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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 on RFC 2697,
44.It
45Two rate three color marker as described on 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 modes:
76.Bl -tag -width indent
77.It Dv NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE
78Single rate three color marker as described on RFC 2697.
79Committed burst packets are counted as green, extended burst packets are counted as yellow
80and exceeding packets are counted as red. Committed burst getting refilled with cir speed.
81When it is full, exceeded burst getting refilled.
82.It Dv NG_CAR_DOUBLE_RATE
83Two rate three color marker as described on RFC 2698.
84Committed burst packets are counted as green, peak burst packets are counted as yellow
85and exceeding packets are counted as red. Committed burst getting refilled with cir speed.
86Peak burst getting refilled with pir speed at the same time.
87.It Dv NG_CAR_RED
88Alike to NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE, but with different understanding of extended burst.
89When normal burst exceeded and extended burst is used, packets are counted red with
90probability equal to part of extended burst consumed. Extended burst getting refilled first.
91When it is full, committed burst getting refilled. This behavior is alike to RED
92active queue management algorithm.
93.Pp
94This algorithm is more polite to the TCP traffic then NG_CAR_SINGLE_RATE.
95.It Dv NG_CAR_SHAPE
96Committed burst packets are counted as green, exceeding packets are delayed
97by queue with RED management and counted as yellow. Packets dropped by queue counted as red.
98Queue parameters are hardcoded: length 99 packets, min_th 8 packets, max_p 100%.
99.Pp
100Traffic shaping is much more polite to the TCP traffic then rate limit on links with
101bandwidth * delay product less then 6-8 TCP segments, but it consumes additional system
102resources for queue processing.
103.El
104.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
105This node type supports the generic control messages and the following
106specific messages.
107.Bl -tag -width indent
108.It Dv NGM_CAR_SET_CONF Pq Li setconf
109Set node configuration to the specified at
110.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkconf"
111.It Dv NGM_CAR_GET_CONF Pq Li getconf
112Return current node configuration as
113.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkconf"
114.Bd -literal -offset 4n
115struct ng_car_hookconf {
116	u_int64_t cbs;		/* Committed burst size (bytes) */
117	u_int64_t ebs;		/* Exceeded/Peak burst size (bytes) */
118	u_int64_t cir;		/* Committed information rate (bytes/s) */
119	u_int64_t pir;		/* Peak information rate (bits/s) */
120	u_int8_t green_action;	/* Action for green packets */
121	u_int8_t yellow_action;	/* Action for yellow packets */
122	u_int8_t red_action;	/* Action for red packets */
123	u_int8_t mode;		/* single/double rate, ... */
124	u_int8_t opt;		/* color-aware or color-blind */
125};
126
127struct ng_car_bulkconf {
128	struct ng_car_hookconf upstream;
129	struct ng_car_hookconf downstream;
130};
131.Ed
132.It Dv NGM_CAR_GET_STATS Pq Li getstats
133Return node statistics as
134.Vt "struct ng_car_bulkstats"
135.Bd -literal -offset 4n
136struct ng_car_hookstats {
137	u_int64_t passed_pkts;
138	u_int64_t droped_pkts;
139	u_int64_t green_pkts;
140	u_int64_t yellow_pkts;
141	u_int64_t red_pkts;
142	u_int64_t errors;
143};
144
145struct ng_car_bulkstats {
146	struct ng_car_hookstats upstream;
147	struct ng_car_hookstats downstream;
148};
149.Ed
150.It Dv NGM_CAR_CLR_STATS Pq Li clrstats
151Clear node statistics.
152.It Dv NGM_CAR_GETCLR_STATS Pq Li getclrstats
153Atomicaly return and clear node statistics.
154.El
155.Sh SHUTDOWN
156This node shuts down upon receipt of a
157.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
158control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
159.Sh SEE ALSO
160.Xr netgraph 4 ,
161.Xr ngctl 8
162.Rs
163.%A J. Heinanen
164.%T "A Single Rate Three Color Marker"
165.%O RFC 2697
166.Re
167.Rs
168.%A J. Heinanen
169.%T "A Two Rate Three Color Marker"
170.%O RFC 2698
171.Re
172.Sh AUTHORS
173.An Nuno Antunes Aq nuno.antunes@gmail.com
174.An Alexander Motin Aq mav@alkar.net
175.Sh BUGS
176For this moment only DROP and FORWARD actions are implemented.
177