attrs"].append([t, None])
+
+                                if ip_block_min is not None:
+                                    natact["attrs"].append(
+                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_IP_MIN", ip_block_min]
+                                    )
+                                if ip_block_max is not None:
+                                    natact["attrs"].append(
+                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_IP_MAX", ip_block_max]
+                                    )
+                                if proto_min is not None:
+                                    natact["attrs"].append(
+                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_MIN", proto_min]
+                                    )
+                                if proto_max is not None:
+                                    natact["attrs"].append(
+                                        ["OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_MAX", proto_max]
+                                    )
+
+                            for natscan in (
+                                ("persist", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PERSISTENT"),
+                                ("hash", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_HASH"),
+                                ("random", "OVS_NAT_ATTR_PROTO_RANDOM"),
+                            ):
+                                if actstr.startswith(natscan[0]):
+                                    actstr = actstr[len(natscan[0]) :]
+                                    natact["attrs"].append([natscan[1], None])
+                                    actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
+
+                        ctact["attrs"].append(["OVS_CT_ATTR_NAT", natact])
+                        actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ",) ") :]
 
                 self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT", ctact])
                 parsed = True