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2018-01-24Documentation/pktgen: Clearify how-to use pktgen samplesDmitry Safonov1-5/+14
o Change process name in ps output: looks like, these days the process is named kpktgend_<cpu>, rather than pktgen/<cpu>. o Use pg_ctrl for start/stop as it can work well with pgset without changes to $(PGDEV) variable. o Clarify a bit needed $(PGDEV) definition for sample scripts and that one needs to `source functions.sh`. o Document how-to unset a behaviour flag, note about history expansion. o Fix pgset spi parameter value. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-04-28Documentation: networking: fix spelling mistakesEric Engestrom1-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric@engestrom.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-22pktgen: add sample script pktgen_sample02_multiqueue.shJesper Dangaard Brouer1-2/+0
Add the pktgen samples script pktgen_sample02_multiqueue.sh that demonstrates generating packets on multiqueue NICs. Specifically notice the options "-t" that specifies how many kernel threads to activate. Also notice the flag QUEUE_MAP_CPU, which cause the SKB TX queue to be mapped to the CPU running the kernel thread. For best scalability people are also encourage to map NIC IRQ /proc/irq/*/smp_affinity to CPU number. Usage example with "-t" 4 threads and help: ./pktgen_sample02_multiqueue.sh -i eth4 -m 00:1B:21:3C:9D:F8 -t 4 Usage: ./pktgen_sample02_multiqueue.sh [-vx] -i ethX -i : ($DEV) output interface/device (required) -s : ($PKT_SIZE) packet size -d : ($DEST_IP) destination IP -m : ($DST_MAC) destination MAC-addr -t : ($THREADS) threads to start -c : ($SKB_CLONE) SKB clones send before alloc new SKB -b : ($BURST) HW level bursting of SKBs -v : ($VERBOSE) verbose -x : ($DEBUG) debug Removing pktgen.conf-2-1 and pktgen.conf-2-2 as these examples should be covered now. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-22pktgen: add sample script pktgen_sample01_simple.shJesper Dangaard Brouer1-6/+23
Add the first basic pktgen samples script pktgen_sample01_simple.sh, which demonstrates the a simple use of the helper functions. Removing pktgen.conf-1-1 as that example should be covered now. The naming scheme pktgen_sampleNN, where NN is a number, should encourage reading the samples in a specific order. Script cause pktgen sending with a single thread and single interface, and introduce flow variation via random UDP source port. Usage example and help: ./pktgen_sample01_simple.sh -i eth4 -m 00:1B:21:3C:9D:F8 -d 192.168.8.2 Usage: ./pktgen_sample01_simple.sh [-vx] -i ethX -i : ($DEV) output interface/device (required) -s : ($PKT_SIZE) packet size -d : ($DEST_IP) destination IP -m : ($DST_MAC) destination MAC-addr -c : ($SKB_CLONE) SKB clones send before alloc new SKB -v : ($VERBOSE) verbose -x : ($DEBUG) debug Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-22pktgen: document ability to add same device to several threadsJesper Dangaard Brouer1-27/+50
The pktgen.txt documentation still claimed that adding same device to multiple threads were not supported, but it have been since 2008 via commit e6fce5b916cd7 ("pktgen: multiqueue etc."). Document this and describe the naming scheme dev@X, as the procfile name still need to be unique. Fixes: e6fce5b916cd7 ("pktgen: multiqueue etc.") Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-22pktgen: doc were missing several config optionsJesper Dangaard Brouer1-1/+24
The pktgen.txt documentation over available config options were not complete. Making the list complete by adding the following. Pgcontrol commands: reset Device commands: burst queue_map_min queue_map_max skb_priority tos traffic_class node spi dst6_max dst6_min vlan_cfi vlan_id vlan_p svlan_cfi svlan_id svlan_p Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-22pktgen: remove obsolete "max_before_softirq" from pktgen docJesper Dangaard Brouer1-10/+8
And cleanup some whitespaces in pktgen.txt. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-09pktgen: introduce xmit_mode '<start_xmit|netif_receive>'Alexei Starovoitov1-0/+7
Introduce xmit_mode 'netif_receive' for pktgen which generates the packets using familiar pktgen commands, but feeds them into netif_receive_skb() instead of ndo_start_xmit(). Default mode is called 'start_xmit'. It is designed to test netif_receive_skb and ingress qdisc performace only. Make sure to understand how it works before using it for other rx benchmarking. Sample script 'pktgen.sh': \#!/bin/bash function pgset() { local result echo $1 > $PGDEV result=`cat $PGDEV | fgrep "Result: OK:"` if [ "$result" = "" ]; then cat $PGDEV | fgrep Result: fi } [ -z "$1" ] && echo "Usage: $0 DEV" && exit 1 ETH=$1 PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0 pgset "rem_device_all" pgset "add_device $ETH" PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/$ETH pgset "xmit_mode netif_receive" pgset "pkt_size 60" pgset "dst 198.18.0.1" pgset "dst_mac 90:e2:ba:ff:ff:ff" pgset "count 10000000" pgset "burst 32" PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl echo "Running... ctrl^C to stop" pgset "start" echo "Done" cat /proc/net/pktgen/$ETH Usage: $ sudo ./pktgen.sh eth2 ... Result: OK: 232376(c232372+d3) usec, 10000000 (60byte,0frags) 43033682pps 20656Mb/sec (20656167360bps) errors: 10000000 Raw netif_receive_skb speed should be ~43 million packet per second on 3.7Ghz x86 and 'perf report' should look like: 37.69% kpktgend_0 [kernel.vmlinux] [k] __netif_receive_skb_core 25.81% kpktgend_0 [kernel.vmlinux] [k] kfree_skb 7.22% kpktgend_0 [kernel.vmlinux] [k] ip_rcv 5.68% kpktgend_0 [pktgen] [k] pktgen_thread_worker If fib_table_lookup is seen on top, it means skb was processed by the stack. To benchmark netif_receive_skb only make sure that 'dst_mac' of your pktgen script is different from receiving device mac and it will be dropped by ip_rcv Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-09pktgen: adjust flag NO_TIMESTAMP to be more pktgen compliantJesper Dangaard Brouer1-0/+2
Allow flag NO_TIMESTAMP to turn timestamping on again, like other flags, with a negation of the flag like !NO_TIMESTAMP. Also document the option flag NO_TIMESTAMP. Fixes: afb84b626184 ("pktgen: add flag NO_TIMESTAMP to disable timestamping") Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-02-23pktgen: Correct documentation of module name and commandBen Hutchings1-2/+2
Drop the '.o' suffix so this text properly covers both the built-in and modular cases. 'insmod pktgen' obviously won't work; the command should be modprobe. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-02-23samples/pktgen: Add sample scripts for pktgen facilityBen Hutchings1-6/+6
These are Robert Olsson's samples which used to be available from <ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/examples/> but currently are not. Change the documentation to refer to these consistently as 'sample scripts', matching the directory name used here. Cc: Robert Olsson <robert@herjulf.se> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-02-23pktgen: Fix grammar errors and some poor wording in documentationBen Hutchings1-26/+30
Thanks to Rob Jones for suggesting some of the changes. Cc: Rob Jones <rob.jones@codethink.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-02-23pktgen: Delete the original date from documentationBen Hutchings1-2/+0
This has been updated quite a few times since 2004, and git can keep track of the actual date for us. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-10-01net: pktgen: packet bursting via skb->xmit_moreAlexei Starovoitov1-0/+3
This patch demonstrates the effect of delaying update of HW tailptr. (based on earlier patch by Jesper) burst=1 is the default. It sends one packet with xmit_more=false burst=2 sends one packet with xmit_more=true and 2nd copy of the same packet with xmit_more=false burst=3 sends two copies of the same packet with xmit_more=true and 3rd copy with xmit_more=false Performance with ixgbe (usec 30): burst=1 tx:9.2 Mpps burst=2 tx:13.5 Mpps burst=3 tx:14.5 Mpps full 10G line rate Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-07-01pktgen: document tuning for max NIC performanceJesper Dangaard Brouer1-0/+28
Using pktgen I'm seeing the ixgbe driver "push-back", due TX ring running full. Thus, the TX ring is artificially limiting pktgen. (Diagnose via "ethtool -S", look for "tx_restart_queue" or "tx_busy" counters.) Using ixgbe, the real reason behind the TX ring running full, is due to TX ring not being cleaned up fast enough. The ixgbe driver combines TX+RX ring cleanups, and the cleanup interval is affected by the ethtool --coalesce setting of parameter "rx-usecs". Do not increase the default NIC TX ring buffer or default cleanup interval. Instead simply document that pktgen needs special NIC tuning for maximum packet per sec performance. Performance results with pktgen with clone_skb=100000. TX ring size 512 (default), adjusting "rx-usecs": (Single CPU performance, E5-2630, ixgbe) - 3935002 pps - rx-usecs: 1 (irqs: 9346) - 5132350 pps - rx-usecs: 10 (irqs: 99157) - 5375111 pps - rx-usecs: 20 (irqs: 50154) - 5454050 pps - rx-usecs: 30 (irqs: 33872) - 5496320 pps - rx-usecs: 40 (irqs: 26197) - 5502510 pps - rx-usecs: 50 (irqs: 21527) TX ring size adjusting (ethtool -G), "rx-usecs==1" (default): - 3935002 pps - tx-size: 512 - 5354401 pps - tx-size: 768 - 5356847 pps - tx-size: 1024 - 5327595 pps - tx-size: 1536 - 5356779 pps - tx-size: 2048 - 5353438 pps - tx-size: 4096 Notice after commit 6f25cd47d (pktgen: fix xmit test for BQL enabled devices) pktgen uses netif_xmit_frozen_or_drv_stopped() and ignores the BQL "stack" pause (QUEUE_STATE_STACK_XOFF) flag. This allow us to put more pressure on the TX ring buffers. It is the ixgbe_maybe_stop_tx() call that stops the transmits, and pktgen respecting this in the call to netif_xmit_frozen_or_drv_stopped(txq). Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-02-24pktgen: document all supported flagsMathias Krause1-5/+19
The documentation misses a few of the supported flags. Fix this. Also respect the dependency to CONFIG_XFRM for the IPSEC flag. Cc: Fan Du <fan.du@windriver.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-01-03{pktgen, xfrm} Document IPsec usage in pktgen.txtFan Du1-0/+15
Update pktgen.txt for reference when using IPsec. Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
2010-06-11pktgen: increasing transmission granularityDaniel Turull1-0/+5
This patch increases the granularity of the rate generated by pktgen. The previous version of pktgen uses micro seconds (udelay) resolution when it was delayed causing gaps in the rates. It is changed to nanosecond (ndelay). Now any rate is possible. Also it allows to set, the desired rate in Mb/s or packets per second. The documentation has been updated. Signed-off-by: Daniel Turull <daniel.turull@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-04pktgen: Fix multiqueue handlingEric Dumazet1-0/+8
It is not currently possible to instruct pktgen to use one selected tx queue. When Robert added multiqueue support in commit 45b270f8, he added an interval (queue_map_min, queue_map_max), and his code doesnt take into account the case of min = max, to select one tx queue exactly. I suspect a high performance setup on a eight txqueue device wants to use exactly eight cpus, and assign one tx queue to each sender. This patchs makes pktgen select the right tx queue, not the first one. Also updates Documentation to reflect Robert changes. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-11-30Fix typos in /Documentation : MiscMatt LaPlante1-2/+2
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some misc words. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-11-30Fix typos in /Documentation : 'T''Matt LaPlante1-1/+1
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some +words starting with the letter 'T'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix typos in Documentation/: 'H'-'M'Matt LaPlante1-1/+1
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'H'-'M'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E'Matt LaPlante1-1/+1
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'D'-'E'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A'Matt LaPlante1-2/+2
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letter 'A'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-09-28[PKTGEN]: Documentation updateFrancesco Fondelli1-0/+16
Signed-off-by: Francesco Fondelli <francesco.fondelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-30typo fixes in Documentation/networking/pktgen.txtAdrian Bunk1-1/+1
Three typos in only one line... Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-23[PKTGEN]: Add MPLS extension.Steven Whitehouse1-1/+19
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <steve@chygwyn.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds1-0/+214
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!