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27.Dd October 17, 2019
28.Dt NG_PIPE 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ng_pipe
32.Nd Traffic manipulating netgraph node type
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In netgraph/ng_pipe.h
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm pipe
38node type manipulates traffic by emulating bandwidth and delay, as well as
39random packet losses.
40.Sh HOOKS
41This node type supports the following hooks:
42.Bl -tag -width ".Va upper"
43.It Va upper
44Hook leading to upper layer protocols.
45.It Va lower
46Hook leading to lower layer protocols.
47.El
48.Pp
49Traffic flowing from
50.Va upper
51to
52.Va lower
53is considered
54.Sy downstream
55traffic.
56Traffic flowing from
57.Va lower
58to
59.Va upper
60is considered
61.Sy upstream
62traffic.
63.Sh MODE OF OPERATION
64Data received on a hook - both in upstream and downstream direction -
65is put into an inbound queue.
66If inbound queue is full, discard one frame
67depending on dropping policy (from the head or from the tail of the
68queue).
69.Pp
70There are three mutually exclusive modes for the input queue:
71.Bl -tag -width foo
72.It Dv "First In First Out (FIFO)"
73A single queue holds packets in chronological order.
74.It Dv Weighted fair queuing (WFQ)
75There are multiple queues for different traffic flows (based on IPv4
76IPs).
77The longest queue is truncated if necessary.
78This approach
79assumes that the stalling flow is the flow with the most packets currently
80on hold.
81.It Dv Deficit Round Robin (DRR)
82This mode is similar to WFQ, but packets are not taken out in
83strict chronological order.
84In principle oldest packets come first,
85but not too many packets from the same flow.
86.El
87.Pp
88It is possible to configure a duplication probability.
89As the dice
90decides, the currently active packet stays in the queue while a copy
91of the packet is sent out.
92Nothing prevents a packet from being
93duplicated multiple times.
94.Pp
95Packets are dropped with an increasing probability depending on the
96size of the packet, if a
97.Va ber
98(bit error rate) is configured.
99.Pp
100Surviving packets are delayed by the time the packet would need to
101travel through a link of the configured bandwidth.
102If this outbound
103queue is full, the packet is dropped.
104.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
105This node type supports the generic control messages and the following
106specific messages.
107.Bl -tag -width foo
108.It Dv NGM_PIPE_SET_CFG Pq Ic setcfg
109Set node configuration to the one specified in
110.Vt "struct ng_pipe_cfg"
111.Pp
112Note: To set a value to zero, specify -1 instead.
113This allows omitting configuration values, which should not be
114modified.
115.It Dv NGM_PIPE_GET_CFG Pq Ic getcfg
116Return current node configuration as
117.Vt "struct ng_pipe_cfg"
118.Bd -literal
119struct ng_pipe_cfg {
120  u_int64_t  bandwidth;     /* bits per second */
121  u_int64_t  delay;         /* additional delay, usec */
122  u_int32_t  header_offset; /* offset of IP header in bytes */
123  u_int32_t  overhead;      /* assumed L2 overhead in bytes */
124  struct ng_pipe_hookcfg  downstream;
125  struct ng_pipe_hookcfg  upstream;
126};
127
128/* Config structure for one hook */
129struct ng_pipe_hookcfg {
130  u_int64_t  bandwidth;       /* bits per second */
131  u_int64_t  ber;             /* avg. interval between bit errors (1 / BER) */
132  u_int32_t  qin_size_limit;  /* number of queue items */
133  u_int32_t  qout_size_limit; /* number of queue items */
134  u_int32_t  duplicate;       /* probability in % */
135  u_int32_t  fifo;            /* 0 = off, 1 = on */
136  u_int32_t  drr;             /* 0 = off, 1 = 2048 bytes, or x bytes */
137  u_int32_t  wfq;             /* 0 = off, 1 = on */
138  u_int32_t  droptail;        /* 0 = off, 1 = on */
139  u_int32_t  drophead;        /* 0 = off, 1 = on */
140};
141.Ed
142.It Dv NGM_PIPE_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
143Return node statistics as
144.Vt "struct ng_pipe_stats"
145.Bd -literal
146/* Statistics structure for one hook */
147struct ng_pipe_hookstat {
148  u_int64_t  fwd_octets;
149  u_int64_t  fwd_frames;
150  u_int64_t  in_disc_octets;
151  u_int64_t  in_disc_frames;
152  u_int64_t  out_disc_octets;
153  u_int64_t  out_disc_frames;
154};
155
156/* Statistics structure returned by NGM_PIPE_GET_STATS */
157struct ng_pipe_stats {
158  struct ng_pipe_hookstat  downstream;
159  struct ng_pipe_hookstat  upstream;
160};
161.Ed
162.It Dv NGM_PIPE_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
163Clear node statistics.
164.It Dv NGM_PIPE_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
165Atomically return and clear node statistics.
166.It Dv NGM_PIPE_GET_RUN Pq Ic getrun
167Return node statistics as
168.Vt "struct ng_pipe_run"
169.Bd -literal
170/* Runtime structure for one hook */
171struct ng_pipe_hookrun {
172  u_int32_t  fifo_queues;
173  u_int32_t  qin_octets;
174  u_int32_t  qin_frames;
175  u_int32_t  qout_octets;
176  u_int32_t  qout_frames;
177};
178
179/* Runtime structure returned by NGM_PIPE_GET_RUN */
180struct ng_pipe_run {
181  struct ng_pipe_hookrun  downstream;
182  struct ng_pipe_hookrun  upstream;
183};
184.Ed
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 20Mbps in
192fifo mode and incoming to 50kbps in drr mode and 2% duplicate
193probability.
194.Bd -literal -offset indent
195/usr/sbin/ngctl -f- <<-SEQ
196  mkpeer fxp0: pipe lower lower
197  name fxp0:lower fxp0_pipe
198  connect fxp0: fxp0_pipe: upper upper
199  msg fxp0_pipe: setcfg { downstream={ bandwidth=20000000 fifo=1 } }
200  msg fxp0_pipe: setcfg { upstream={ bandwidth=500000 drr=1 duplicate=2 } }
201SEQ
202.Ed
203.Sh SEE ALSO
204.Xr netgraph 4 ,
205.Xr ngctl 8
206.Sh AUTHORS
207.An Lutz Donnerhacke Aq Mt lutz@donnerhacke.de
208.Pq man page
209.Sh BUGS
210Error handling for memory issues is missing.
211If kernel memory cannot be allocated immediately, a kernel panic will
212be triggered.
213Same happens if an mbuf is fragmented within the transport headers.
214