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28.Dd March 11, 2007
29.Dt NG_CAR 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ng_car
33.Nd Commited Access Rate netgraph node type
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In netgraph/ng_car.h
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm car
39node type limits traffic flowing through it using:
40.Pp
41.Bl -bullet -compact
42.It
43Single rate three color marker as described in RFC 2697,
44.It
45Two rate three color marker as described in RFC 2698,
46.It
47RED-like rate limit algorithm used by Cisco,
48.It
49Traffic shaping with RED.
50.El
51.Sh HOOKS
52This node type supports the following hooks:
53.Bl -tag -width indent
54.It Va upper
55Hook leading to upper layer protocols.
56.It Va lower
57Hook leading to lower layer protocols.
58.El
59.Pp
60Traffic flowing from
61.Va upper
62to
63.Va lower
64is considered
65.Sy downstream
66traffic.
67Traffic flowing from
68.Va lower
69to
70.Va upper
71is considered
72.Sy upstream
73traffic.
74.Sh MODES OF OPERATION
75Each hook can operate in one of the following modes:
76.Bl -tag -width indent
77.It Dv NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE
78Single rate three color marker as described in RFC 2697.
79Committed burst packets are counted as green, extended burst packets are
80counted as yellow and exceeding packets are counted as red.
81Committed burst getting refilled with CIR (Committed Information Rate) speed.
82When it is full, exceeded burst getting refilled.
83.It Dv NG_CAR_DOUBLE_RATE
84Two rate three color marker as described in RFC 2698.
85Committed burst packets are counted as green, peak burst packets are counted
86as yellow and exceeding packets are counted as red.
87Committed burst getting refilled with CIR speed.
88Peak burst getting refilled with PIR (Peak Information Rate) speed at the
89same time.
90.It Dv NG_CAR_RED
91Similar to
92.Dv NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE ,
93but with different understanding of extended burst.
94When normal burst exceeded and extended burst is used, packets are counted
95red with probability equal to part of extended burst consumed.
96Extended burst getting refilled first.
97When it is full, committed burst getting refilled.
98This behavior is similar to RED active queue management algorithm.
99.Pp
100This algorithm is more polite to the TCP traffic than NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE.
101.It Dv NG_CAR_SHAPE
102Committed burst packets are counted as green, exceeding packets are delayed
103by queue with RED management and counted as yellow.
104Packets dropped by queue counted as red.
105Queue parameters are hardcoded: length 99 packets, min_th 8 packets, max_p 100%.
106.Pp
107Traffic shaping is much more polite to the TCP traffic than rate limit on
108links with bandwidth * delay product less than 6-8 TCP segments, but it
109consumes additional system resources for queue processing.
110.El
111.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
112This node type supports the generic control messages and the following
113specific messages.
114.Bl -tag -width indent
115.It Dv NGM_CAR_SET_CONF Pq Li setconf
116Set node configuration to the specified at
117.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkconf"
118.It Dv NGM_CAR_GET_CONF Pq Li getconf
119Return current node configuration as
120.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkconf"
121.Bd -literal
122struct ng_car_hookconf {
123	u_int64_t cbs;		/* Committed burst size (bytes) */
124	u_int64_t ebs;		/* Exceeded/Peak burst size (bytes) */
125	u_int64_t cir;		/* Committed information rate (bits/s) */
126	u_int64_t pir;		/* Peak information rate (bits/s) */
127	u_int8_t green_action;	/* Action for green packets */
128	u_int8_t yellow_action;	/* Action for yellow packets */
129	u_int8_t red_action;	/* Action for red packets */
130	u_int8_t mode;		/* single/double rate, ... */
131	u_int8_t opt;		/* color-aware or color-blind */
132};
133
134struct ng_car_bulkconf {
135	struct ng_car_hookconf upstream;
136	struct ng_car_hookconf downstream;
137};
138.Ed
139.It Dv NGM_CAR_GET_STATS Pq Li getstats
140Return node statistics as
141.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkstats"
142.Bd -literal
143struct ng_car_hookstats {
144	u_int64_t passed_pkts;
145	u_int64_t droped_pkts;
146	u_int64_t green_pkts;
147	u_int64_t yellow_pkts;
148	u_int64_t red_pkts;
149	u_int64_t errors;
150};
151
152struct ng_car_bulkstats {
153	struct ng_car_hookstats upstream;
154	struct ng_car_hookstats downstream;
155};
156.Ed
157.It Dv NGM_CAR_CLR_STATS Pq Li clrstats
158Clear node statistics.
159.It Dv NGM_CAR_GETCLR_STATS Pq Li getclrstats
160Atomically return and clear node statistics.
161.El
162.Sh SHUTDOWN
163This node shuts down upon receipt of a
164.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
165control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
166.Sh SEE ALSO
167.Xr netgraph 4 ,
168.Xr ngctl 8
169.Rs
170.%A J. Heinanen
171.%T "A Single Rate Three Color Marker"
172.%O RFC 2697
173.Re
174.Rs
175.%A J. Heinanen
176.%T "A Two Rate Three Color Marker"
177.%O RFC 2698
178.Re
179.Sh AUTHORS
180.An Nuno Antunes Aq nuno.antunes@gmail.com
181.An Alexander Motin Aq mav@FreeBSD.org
182.Sh BUGS
183At this moment only DROP and FORWARD actions are implemented.
184