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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt index cc4b4d04129..0e30c7845b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Date: 041221 Enable CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN to compile and build pktgen.o either in kernel or as module. Module is preferred. insmod pktgen if needed. Once running -pktgen creates a thread on each CPU where each thread has affinty it's CPU. +pktgen creates a thread on each CPU where each thread has affinity to its CPU. Monitoring and controlling is done via /proc. Easiest to select a suitable a sample script and configure. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ root 129 0.3 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2003 523:20 [pktgen/0] root 130 0.3 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2003 509:50 [pktgen/1] -For montoring and control pktgen creates: +For monitoring and control pktgen creates: /proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_X /proc/net/pktgen/ethX @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Running: Stopped: eth1 Result: OK: max_before_softirq=10000 -Most important the devices assigend to thread. Note! A device can only belong +Most important the devices assigned to thread. Note! A device can only belong to one thread. @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Current: Result: OK: 13101142(c12220741+d880401) usec, 10000000 (60byte,0frags) 763292pps 390Mb/sec (390805504bps) errors: 39664 -Confguring threads and devices -============================== +Configuring threads and devices +================================ This is done via the /proc interface easiest done via pgset in the scripts Examples: @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Examples: pgset "pkt_size 9014" sets packet size to 9014 pgset "frags 5" packet will consist of 5 fragments pgset "count 200000" sets number of packets to send, set to zero - for continious sends untill explicitl stopped. + for continuous sends until explicitly stopped. pgset "delay 5000" adds delay to hard_start_xmit(). nanoseconds @@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ Examples: pgset "dstmac 00:00:00:00:00:00" sets MAC destination address pgset "srcmac 00:00:00:00:00:00" sets MAC source address + pgset "queue_map_min 0" Sets the min value of tx queue interval + pgset "queue_map_max 7" Sets the max value of tx queue interval, for multiqueue devices + To select queue 1 of a given device, + use queue_map_min=1 and queue_map_max=1 + pgset "src_mac_count 1" Sets the number of MACs we'll range through. The 'minimum' MAC is what you set with srcmac. @@ -97,9 +102,20 @@ Examples: The 'minimum' MAC is what you set with dstmac. pgset "flag [name]" Set a flag to determine behaviour. Current flags - are: IPSRC_RND #IP Source is random (between min/max), - IPDST_RND, UDPSRC_RND, - UDPDST_RND, MACSRC_RND, MACDST_RND + are: IPSRC_RND # IP source is random (between min/max) + IPDST_RND # IP destination is random + UDPSRC_RND, UDPDST_RND, + MACSRC_RND, MACDST_RND + TXSIZE_RND, IPV6, + MPLS_RND, VID_RND, SVID_RND + FLOW_SEQ, + QUEUE_MAP_RND # queue map random + QUEUE_MAP_CPU # queue map mirrors smp_processor_id() + UDPCSUM, + IPSEC # IPsec encapsulation (needs CONFIG_XFRM) + NODE_ALLOC # node specific memory allocation + + pgset spi SPI_VALUE Set specific SA used to transform packet. pgset "udp_src_min 9" set UDP source port min, If < udp_src_max, then cycle through the port range. @@ -109,13 +125,46 @@ Examples: cycle through the port range. pgset "udp_dst_max 9" set UDP destination port max. + pgset "mpls 0001000a,0002000a,0000000a" set MPLS labels (in this example + outer label=16,middle label=32, + inner label=0 (IPv4 NULL)) Note that + there must be no spaces between the + arguments. Leading zeros are required. + Do not set the bottom of stack bit, + that's done automatically. If you do + set the bottom of stack bit, that + indicates that you want to randomly + generate that address and the flag + MPLS_RND will be turned on. You + can have any mix of random and fixed + labels in the label stack. + + pgset "mpls 0" turn off mpls (or any invalid argument works too!) + + pgset "vlan_id 77" set VLAN ID 0-4095 + pgset "vlan_p 3" set priority bit 0-7 (default 0) + pgset "vlan_cfi 0" set canonical format identifier 0-1 (default 0) + + pgset "svlan_id 22" set SVLAN ID 0-4095 + pgset "svlan_p 3" set priority bit 0-7 (default 0) + pgset "svlan_cfi 0" set canonical format identifier 0-1 (default 0) + + pgset "vlan_id 9999" > 4095 remove vlan and svlan tags + pgset "svlan 9999" > 4095 remove svlan tag + + + pgset "tos XX" set former IPv4 TOS field (e.g. "tos 28" for AF11 no ECN, default 00) + pgset "traffic_class XX" set former IPv6 TRAFFIC CLASS (e.g. "traffic_class B8" for EF no ECN, default 00) + pgset stop aborts injection. Also, ^C aborts generator. + pgset "rate 300M" set rate to 300 Mb/s + pgset "ratep 1000000" set rate to 1Mpps Example scripts =============== -A collection of small tutorial scripts for pktgen is in expamples dir. +A collection of small tutorial scripts for pktgen is in examples dir. pktgen.conf-1-1 # 1 CPU 1 dev pktgen.conf-1-2 # 1 CPU 2 dev @@ -135,6 +184,18 @@ Note when adding devices to a specific CPU there good idea to also assign /proc/irq/XX/smp_affinity so the TX-interrupts gets bound to the same CPU. as this reduces cache bouncing when freeing skb's. +Enable IPsec +============ +Default IPsec transformation with ESP encapsulation plus Transport mode +could be enabled by simply setting: + +pgset "flag IPSEC" +pgset "flows 1" + +To avoid breaking existing testbed scripts for using AH type and tunnel mode, +user could use "pgset spi SPI_VALUE" to specify which formal of transformation +to employ. + Current commands and configuration options ========================================== @@ -167,6 +228,8 @@ pkt_size min_pkt_size max_pkt_size +mpls + udp_src_min udp_src_max @@ -175,12 +238,22 @@ udp_dst_max flag IPSRC_RND - TXSIZE_RND IPDST_RND UDPSRC_RND UDPDST_RND MACSRC_RND MACDST_RND + TXSIZE_RND + IPV6 + MPLS_RND + VID_RND + SVID_RND + FLOW_SEQ + QUEUE_MAP_RND + QUEUE_MAP_CPU + UDPCSUM + IPSEC + NODE_ALLOC dst_min dst_max @@ -199,6 +272,9 @@ src6 flows flowlen +rate +ratep + References: ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/ ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/examples/ @@ -211,4 +287,4 @@ Grant Grundler for testing on IA-64 and parisc, Harald Welte, Lennert Buytenhek Stephen Hemminger, Andi Kleen, Dave Miller and many others. -Good luck with the linux net-development.
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