A new configurable parameter called CustomArguments (WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.{}.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments) is being introduced to allow defining a higher logging level and redirecting logs to syslog for the daemons (hostapd, wpa_supplicant) that are started by PWHM. The new log files will store the logs from these daemons as follows: hostapd logs will be available at: /var/log/hostapd wpa_supplicant logs will be available at: /var/log/wpa_supplicant

Updating PWHM cram test scripts and checking logfile for wpa_supplicant and hostapd Closes: PPM-3522 Signed-off-by: Sajith Joseph <sajithjoseph@tataelxsi.co.in>
2026-01-30 11:55:31 +05:30 · 2026-01-30 11:55:31 +05:30 · afa518aa4c
commit afa518aa4c
parent b31b45a81a
5 changed files with 202 additions and 9 deletions
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/arcadyan-mozart/100-pwhm.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/arcadyan-mozart/100-pwhm.t
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Check default SSID configuration of access points:

 Check that no hostapd instance is running:

-  $ R "pgrep -f 'hostapd -ddt'"
+  $ R "pgrep -f 'hostapd'"
  [1]

 Test activation of access point 1:
@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ Check that hostapd is operating as expected:

  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"

-  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd.*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
-  -ddt
-  /tmp/wlan0_hapd.conf
-  /tmp/wlan1_hapd.conf
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
+  -g
+  -s
  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
+  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
  hostapd

  $ R "ubus list | grep -e 'hostapd\.' | sort"
@ -211,6 +211,88 @@ Check iw interfaces and beaconing:
  ssid prplOS-guest
  ssid prplOS-guest

+Test custom arguments
+
+  $ R "ba-cli 'Device.WiFi.EndPoint.*.Enable=1' | sed '1d' | awk 'NF'"
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.Enable=1
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.Enable=1
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.Enable=1
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments=-dds' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-dds"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-dds"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments=-ds' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-ds"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-ds"}}]
+
+$ sleep 10
+
+  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
+  -dds
+  -g
+  /tmp/wlan0_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan1_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
+  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
+  hostapd
+
+  $ R logger -t cram "Check that wpa_supplicant is operating"
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -n '/[w]pa_supplicant/ { s/^.*\bwpa_supplicant[[:space:]]/wpa_supplicant /; p }' | sort | head -3
+  wpa_supplicant -ds -i wlan0 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan0_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -ds -i wlan1 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan1_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -ds -i wlan2 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan2_wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+Setting the custom arguments back to default value:
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments="-s"' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+$ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments="-s"' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ sleep 10
+
+  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
+  -g
+  -s
+  /tmp/wlan0_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan1_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
+  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
+  hostapd
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -n '/[w]pa_supplicant/ { s/^.*\bwpa_supplicant[[:space:]]/wpa_supplicant /; p }' | sort | head -3
+  wpa_supplicant -s -i wlan0 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan0_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -s -i wlan1 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan1_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -s -i wlan2 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan2_wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+  $ R "ba-cli 'Device.WiFi.EndPoint.*.Enable=0' | sed '1d' | awk 'NF'"
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.Enable=0
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.Enable=0
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.Enable=0
+
 Test deactivation of access point 6:

  $ R logger -t cram "Test AccessPoint 6 deactivation "$(get_ssid_ref 6)""
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/logrotate.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/logrotate.t
@ -14,5 +14,11 @@ Check that logrotate is properly setup:
  /var/log/messages
  /var/log/messages_firewall

+  $ R 'grep /var/log/hostapd /var/lib/logrotate.status | cut -d\" -f2'
+  /var/log/hostapd
+
+  $ R 'grep /var/log/wpa_supplicant /var/lib/logrotate.status | cut -d\" -f2'
+  /var/log/wpa_supplicant
+
  $ R "grep /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/crontabs/root"
  */10 * * * * /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/pwhm-daemon-logfile.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/pwhm-daemon-logfile.t
@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Create R alias:
+
+  $ alias R="${CRAM_REMOTE_COMMAND:-}"
+
+Check that pwhm log files are not empty:
+
+  $ test -s "/var/log/wpa_supplicant"
+  [1]
+
+  $ test -s "/var/log/hostapd"
+  [1]
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/wnc-freedom/100-pwhm.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/wnc-freedom/100-pwhm.t
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Check default SSID configuration of access points:

 Check that no hostapd instance is running:

-  $ R "pgrep -f 'hostapd -ddt'"
+  $ R "pgrep -f 'hostapd'"
  [1]

 Test activation of access point 1:
@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ Check that hostapd is operating as expected:
  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"

  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
-  -ddt
  -g
+  -s
  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
  hostapd
@ -411,6 +411,98 @@ Check that the tree interfaces are present in the main link interface:
  link 2:
  channel.* (re)

+Check if hostap pid has changed or not before custom arguments is set:
+
+  $ if [ "$(R pgrep -f 'hostapd')" = "$hostap_pid" ]; then echo "true"; else echo "hostapd restarted during the test !"; fi
+  true
+
+Test custom arguments
+
+  $ R "ba-cli 'Device.WiFi.EndPoint.*.Enable=1' | sed '1d' | awk 'NF'"
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.Enable=1
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.Enable=1
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.Enable=1
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments=-dds' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-dds"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-dds"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments=-ds' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-ds"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-ds"}}]
+
+  $ sleep 10
+
+  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
+  -dds
+  -g
+  /tmp/wlan0_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan1_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
+  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
+  hostapd
+
+  $ R logger -t cram "Check that wpa_supplicant is operating"
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -n '/[w]pa_supplicant/ { s/^.*\bwpa_supplicant[[:space:]]/wpa_supplicant /; p }' | sort | head -3
+  wpa_supplicant -ds -i wlan0 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan0_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -ds -i wlan1 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan1_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -ds -i wlan2 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan2_wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+Setting the custom arguments back to default value:
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments="-s"' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.hostapd.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.1.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments="-s"' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ R "ba-cli -j -l 'protected; WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.wpa_supplicant.ExecutionSettings.CustomArguments?' | grep CustomArguments"
+  [{"WiFi.DaemonMgt.Daemon.2.ExecutionSettings.":{"CustomArguments":"-s"}}]
+
+  $ sleep 10
+
+  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
+  -g
+  -s
+  /tmp/wlan0_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan1_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
+  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
+  hostapd
+
+  $ R "ps axw" | sed -n '/[w]pa_supplicant/ { s/^.*\bwpa_supplicant[[:space:]]/wpa_supplicant /; p }' | sort | head -3
+  wpa_supplicant -s -i wlan0 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan0_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -s -i wlan1 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan1_wpa_supplicant.conf
+  wpa_supplicant -s -i wlan2 -Dnl80211 -c /tmp/wlan2_wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+  $ R "ba-cli 'Device.WiFi.EndPoint.*.Enable=0' | sed '1d' | awk 'NF'"
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.1.Enable=0
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.2.Enable=0
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.
+  Device.WiFi.EndPoint.3.Enable=0
+
+Saving hostap pid:
+
+  $ hostap_pid=$(R pgrep -f 'hostapd')
+  $ R logger -t cram "hostap PID after custom arguments test: $hostap_pid"
+
 Test deactivation of access point 9:

  $ enable_ap_sync 9 0
@ -691,7 +783,7 @@ Check wpacltrl socket file:

 Check if hostapd process is stopped:

-  $ R "pgrep -f 'hostapd -ddt'"
+  $ R "pgrep -f 'hostapd'"
  [1]

 Resume prplMesh:
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/wnc-freedom/101-mlo_step_1.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/wnc-freedom/101-mlo_step_1.t
@ -308,8 +308,10 @@ Check that hostapd is operating as expected:
  $ R logger -t cram "Check that hostapd is operating"

  $ R "ps axw" | sed -nE 's/.*(hostapd .*)/\1/p' | head -1 | tr -s ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort
-  -ddt
  -g
+  -s
+  /tmp/wlan0_hapd.conf
+  /tmp/wlan1_hapd.conf
  /tmp/wlan2_hapd.conf
  /var/run/hostapd/global\.0x.* (re)
  hostapd