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[linux-2.6/verdex.git] / net / core / gen_estimator.c
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1 /*
2 * net/sched/gen_estimator.c Simple rate estimator.
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
6 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
7 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 * Authors: Alexey Kuznetsov, <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
11 * Changes:
12 * Jamal Hadi Salim - moved it to net/core and reshulfed
13 * names to make it usable in general net subsystem.
16 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
17 #include <asm/system.h>
18 #include <asm/bitops.h>
19 #include <linux/module.h>
20 #include <linux/types.h>
21 #include <linux/kernel.h>
22 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
23 #include <linux/string.h>
24 #include <linux/mm.h>
25 #include <linux/socket.h>
26 #include <linux/sockios.h>
27 #include <linux/in.h>
28 #include <linux/errno.h>
29 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
30 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
31 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
32 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
33 #include <linux/init.h>
34 #include <net/sock.h>
35 #include <net/gen_stats.h>
38 This code is NOT intended to be used for statistics collection,
39 its purpose is to provide a base for statistical multiplexing
40 for controlled load service.
41 If you need only statistics, run a user level daemon which
42 periodically reads byte counters.
44 Unfortunately, rate estimation is not a very easy task.
45 F.e. I did not find a simple way to estimate the current peak rate
46 and even failed to formulate the problem 8)8)
48 So I preferred not to built an estimator into the scheduler,
49 but run this task separately.
50 Ideally, it should be kernel thread(s), but for now it runs
51 from timers, which puts apparent top bounds on the number of rated
52 flows, has minimal overhead on small, but is enough
53 to handle controlled load service, sets of aggregates.
55 We measure rate over A=(1<<interval) seconds and evaluate EWMA:
57 avrate = avrate*(1-W) + rate*W
59 where W is chosen as negative power of 2: W = 2^(-ewma_log)
61 The resulting time constant is:
63 T = A/(-ln(1-W))
66 NOTES.
68 * The stored value for avbps is scaled by 2^5, so that maximal
69 rate is ~1Gbit, avpps is scaled by 2^10.
71 * Minimal interval is HZ/4=250msec (it is the greatest common divisor
72 for HZ=100 and HZ=1024 8)), maximal interval
73 is (HZ*2^EST_MAX_INTERVAL)/4 = 8sec. Shorter intervals
74 are too expensive, longer ones can be implemented
75 at user level painlessly.
78 #define EST_MAX_INTERVAL 5
80 struct gen_estimator
82 struct gen_estimator *next;
83 struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats;
84 struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est;
85 spinlock_t *stats_lock;
86 unsigned interval;
87 int ewma_log;
88 u64 last_bytes;
89 u32 last_packets;
90 u32 avpps;
91 u32 avbps;
94 struct gen_estimator_head
96 struct timer_list timer;
97 struct gen_estimator *list;
100 static struct gen_estimator_head elist[EST_MAX_INTERVAL+1];
102 /* Estimator array lock */
103 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(est_lock);
105 static void est_timer(unsigned long arg)
107 int idx = (int)arg;
108 struct gen_estimator *e;
110 read_lock(&est_lock);
111 for (e = elist[idx].list; e; e = e->next) {
112 u64 nbytes;
113 u32 npackets;
114 u32 rate;
116 spin_lock(e->stats_lock);
117 nbytes = e->bstats->bytes;
118 npackets = e->bstats->packets;
119 rate = (nbytes - e->last_bytes)<<(7 - idx);
120 e->last_bytes = nbytes;
121 e->avbps += ((long)rate - (long)e->avbps) >> e->ewma_log;
122 e->rate_est->bps = (e->avbps+0xF)>>5;
124 rate = (npackets - e->last_packets)<<(12 - idx);
125 e->last_packets = npackets;
126 e->avpps += ((long)rate - (long)e->avpps) >> e->ewma_log;
127 e->rate_est->pps = (e->avpps+0x1FF)>>10;
128 spin_unlock(e->stats_lock);
131 mod_timer(&elist[idx].timer, jiffies + ((HZ<<idx)/4));
132 read_unlock(&est_lock);
136 * gen_new_estimator - create a new rate estimator
137 * @bstats: basic statistics
138 * @rate_est: rate estimator statistics
139 * @stats_lock: statistics lock
140 * @opt: rate estimator configuration TLV
142 * Creates a new rate estimator with &bstats as source and &rate_est
143 * as destination. A new timer with the interval specified in the
144 * configuration TLV is created. Upon each interval, the latest statistics
145 * will be read from &bstats and the estimated rate will be stored in
146 * &rate_est with the statistics lock grabed during this period.
148 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
150 int gen_new_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
151 struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est, spinlock_t *stats_lock, struct rtattr *opt)
153 struct gen_estimator *est;
154 struct gnet_estimator *parm = RTA_DATA(opt);
156 if (RTA_PAYLOAD(opt) < sizeof(*parm))
157 return -EINVAL;
159 if (parm->interval < -2 || parm->interval > 3)
160 return -EINVAL;
162 est = kmalloc(sizeof(*est), GFP_KERNEL);
163 if (est == NULL)
164 return -ENOBUFS;
166 memset(est, 0, sizeof(*est));
167 est->interval = parm->interval + 2;
168 est->bstats = bstats;
169 est->rate_est = rate_est;
170 est->stats_lock = stats_lock;
171 est->ewma_log = parm->ewma_log;
172 est->last_bytes = bstats->bytes;
173 est->avbps = rate_est->bps<<5;
174 est->last_packets = bstats->packets;
175 est->avpps = rate_est->pps<<10;
177 est->next = elist[est->interval].list;
178 if (est->next == NULL) {
179 init_timer(&elist[est->interval].timer);
180 elist[est->interval].timer.data = est->interval;
181 elist[est->interval].timer.expires = jiffies + ((HZ<<est->interval)/4);
182 elist[est->interval].timer.function = est_timer;
183 add_timer(&elist[est->interval].timer);
185 write_lock_bh(&est_lock);
186 elist[est->interval].list = est;
187 write_unlock_bh(&est_lock);
188 return 0;
192 * gen_kill_estimator - remove a rate estimator
193 * @bstats: basic statistics
194 * @rate_est: rate estimator statistics
196 * Removes the rate estimator specified by &bstats and &rate_est
197 * and deletes the timer.
199 void gen_kill_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
200 struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est)
202 int idx;
203 struct gen_estimator *est, **pest;
205 for (idx=0; idx <= EST_MAX_INTERVAL; idx++) {
206 int killed = 0;
207 pest = &elist[idx].list;
208 while ((est=*pest) != NULL) {
209 if (est->rate_est != rate_est || est->bstats != bstats) {
210 pest = &est->next;
211 continue;
214 write_lock_bh(&est_lock);
215 *pest = est->next;
216 write_unlock_bh(&est_lock);
218 kfree(est);
219 killed++;
221 if (killed && elist[idx].list == NULL)
222 del_timer(&elist[idx].timer);
227 * gen_replace_estimator - replace rate estimator configruation
228 * @bstats: basic statistics
229 * @rate_est: rate estimator statistics
230 * @stats_lock: statistics lock
231 * @opt: rate estimator configuration TLV
233 * Replaces the configuration of a rate estimator by calling
234 * gen_kill_estimator() and gen_new_estimator().
236 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
239 gen_replace_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
240 struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est, spinlock_t *stats_lock,
241 struct rtattr *opt)
243 gen_kill_estimator(bstats, rate_est);
244 return gen_new_estimator(bstats, rate_est, stats_lock, opt);
248 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_kill_estimator);
249 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_new_estimator);
250 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_replace_estimator);