Scapy allows to define packets in descriptive form that is easier to
digest and debug.

Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka <[email protected]>
---
 tests/ovn-macros.at | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/ovn-macros.at b/tests/ovn-macros.at
index ee942e8a6..40ded7bd4 100644
--- a/tests/ovn-macros.at
+++ b/tests/ovn-macros.at
@@ -817,6 +817,29 @@ ovn_trace_client() {
     ovs-appctl -t $target trace "$@" | tee trace | sed '/^# /d'
 }
 
+# Receives a string that represents scapy python code that represents a packet.
+# Returns a hex-string that contains bytes that reflect the packet description.
+#
+# Scapy docs: https://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
+#
+# Example of usage:
+#
+# packet=$(fmt_pkt "\
+#     Ether(dst='ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff', src='50:64:00:00:00:01') /\
+#     IPv6(src='abed::1', dst='ff02::1:ff00:2')               /\
+#     ICMPv6ND_NS(tgt='abed::2')                               \
+# ")
+#
+# ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive $vif $packet
+#
+fmt_pkt() {
+    echo "from scapy.all import *; \
+          import binascii; \
+          out = binascii.hexlify(raw($1)); \
+          print(out)" | python3 \
+    | sed s/^b\'// | sed s/\'$//  # hexlify prints as b'...' -> truncate
+}
+
 OVS_END_SHELL_HELPERS
 
 m4_define([OVN_POPULATE_ARP], [AT_CHECK(ovn_populate_arp__, [0], [ignore])])
-- 
2.34.1

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