| # |
| # Traffic control configuration. |
| # |
| |
| menu "QoS and/or fair queueing" |
| |
| config NET_SCHED |
| bool "QoS and/or fair queueing" |
| ---help--- |
| When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network |
| device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to |
| delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the queueing |
| disciplines, several different algorithms for how to do this |
| "fairly" have been proposed. |
| |
| If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which |
| is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be |
| able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can |
| then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for |
| example if some of your network devices are real time devices that |
| need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the |
| maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria. |
| This code is considered to be experimental. |
| |
| To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities |
| from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>. |
| That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out |
| <http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Iproute2>. |
| |
| This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use |
| Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol |
| (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to the corresponding |
| classifiers below. Documentation and software is at |
| <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>. |
| |
| If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able |
| to read status information about packet schedulers from the file |
| /proc/net/psched. |
| |
| The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you |
| can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now. |
| |
| choice |
| prompt "Packet scheduler clock source" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| default NET_SCH_CLK_JIFFIES |
| ---help--- |
| Packet schedulers need a monotonic clock that increments at a static |
| rate. The kernel provides several suitable interfaces, each with |
| different properties: |
| |
| - high resolution (us or better) |
| - fast to read (minimal locking, no i/o access) |
| - synchronized on all processors |
| - handles cpu clock frequency changes |
| |
| but nothing provides all of the above. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_CLK_JIFFIES |
| bool "Timer interrupt" |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the timer interrupt (jiffies) as clock |
| source. This clock source is fast, synchronized on all processors and |
| handles cpu clock frequency changes, but its resolution is too low |
| for accurate shaping except at very low speed. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_CLK_GETTIMEOFDAY |
| bool "gettimeofday" |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use gettimeofday as clock source. This clock |
| source has high resolution, is synchronized on all processors and |
| handles cpu clock frequency changes, but it is slow. |
| |
| Choose this if you need a high resolution clock source but can't use |
| the CPU's cycle counter. |
| |
| # don't allow on SMP x86 because they can have unsynchronized TSCs. |
| # gettimeofday is a good alternative |
| config NET_SCH_CLK_CPU |
| bool "CPU cycle counter" |
| depends on ((X86_TSC || X86_64) && !SMP) || ALPHA || SPARC64 || PPC64 || IA64 |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the CPU's cycle counter as clock source. |
| This is a cheap and high resolution clock source, but on some |
| architectures it is not synchronized on all processors and doesn't |
| handle cpu clock frequency changes. |
| |
| The useable cycle counters are: |
| |
| x86/x86_64 - Timestamp Counter |
| alpha - Cycle Counter |
| sparc64 - %ticks register |
| ppc64 - Time base |
| ia64 - Interval Time Counter |
| |
| Choose this if your CPU's cycle counter is working properly. |
| |
| endchoice |
| |
| comment "Queueing/Scheduling" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| |
| config NET_SCH_CBQ |
| tristate "Class Based Queueing (CBQ)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Class-Based Queueing (CBQ) packet |
| scheduling algorithm. This algorithm classifies the waiting packets |
| into a tree-like hierarchy of classes; the leaves of this tree are |
| in turn scheduled by separate algorithms. |
| |
| See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_cbq.c> for more details. |
| |
| CBQ is a commonly used scheduler, so if you're unsure, you should |
| say Y here. Then say Y to all the queueing algorithms below that you |
| want to use as leaf disciplines. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_cbq. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_HTB |
| tristate "Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Token Buckets (HTB) |
| packet scheduling algorithm. See |
| <http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/> for complete manual and |
| in-depth articles. |
| |
| HTB is very similar to CBQ regarding its goals however is has |
| different properties and different algorithm. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_htb. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_HFSC |
| tristate "Hierarchical Fair Service Curve (HFSC)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Fair Service Curve |
| (HFSC) packet scheduling algorithm. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_hfsc. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_ATM |
| tristate "ATM Virtual Circuits (ATM)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED && ATM |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the ATM pseudo-scheduler. This |
| provides a framework for invoking classifiers, which in turn |
| select classes of this queuing discipline. Each class maps |
| the flow(s) it is handling to a given virtual circuit. |
| |
| See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_atm.c>) for more details. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_atm. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_PRIO |
| tristate "Multi Band Priority Queueing (PRIO)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use an n-band priority queue packet |
| scheduler. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_prio. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_RED |
| tristate "Random Early Detection (RED)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Random Early Detection (RED) |
| packet scheduling algorithm. |
| |
| See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for more details. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_red. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_SFQ |
| tristate "Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ) |
| packet scheduling algorithm . |
| |
| See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_sfq.c> for more details. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_sfq. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_TEQL |
| tristate "True Link Equalizer (TEQL)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the True Link Equalizer (TLE) packet |
| scheduling algorithm. This queueing discipline allows the combination |
| of several physical devices into one virtual device. |
| |
| See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_teql.c> for more details. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_teql. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_TBF |
| tristate "Token Bucket Filter (TBF)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Token Bucket Filter (TBF) packet |
| scheduling algorithm. |
| |
| See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_tbf.c> for more details. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_tbf. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_GRED |
| tristate "Generic Random Early Detection (GRED)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Generic Random Early Detection |
| (GRED) packet scheduling algorithm for some of your network devices |
| (see the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for details and |
| references about the algorithm). |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_gred. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_DSMARK |
| tristate "Differentiated Services marker (DSMARK)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y if you want to schedule packets according to the |
| Differentiated Services architecture proposed in RFC 2475. |
| Technical information on this method, with pointers to associated |
| RFCs, is available at <http://www.gta.ufrj.br/diffserv/>. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_dsmark. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_NETEM |
| tristate "Network emulator (NETEM)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y if you want to emulate network delay, loss, and packet |
| re-ordering. This is often useful to simulate networks when |
| testing applications or protocols. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| will be called sch_netem. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config NET_SCH_INGRESS |
| tristate "Ingress Qdisc" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use classifiers for incoming packets. |
| If unsure, say Y. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sch_ingress. |
| |
| comment "Classification" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| |
| config NET_CLS |
| boolean |
| |
| config NET_CLS_BASIC |
| tristate "Elementary classification (BASIC)" |
| depends NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using |
| only extended matches and actions. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_basic. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_TCINDEX |
| tristate "Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX)" |
| depends NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on |
| traffic control indices. You will want this feature if you want |
| to implement Differentiated Services together with DSMARK. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_tcindex. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_ROUTE4 |
| tristate "Routing decision (ROUTE)" |
| depends NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS_ROUTE |
| select NET_CLS |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets |
| according to the route table entry they matched. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_route. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_ROUTE |
| bool |
| default n |
| |
| config NET_CLS_FW |
| tristate "Netfilter mark (FW)" |
| depends NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets |
| according to netfilter/firewall marks. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_fw. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_U32 |
| tristate "Universal 32bit comparisons w/ hashing (U32)" |
| depends NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to be able to classify packetes using a universal |
| 32bit pieces based comparison scheme. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_u32. |
| |
| config CLS_U32_PERF |
| bool "Performance counters support" |
| depends on NET_CLS_U32 |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to make u32 gather additional statistics useful for |
| fine tuning u32 classifiers. |
| |
| config CLS_U32_MARK |
| bool "Netfilter marks support" |
| depends on NET_CLS_U32 && NETFILTER |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to be able to use netfilter marks as u32 key. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_RSVP |
| tristate "IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| select NET_ESTIMATOR |
| ---help--- |
| The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to |
| request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this |
| is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video. |
| |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based |
| on their RSVP requests. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_rsvp. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_RSVP6 |
| tristate "IPv6 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP6)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| select NET_ESTIMATOR |
| ---help--- |
| The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to |
| request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this |
| is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video. |
| |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based |
| on their RSVP requests and you are using the IPv6. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cls_rsvp6. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH |
| bool "Extended Matches" |
| depends NET_SCHED |
| select NET_CLS |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use extended matches on top of classifiers |
| and select the extended matches below. |
| |
| Extended matches are small classification helpers not worth writing |
| a separate classifier for. |
| |
| A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use |
| extended matches. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH_STACK |
| int "Stack size" |
| depends on NET_EMATCH |
| default "32" |
| ---help--- |
| Size of the local stack variable used while evaluating the tree of |
| ematches. Limits the depth of the tree, i.e. the number of |
| encapsulated precedences. Every level requires 4 bytes of additional |
| stack space. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH_CMP |
| tristate "Simple packet data comparison" |
| depends on NET_EMATCH |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on |
| simple packet data comparisons for 8, 16, and 32bit values. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called em_cmp. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH_NBYTE |
| tristate "Multi byte comparison" |
| depends on NET_EMATCH |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on |
| multiple byte comparisons mainly useful for IPv6 address comparisons. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called em_nbyte. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH_U32 |
| tristate "U32 key" |
| depends on NET_EMATCH |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using |
| the famous u32 key in combination with logic relations. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called em_u32. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH_META |
| tristate "Metadata" |
| depends on NET_EMATCH |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be ablt to classify packets based on |
| metadata such as load average, netfilter attributes, socket |
| attributes and routing decisions. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called em_meta. |
| |
| config NET_EMATCH_TEXT |
| tristate "Textsearch" |
| depends on NET_EMATCH |
| select TEXTSEARCH |
| select TEXTSEARCH_KMP |
| select TEXTSEARCH_BM |
| select TEXTSEARCH_FSM |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on |
| textsearch comparisons. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called em_text. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_ACT |
| bool "Actions" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NET_SCHED |
| select NET_ESTIMATOR |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to use traffic control actions. Actions |
| get attached to classifiers and are invoked after a successful |
| classification. They are used to overwrite the classification |
| result, instantly drop or redirect packets, etc. |
| |
| A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use |
| extended matches. |
| |
| config NET_ACT_POLICE |
| tristate "Traffic Policing" |
| depends on NET_CLS_ACT |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to do traffic policing, i.e. strict |
| bandwidth limiting. This action replaces the existing policing |
| module. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called police. |
| |
| config NET_ACT_GACT |
| tristate "Generic actions" |
| depends on NET_CLS_ACT |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to take generic actions such as dropping and |
| accepting packets. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called gact. |
| |
| config GACT_PROB |
| bool "Probability support" |
| depends on NET_ACT_GACT |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to use the generic action randomly or deterministically. |
| |
| config NET_ACT_MIRRED |
| tristate "Redirecting and Mirroring" |
| depends on NET_CLS_ACT |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to allow packets to be mirrored or redirected to |
| other devices. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called mirred. |
| |
| config NET_ACT_IPT |
| tristate "IPtables targets" |
| depends on NET_CLS_ACT && NETFILTER && IP_NF_IPTABLES |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to be able to invoke iptables targets after succesful |
| classification. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called ipt. |
| |
| config NET_ACT_PEDIT |
| tristate "Packet Editing" |
| depends on NET_CLS_ACT |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to mangle the content of packets. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called pedit. |
| |
| config NET_ACT_SIMP |
| tristate "Simple Example (Debug)" |
| depends on NET_CLS_ACT |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to add a simple action for demonstration purposes. |
| It is meant as an example and for debugging purposes. It will |
| print a configured policy string followed by the packet count |
| to the console for every packet that passes by. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called simple. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_POLICE |
| bool "Traffic Policing (obsolete)" |
| depends on NET_SCHED && NET_CLS_ACT!=y |
| select NET_ESTIMATOR |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you want to do traffic policing, i.e. strict |
| bandwidth limiting. This option is obsoleted by the traffic |
| policer implemented as action, it stays here for compatibility |
| reasons. |
| |
| config NET_CLS_IND |
| bool "Incoming device classification" |
| depends on NET_SCHED && (NET_CLS_U32 || NET_CLS_FW) |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to extend the u32 and fw classifier to support |
| classification based on the incoming device. This option is |
| likely to disappear in favour of the metadata ematch. |
| |
| config NET_ESTIMATOR |
| bool "Rate estimator" |
| depends on NET_SCHED |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to allow using rate estimators to estimate the current |
| rate-of-flow for network devices, queues, etc. This module is |
| automaticaly selected if needed but can be selected manually for |
| statstical purposes. |
| |
| endmenu |