1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
3 * sch_plug.c Queue traffic until an explicit release command
5 * There are two ways to use this qdisc:
6 * 1. A simple "instantaneous" plug/unplug operation, by issuing an alternating
7 * sequence of TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER & TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_INDEFINITE commands.
9 * 2. For network output buffering (a.k.a output commit) functionality.
10 * Output commit property is commonly used by applications using checkpoint
11 * based fault-tolerance to ensure that the checkpoint from which a system
12 * is being restored is consistent w.r.t outside world.
14 * Consider for e.g. Remus - a Virtual Machine checkpointing system,
15 * wherein a VM is checkpointed, say every 50ms. The checkpoint is replicated
16 * asynchronously to the backup host, while the VM continues executing the
17 * next epoch speculatively.
19 * The following is a typical sequence of output buffer operations:
20 * 1.At epoch i, start_buffer(i)
21 * 2. At end of epoch i (i.e. after 50ms):
22 * 2.1 Stop VM and take checkpoint(i).
23 * 2.2 start_buffer(i+1) and Resume VM
24 * 3. While speculatively executing epoch(i+1), asynchronously replicate
25 * checkpoint(i) to backup host.
26 * 4. When checkpoint_ack(i) is received from backup, release_buffer(i)
27 * Thus, this Qdisc would receive the following sequence of commands:
28 * TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER (epoch i)
29 * .. TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER (epoch i+1)
30 * ....TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_ONE (epoch i)
31 * ......TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER (epoch i+2)
35 #include <linux/module.h>
36 #include <linux/types.h>
37 #include <linux/kernel.h>
38 #include <linux/errno.h>
39 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
40 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
41 #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
44 * State of the queue, when used for network output buffering:
46 * plug(i+1) plug(i) head
47 * ------------------+--------------------+---------------->
50 * pkts_current_epoch| pkts_last_epoch |pkts_to_release
51 * ----------------->|<--------+--------->|+--------------->
56 struct plug_sched_data
{
57 /* If true, the dequeue function releases all packets
58 * from head to end of the queue. The queue turns into
59 * a pass-through queue for newly arriving packets.
61 bool unplug_indefinite
;
65 /* Queue Limit in bytes */
68 /* Number of packets (output) from the current speculatively
71 u32 pkts_current_epoch
;
73 /* Number of packets corresponding to the recently finished
74 * epoch. These will be released when we receive a
75 * TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_ONE command. This command is typically
76 * issued after committing a checkpoint at the target.
81 * Number of packets from the head of the queue, that can
82 * be released (committed checkpoint).
87 static int plug_enqueue(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct Qdisc
*sch
,
88 struct sk_buff
**to_free
)
90 struct plug_sched_data
*q
= qdisc_priv(sch
);
92 if (likely(sch
->qstats
.backlog
+ skb
->len
<= q
->limit
)) {
93 if (!q
->unplug_indefinite
)
94 q
->pkts_current_epoch
++;
95 return qdisc_enqueue_tail(skb
, sch
);
98 return qdisc_drop(skb
, sch
, to_free
);
101 static struct sk_buff
*plug_dequeue(struct Qdisc
*sch
)
103 struct plug_sched_data
*q
= qdisc_priv(sch
);
108 if (!q
->unplug_indefinite
) {
109 if (!q
->pkts_to_release
) {
110 /* No more packets to dequeue. Block the queue
111 * and wait for the next release command.
116 q
->pkts_to_release
--;
119 return qdisc_dequeue_head(sch
);
122 static int plug_init(struct Qdisc
*sch
, struct nlattr
*opt
,
123 struct netlink_ext_ack
*extack
)
125 struct plug_sched_data
*q
= qdisc_priv(sch
);
127 q
->pkts_current_epoch
= 0;
128 q
->pkts_last_epoch
= 0;
129 q
->pkts_to_release
= 0;
130 q
->unplug_indefinite
= false;
133 q
->limit
= qdisc_dev(sch
)->tx_queue_len
134 * psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch
));
136 struct tc_plug_qopt
*ctl
= nla_data(opt
);
138 if (nla_len(opt
) < sizeof(*ctl
))
141 q
->limit
= ctl
->limit
;
148 /* Receives 4 types of messages:
149 * TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER: Inset a plug into the queue and
150 * buffer any incoming packets
151 * TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_ONE: Dequeue packets from queue head
152 * to beginning of the next plug.
153 * TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_INDEFINITE: Dequeue all packets from queue.
154 * Stop buffering packets until the next TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER
155 * command is received (just act as a pass-thru queue).
156 * TCQ_PLUG_LIMIT: Increase/decrease queue size
158 static int plug_change(struct Qdisc
*sch
, struct nlattr
*opt
,
159 struct netlink_ext_ack
*extack
)
161 struct plug_sched_data
*q
= qdisc_priv(sch
);
162 struct tc_plug_qopt
*msg
;
168 if (nla_len(opt
) < sizeof(*msg
))
171 switch (msg
->action
) {
172 case TCQ_PLUG_BUFFER
:
173 /* Save size of the current buffer */
174 q
->pkts_last_epoch
= q
->pkts_current_epoch
;
175 q
->pkts_current_epoch
= 0;
176 if (q
->unplug_indefinite
)
178 q
->unplug_indefinite
= false;
180 case TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_ONE
:
181 /* Add packets from the last complete buffer to the
182 * packets to be released set.
184 q
->pkts_to_release
+= q
->pkts_last_epoch
;
185 q
->pkts_last_epoch
= 0;
186 q
->throttled
= false;
187 netif_schedule_queue(sch
->dev_queue
);
189 case TCQ_PLUG_RELEASE_INDEFINITE
:
190 q
->unplug_indefinite
= true;
191 q
->pkts_to_release
= 0;
192 q
->pkts_last_epoch
= 0;
193 q
->pkts_current_epoch
= 0;
194 q
->throttled
= false;
195 netif_schedule_queue(sch
->dev_queue
);
198 /* Limit is supplied in bytes */
199 q
->limit
= msg
->limit
;
208 static struct Qdisc_ops plug_qdisc_ops __read_mostly
= {
210 .priv_size
= sizeof(struct plug_sched_data
),
211 .enqueue
= plug_enqueue
,
212 .dequeue
= plug_dequeue
,
213 .peek
= qdisc_peek_head
,
215 .change
= plug_change
,
216 .reset
= qdisc_reset_queue
,
217 .owner
= THIS_MODULE
,
220 static int __init
plug_module_init(void)
222 return register_qdisc(&plug_qdisc_ops
);
225 static void __exit
plug_module_exit(void)
227 unregister_qdisc(&plug_qdisc_ops
);
229 module_init(plug_module_init
)
230 module_exit(plug_module_exit
)
231 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");