[PATCH V2 0/3] pktgen: Add IMIX mode
From: Nicholas Richardson
Date: Tue Aug 10 2021 - 15:02:13 EST
From: Nick Richardson <richardsonnick@xxxxxxxxxx>
Adds internet mix (IMIX) mode to pktgen. Internet mix is
included in many user-space network perf testing tools. It allows
for the user to specify a distribution of discrete packet sizes to be
generated. This type of test is common among vendors when perf testing
their devices.
[RFC link: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2544#section-9.1]
This allows users to get a
more complete picture of how their device will perform in the
real-world.
This feature adds a command that allows users to specify an imix
distribution in the following format:
imix_weights size_1,weight_1 size_2,weight_2 ... size_n,weight_n
The distribution of packets with size_i will be
(weight_i / total_weights) where
total_weights = weight_1 + weight_2 + ... + weight_n
For example:
imix_weights 40,7 576,4 1500,1
The pkt_size "40" will account for 7 / (7 + 4 + 1) = ~58% of the total
packets sent.
This patch was tested with the following:
1. imix_weights = 40,7 576,4 1500,1
2. imix_weights = 0,7 576,4 1500,1
- Packet size of 0 is resized to the minimum, 42
3. imix_weights = 40,7 576,4 1500,1 count = 0
- Zero count.
- Runs until user stops pktgen.
Invalid Configurations
1. clone_skb = 200 imix_weights = 40,7 576,4 1500,1
- Returns error code -524 (-ENOTSUPP) when setting imix_weights
2. len(imix_weights) > MAX_IMIX_ENTRIES
- Returns -7 (-E2BIG)
This patch is split into three parts, each provide different aspects of
required functionality:
1. Parse internet mix input.
2. Add IMIX Distribution representation.
3. Process and output IMIX results.
Changes in v2:
* Remove __ prefix outside of uAPI.
* Use seq_puts instead of seq_printf where necessary.
* Reorder variable declaration.
* Return -EINVAL instead of -ENOTSUPP when using IMIX with clone_skb > 0
Nick Richardson (3):
pktgen: Parse internet mix (imix) input
pktgen: Add imix distribution bins
pktgen: Add output for imix results
net/core/pktgen.c | 163 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 162 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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