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28.Dd January 27, 2021
29.Dt NG_CAR 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ng_car
33.Nd Committed 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 ".Va upper"
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 foo
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.Pp
112By default, all information rates are measured in bits per second and bursts
113are measured in bytes.
114But when NG_CAR_COUNT_PACKETS option is enabled,
115rates are measured in packets per second and bursts are in packets.
116.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
117This node type supports the generic control messages and the following
118specific messages.
119.Bl -tag -width foo
120.It Dv NGM_CAR_SET_CONF Pq Ic setconf
121Set node configuration to the specified at
122.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkconf"
123.It Dv NGM_CAR_GET_CONF Pq Ic getconf
124Return current node configuration as
125.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkconf"
126.Bd -literal
127struct ng_car_hookconf {
128	uint64_t cbs;		/* Committed burst size (bytes) */
129	uint64_t ebs;		/* Exceeded/Peak burst size (bytes) */
130	uint64_t cir;		/* Committed information rate (bits/s) */
131	uint64_t pir;		/* Peak information rate (bits/s) */
132	uint8_t  green_action;	/* Action for green packets */
133	uint8_t  yellow_action;	/* Action for yellow packets */
134	uint8_t  red_action;	/* Action for red packets */
135	uint8_t  mode;		/* single/double rate, ... */
136	uint8_t  opt;		/* color-aware or color-blind */
137};
138
139/* possible actions (..._action) */
140enum {
141    NG_CAR_ACTION_FORWARD = 1,
142    NG_CAR_ACTION_DROP,
143    NG_CAR_ACTION_MARK
144};
145
146/* operation modes (mode) */
147enum {
148    NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE = 0,
149    NG_CAR_DOUBLE_RATE,
150    NG_CAR_RED,
151    NG_CAR_SHAPE
152};
153
154/* mode options (bits for opt) */
155#define NG_CAR_COLOR_AWARE	1
156#define NG_CAR_COUNT_PACKETS	2
157
158struct ng_car_bulkconf {
159	struct ng_car_hookconf upstream;
160	struct ng_car_hookconf downstream;
161};
162.Ed
163.It Dv NGM_CAR_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
164Return node statistics as
165.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkstats"
166.Bd -literal
167struct ng_car_hookstats {
168	uint64_t passed_pkts;	/* Counter for passed packets */
169	uint64_t dropped_pkts;	/* Counter for dropped packets */
170	uint64_t green_pkts;	/* Counter for green packets */
171	uint64_t yellow_pkts;	/* Counter for yellow packets */
172	uint64_t red_pkts;	/* Counter for red packets */
173	uint64_t errors;	/* Counter for operation errors */
174};
175
176struct ng_car_bulkstats {
177	struct ng_car_hookstats upstream;
178	struct ng_car_hookstats downstream;
179};
180.Ed
181.It Dv NGM_CAR_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
182Clear node statistics.
183.It Dv NGM_CAR_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
184Atomically return and clear node statistics.
185.El
186.Sh SHUTDOWN
187This node shuts down upon receipt of a
188.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
189control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
190.Sh EXAMPLES
191Limit outgoing data rate over fxp0 Ethernet interface to 20Mbit/s
192and incoming packet rate to 5000pps.
193.Bd -literal -offset indent
194/usr/sbin/ngctl -f- <<-SEQ
195	mkpeer fxp0: car lower lower
196	name fxp0:lower fxp0_car
197	connect fxp0: fxp0_car: upper upper
198	msg fxp0_car: setconf { downstream={ cir=20000000 cbs=2500000 ebs=2500000 greenAction=1 yellowAction=1 redAction=2 mode=2 } upstream={ cir=5000 cbs=100 ebs=100 greenAction=1 yellowAction=1 redAction=2 mode=2 opt=2 } }
199SEQ
200.Ed
201.Sh SEE ALSO
202.Xr netgraph 4 ,
203.Xr ngctl 8
204.Rs
205.%A J. Heinanen
206.%T "A Single Rate Three Color Marker"
207.%O RFC 2697
208.Re
209.Rs
210.%A J. Heinanen
211.%T "A Two Rate Three Color Marker"
212.%O RFC 2698
213.Re
214.Sh AUTHORS
215.An Nuno Antunes Aq Mt nuno.antunes@gmail.com
216.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org
217.Sh BUGS
218At this moment only DROP and FORWARD actions are implemented.
219