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2+ ABSTRACT
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889b8f96 5This file documents the mmap() facility available with the PACKET
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6socket interface on 2.4/2.6/3.x kernels. This type of sockets is used for
7i) capture network traffic with utilities like tcpdump, ii) transmit network
8traffic, or any other that needs raw access to network interface.
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69e3c75f 10You can find the latest version of this document at:
0ea6e611 11 http://wiki.ipxwarzone.com/index.php5?title=Linux_packet_mmap
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13Howto can be found at:
14 http://wiki.gnu-log.net (packet_mmap)
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69e3c75f 16Please send your comments to
be2a608b 17 Ulisses Alonso CamarĂ³ <uaca@i.hate.spam.alumni.uv.es>
69e3c75f 18 Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net>
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21+ Why use PACKET_MMAP
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23
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24In Linux 2.4/2.6/3.x if PACKET_MMAP is not enabled, the capture process is very
25inefficient. It uses very limited buffers and requires one system call to
26capture each packet, it requires two if you want to get packet's timestamp
27(like libpcap always does).
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29In the other hand PACKET_MMAP is very efficient. PACKET_MMAP provides a size
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30configurable circular buffer mapped in user space that can be used to either
31send or receive packets. This way reading packets just needs to wait for them,
32most of the time there is no need to issue a single system call. Concerning
33transmission, multiple packets can be sent through one system call to get the
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34highest bandwidth. By using a shared buffer between the kernel and the user
35also has the benefit of minimizing packet copies.
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37It's fine to use PACKET_MMAP to improve the performance of the capture and
38transmission process, but it isn't everything. At least, if you are capturing
39at high speeds (this is relative to the cpu speed), you should check if the
40device driver of your network interface card supports some sort of interrupt
41load mitigation or (even better) if it supports NAPI, also make sure it is
42enabled. For transmission, check the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) used and
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43supported by devices of your network. CPU IRQ pinning of your network interface
44card can also be an advantage.
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889b8f96 47+ How to use mmap() to improve capture process
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c30fe7f7 50From the user standpoint, you should use the higher level libpcap library, which
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51is a de facto standard, portable across nearly all operating systems
52including Win32.
53
54Said that, at time of this writing, official libpcap 0.8.1 is out and doesn't include
55support for PACKET_MMAP, and also probably the libpcap included in your distribution.
56
57I'm aware of two implementations of PACKET_MMAP in libpcap:
58
0ea6e611 59 http://wiki.ipxwarzone.com/ (by Simon Patarin, based on libpcap 0.6.2)
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60 http://public.lanl.gov/cpw/ (by Phil Wood, based on lastest libpcap)
61
62The rest of this document is intended for people who want to understand
63the low level details or want to improve libpcap by including PACKET_MMAP
64support.
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889b8f96 67+ How to use mmap() directly to improve capture process
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69
70From the system calls stand point, the use of PACKET_MMAP involves
71the following process:
72
73
74[setup] socket() -------> creation of the capture socket
75 setsockopt() ---> allocation of the circular buffer (ring)
69e3c75f 76 option: PACKET_RX_RING
6c28f2c0 77 mmap() ---------> mapping of the allocated buffer to the
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78 user process
79
80[capture] poll() ---------> to wait for incoming packets
81
82[shutdown] close() --------> destruction of the capture socket and
83 deallocation of all associated
84 resources.
85
86
87socket creation and destruction is straight forward, and is done
88the same way with or without PACKET_MMAP:
89
d1ee40f9 90 int fd = socket(PF_PACKET, mode, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
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92where mode is SOCK_RAW for the raw interface were link level
93information can be captured or SOCK_DGRAM for the cooked
94interface where link level information capture is not
95supported and a link level pseudo-header is provided
96by the kernel.
97
98The destruction of the socket and all associated resources
99is done by a simple call to close(fd).
100
a33f3224 101Next I will describe PACKET_MMAP settings and its constraints,
6c28f2c0 102also the mapping of the circular buffer in the user process and
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103the use of this buffer.
104
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108Transmission process is similar to capture as shown below.
109
110[setup] socket() -------> creation of the transmission socket
111 setsockopt() ---> allocation of the circular buffer (ring)
112 option: PACKET_TX_RING
113 bind() ---------> bind transmission socket with a network interface
114 mmap() ---------> mapping of the allocated buffer to the
115 user process
116
117[transmission] poll() ---------> wait for free packets (optional)
118 send() ---------> send all packets that are set as ready in
119 the ring
120 The flag MSG_DONTWAIT can be used to return
121 before end of transfer.
122
123[shutdown] close() --------> destruction of the transmission socket and
124 deallocation of all associated resources.
125
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126Socket creation and destruction is also straight forward, and is done
127the same way as in capturing described in the previous paragraph:
128
129 int fd = socket(PF_PACKET, mode, 0);
130
131The protocol can optionally be 0 in case we only want to transmit
132via this socket, which avoids an expensive call to packet_rcv().
133In this case, you also need to bind(2) the TX_RING with sll_protocol = 0
134set. Otherwise, htons(ETH_P_ALL) or any other protocol, for example.
135
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136Binding the socket to your network interface is mandatory (with zero copy) to
137know the header size of frames used in the circular buffer.
138
139As capture, each frame contains two parts:
140
141 --------------------
142| struct tpacket_hdr | Header. It contains the status of
143| | of this frame
144|--------------------|
145| data buffer |
146. . Data that will be sent over the network interface.
147. .
148 --------------------
149
150 bind() associates the socket to your network interface thanks to
151 sll_ifindex parameter of struct sockaddr_ll.
152
153 Initialization example:
154
155 struct sockaddr_ll my_addr;
156 struct ifreq s_ifr;
157 ...
158
159 strncpy (s_ifr.ifr_name, "eth0", sizeof(s_ifr.ifr_name));
160
161 /* get interface index of eth0 */
162 ioctl(this->socket, SIOCGIFINDEX, &s_ifr);
163
164 /* fill sockaddr_ll struct to prepare binding */
165 my_addr.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
30e7dfe7 166 my_addr.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ALL);
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167 my_addr.sll_ifindex = s_ifr.ifr_ifindex;
168
169 /* bind socket to eth0 */
170 bind(this->socket, (struct sockaddr *)&my_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
171
172 A complete tutorial is available at: http://wiki.gnu-log.net/
173
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174By default, the user should put data at :
175 frame base + TPACKET_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)
176
177So, whatever you choose for the socket mode (SOCK_DGRAM or SOCK_RAW),
178the beginning of the user data will be at :
179 frame base + TPACKET_ALIGN(sizeof(struct tpacket_hdr))
180
181If you wish to put user data at a custom offset from the beginning of
182the frame (for payload alignment with SOCK_RAW mode for instance) you
183can set tp_net (with SOCK_DGRAM) or tp_mac (with SOCK_RAW). In order
184to make this work it must be enabled previously with setsockopt()
185and the PACKET_TX_HAS_OFF option.
186
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188+ PACKET_MMAP settings
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190
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191To setup PACKET_MMAP from user level code is done with a call like
192
69e3c75f 193 - Capture process
1da177e4 194 setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, (void *) &req, sizeof(req))
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195 - Transmission process
196 setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_TX_RING, (void *) &req, sizeof(req))
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198The most significant argument in the previous call is the req parameter,
199this parameter must to have the following structure:
200
201 struct tpacket_req
202 {
203 unsigned int tp_block_size; /* Minimal size of contiguous block */
204 unsigned int tp_block_nr; /* Number of blocks */
205 unsigned int tp_frame_size; /* Size of frame */
206 unsigned int tp_frame_nr; /* Total number of frames */
207 };
208
209This structure is defined in /usr/include/linux/if_packet.h and establishes a
69e3c75f 210circular buffer (ring) of unswappable memory.
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211Being mapped in the capture process allows reading the captured frames and
212related meta-information like timestamps without requiring a system call.
213
69e3c75f 214Frames are grouped in blocks. Each block is a physically contiguous
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215region of memory and holds tp_block_size/tp_frame_size frames. The total number
216of blocks is tp_block_nr. Note that tp_frame_nr is a redundant parameter because
217
218 frames_per_block = tp_block_size/tp_frame_size
219
220indeed, packet_set_ring checks that the following condition is true
221
222 frames_per_block * tp_block_nr == tp_frame_nr
223
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224Lets see an example, with the following values:
225
226 tp_block_size= 4096
227 tp_frame_size= 2048
228 tp_block_nr = 4
229 tp_frame_nr = 8
230
231we will get the following buffer structure:
232
233 block #1 block #2
234+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
235| frame 1 | frame 2 | | frame 3 | frame 4 |
236+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
237
238 block #3 block #4
239+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
240| frame 5 | frame 6 | | frame 7 | frame 8 |
241+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
242
243A frame can be of any size with the only condition it can fit in a block. A block
244can only hold an integer number of frames, or in other words, a frame cannot
25985edc 245be spawned across two blocks, so there are some details you have to take into
6c28f2c0 246account when choosing the frame_size. See "Mapping and use of the circular
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247buffer (ring)".
248
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250+ PACKET_MMAP setting constraints
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253In kernel versions prior to 2.4.26 (for the 2.4 branch) and 2.6.5 (2.6 branch),
254the PACKET_MMAP buffer could hold only 32768 frames in a 32 bit architecture or
25516384 in a 64 bit architecture. For information on these kernel versions
256see http://pusa.uv.es/~ulisses/packet_mmap/packet_mmap.pre-2.4.26_2.6.5.txt
257
258 Block size limit
259------------------
260
261As stated earlier, each block is a contiguous physical region of memory. These
262memory regions are allocated with calls to the __get_free_pages() function. As
263the name indicates, this function allocates pages of memory, and the second
264argument is "order" or a power of two number of pages, that is
265(for PAGE_SIZE == 4096) order=0 ==> 4096 bytes, order=1 ==> 8192 bytes,
266order=2 ==> 16384 bytes, etc. The maximum size of a
267region allocated by __get_free_pages is determined by the MAX_ORDER macro. More
268precisely the limit can be calculated as:
269
270 PAGE_SIZE << MAX_ORDER
271
272 In a i386 architecture PAGE_SIZE is 4096 bytes
273 In a 2.4/i386 kernel MAX_ORDER is 10
274 In a 2.6/i386 kernel MAX_ORDER is 11
275
276So get_free_pages can allocate as much as 4MB or 8MB in a 2.4/2.6 kernel
277respectively, with an i386 architecture.
278
279User space programs can include /usr/include/sys/user.h and
280/usr/include/linux/mmzone.h to get PAGE_SIZE MAX_ORDER declarations.
281
282The pagesize can also be determined dynamically with the getpagesize (2)
283system call.
284
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285 Block number limit
286--------------------
287
288To understand the constraints of PACKET_MMAP, we have to see the structure
289used to hold the pointers to each block.
290
291Currently, this structure is a dynamically allocated vector with kmalloc
292called pg_vec, its size limits the number of blocks that can be allocated.
293
294 +---+---+---+---+
295 | x | x | x | x |
296 +---+---+---+---+
297 | | | |
298 | | | v
299 | | v block #4
300 | v block #3
301 v block #2
302 block #1
303
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304kmalloc allocates any number of bytes of physically contiguous memory from
305a pool of pre-determined sizes. This pool of memory is maintained by the slab
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306allocator which is at the end the responsible for doing the allocation and
307hence which imposes the maximum memory that kmalloc can allocate.
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309In a 2.4/2.6 kernel and the i386 architecture, the limit is 131072 bytes. The
310predetermined sizes that kmalloc uses can be checked in the "size-<bytes>"
311entries of /proc/slabinfo
312
313In a 32 bit architecture, pointers are 4 bytes long, so the total number of
314pointers to blocks is
315
316 131072/4 = 32768 blocks
317
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318 PACKET_MMAP buffer size calculator
319------------------------------------
320
321Definitions:
322
323<size-max> : is the maximum size of allocable with kmalloc (see /proc/slabinfo)
324<pointer size>: depends on the architecture -- sizeof(void *)
325<page size> : depends on the architecture -- PAGE_SIZE or getpagesize (2)
326<max-order> : is the value defined with MAX_ORDER
327<frame size> : it's an upper bound of frame's capture size (more on this later)
328
329from these definitions we will derive
330
331 <block number> = <size-max>/<pointer size>
332 <block size> = <pagesize> << <max-order>
333
334so, the max buffer size is
335
336 <block number> * <block size>
337
338and, the number of frames be
339
340 <block number> * <block size> / <frame size>
341
2e150f6e 342Suppose the following parameters, which apply for 2.6 kernel and an
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343i386 architecture:
344
345 <size-max> = 131072 bytes
346 <pointer size> = 4 bytes
347 <pagesize> = 4096 bytes
348 <max-order> = 11
349
6c28f2c0 350and a value for <frame size> of 2048 bytes. These parameters will yield
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352 <block number> = 131072/4 = 32768 blocks
353 <block size> = 4096 << 11 = 8 MiB.
354
355and hence the buffer will have a 262144 MiB size. So it can hold
356262144 MiB / 2048 bytes = 134217728 frames
357
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358Actually, this buffer size is not possible with an i386 architecture.
359Remember that the memory is allocated in kernel space, in the case of
360an i386 kernel's memory size is limited to 1GiB.
361
362All memory allocations are not freed until the socket is closed. The memory
363allocations are done with GFP_KERNEL priority, this basically means that
364the allocation can wait and swap other process' memory in order to allocate
992caacf 365the necessary memory, so normally limits can be reached.
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367 Other constraints
368-------------------
369
370If you check the source code you will see that what I draw here as a frame
5d3f083d 371is not only the link level frame. At the beginning of each frame there is a
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372header called struct tpacket_hdr used in PACKET_MMAP to hold link level's frame
373meta information like timestamp. So what we draw here a frame it's really
374the following (from include/linux/if_packet.h):
375
376/*
377 Frame structure:
378
379 - Start. Frame must be aligned to TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16
380 - struct tpacket_hdr
381 - pad to TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16
382 - struct sockaddr_ll
3f6dee9b 383 - Gap, chosen so that packet data (Start+tp_net) aligns to
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384 TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16
385 - Start+tp_mac: [ Optional MAC header ]
386 - Start+tp_net: Packet data, aligned to TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16.
387 - Pad to align to TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16
388 */
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390 The following are conditions that are checked in packet_set_ring
391
392 tp_block_size must be a multiple of PAGE_SIZE (1)
393 tp_frame_size must be greater than TPACKET_HDRLEN (obvious)
394 tp_frame_size must be a multiple of TPACKET_ALIGNMENT
395 tp_frame_nr must be exactly frames_per_block*tp_block_nr
396
6c28f2c0 397Note that tp_block_size should be chosen to be a power of two or there will
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399
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6c28f2c0 404The mapping of the buffer in the user process is done with the conventional
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405mmap function. Even the circular buffer is compound of several physically
406discontiguous blocks of memory, they are contiguous to the user space, hence
407just one call to mmap is needed:
408
409 mmap(0, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
410
411If tp_frame_size is a divisor of tp_block_size frames will be
d9195881 412contiguously spaced by tp_frame_size bytes. If not, each
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413tp_block_size/tp_frame_size frames there will be a gap between
414the frames. This is because a frame cannot be spawn across two
415blocks.
416
417At the beginning of each frame there is an status field (see
418struct tpacket_hdr). If this field is 0 means that the frame is ready
419to be used for the kernel, If not, there is a frame the user can read
420and the following flags apply:
421
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423 from include/linux/if_packet.h
424
425 #define TP_STATUS_COPY 2
426 #define TP_STATUS_LOSING 4
427 #define TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY 8
428
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429TP_STATUS_COPY : This flag indicates that the frame (and associated
430 meta information) has been truncated because it's
431 larger than tp_frame_size. This packet can be
432 read entirely with recvfrom().
433
434 In order to make this work it must to be
435 enabled previously with setsockopt() and
436 the PACKET_COPY_THRESH option.
437
438 The number of frames than can be buffered to
439 be read with recvfrom is limited like a normal socket.
440 See the SO_RCVBUF option in the socket (7) man page.
441
442TP_STATUS_LOSING : indicates there were packet drops from last time
443 statistics where checked with getsockopt() and
444 the PACKET_STATISTICS option.
445
c30fe7f7 446TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY: currently it's used for outgoing IP packets which
a33f3224 447 its checksum will be done in hardware. So while
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448 reading the packet we should not try to check the
449 checksum.
450
451for convenience there are also the following defines:
452
453 #define TP_STATUS_KERNEL 0
454 #define TP_STATUS_USER 1
455
456The kernel initializes all frames to TP_STATUS_KERNEL, when the kernel
457receives a packet it puts in the buffer and updates the status with
458at least the TP_STATUS_USER flag. Then the user can read the packet,
459once the packet is read the user must zero the status field, so the kernel
460can use again that frame buffer.
461
462The user can use poll (any other variant should apply too) to check if new
463packets are in the ring:
464
465 struct pollfd pfd;
466
467 pfd.fd = fd;
468 pfd.revents = 0;
469 pfd.events = POLLIN|POLLRDNORM|POLLERR;
470
471 if (status == TP_STATUS_KERNEL)
472 retval = poll(&pfd, 1, timeout);
473
474It doesn't incur in a race condition to first check the status value and
475then poll for frames.
476
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477++ Transmission process
478Those defines are also used for transmission:
479
480 #define TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE 0 // Frame is available
481 #define TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST 1 // Frame will be sent on next send()
482 #define TP_STATUS_SENDING 2 // Frame is currently in transmission
483 #define TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT 4 // Frame format is not correct
484
485First, the kernel initializes all frames to TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE. To send a
486packet, the user fills a data buffer of an available frame, sets tp_len to
487current data buffer size and sets its status field to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST.
488This can be done on multiple frames. Once the user is ready to transmit, it
489calls send(). Then all buffers with status equal to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST are
490forwarded to the network device. The kernel updates each status of sent
491frames with TP_STATUS_SENDING until the end of transfer.
492At the end of each transfer, buffer status returns to TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE.
493
494 header->tp_len = in_i_size;
495 header->tp_status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
496 retval = send(this->socket, NULL, 0, 0);
497
498The user can also use poll() to check if a buffer is available:
499(status == TP_STATUS_SENDING)
500
501 struct pollfd pfd;
502 pfd.fd = fd;
503 pfd.revents = 0;
504 pfd.events = POLLOUT;
505 retval = poll(&pfd, 1, timeout);
506
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508+ What TPACKET versions are available and when to use them?
509-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
510
511 int val = tpacket_version;
512 setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &val, sizeof(val));
513 getsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &val, sizeof(val));
514
515where 'tpacket_version' can be TPACKET_V1 (default), TPACKET_V2, TPACKET_V3.
516
517TPACKET_V1:
518 - Default if not otherwise specified by setsockopt(2)
519 - RX_RING, TX_RING available
520 - VLAN metadata information available for packets
521 (TP_STATUS_VLAN_VALID)
522
523TPACKET_V1 --> TPACKET_V2:
524 - Made 64 bit clean due to unsigned long usage in TPACKET_V1
525 structures, thus this also works on 64 bit kernel with 32 bit
526 userspace and the like
527 - Timestamp resolution in nanoseconds instead of microseconds
528 - RX_RING, TX_RING available
529 - How to switch to TPACKET_V2:
530 1. Replace struct tpacket_hdr by struct tpacket2_hdr
531 2. Query header len and save
532 3. Set protocol version to 2, set up ring as usual
533 4. For getting the sockaddr_ll,
534 use (void *)hdr + TPACKET_ALIGN(hdrlen) instead of
535 (void *)hdr + TPACKET_ALIGN(sizeof(struct tpacket_hdr))
536
537TPACKET_V2 --> TPACKET_V3:
538 - Flexible buffer implementation:
539 1. Blocks can be configured with non-static frame-size
540 2. Read/poll is at a block-level (as opposed to packet-level)
541 3. Added poll timeout to avoid indefinite user-space wait
542 on idle links
543 4. Added user-configurable knobs:
544 4.1 block::timeout
545 4.2 tpkt_hdr::sk_rxhash
546 - RX Hash data available in user space
547 - Currently only RX_RING available
548
549-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
550+ AF_PACKET fanout mode
551-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
552
553In the AF_PACKET fanout mode, packet reception can be load balanced among
554processes. This also works in combination with mmap(2) on packet sockets.
555
556Minimal example code by David S. Miller (try things like "./test eth0 hash",
557"./test eth0 lb", etc.):
558
559#include <stddef.h>
560#include <stdlib.h>
561#include <stdio.h>
562#include <string.h>
563
564#include <sys/types.h>
565#include <sys/wait.h>
566#include <sys/socket.h>
567#include <sys/ioctl.h>
568
569#include <unistd.h>
570
571#include <linux/if_ether.h>
572#include <linux/if_packet.h>
573
574#include <net/if.h>
575
576static const char *device_name;
577static int fanout_type;
578static int fanout_id;
579
580#ifndef PACKET_FANOUT
581# define PACKET_FANOUT 18
582# define PACKET_FANOUT_HASH 0
583# define PACKET_FANOUT_LB 1
584#endif
585
586static int setup_socket(void)
587{
588 int err, fd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_IP));
589 struct sockaddr_ll ll;
590 struct ifreq ifr;
591 int fanout_arg;
592
593 if (fd < 0) {
594 perror("socket");
595 return EXIT_FAILURE;
596 }
597
598 memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
599 strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, device_name);
600 err = ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
601 if (err < 0) {
602 perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
603 return EXIT_FAILURE;
604 }
605
606 memset(&ll, 0, sizeof(ll));
607 ll.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
608 ll.sll_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
609 err = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &ll, sizeof(ll));
610 if (err < 0) {
611 perror("bind");
612 return EXIT_FAILURE;
613 }
614
615 fanout_arg = (fanout_id | (fanout_type << 16));
616 err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_FANOUT,
617 &fanout_arg, sizeof(fanout_arg));
618 if (err) {
619 perror("setsockopt");
620 return EXIT_FAILURE;
621 }
622
623 return fd;
624}
625
626static void fanout_thread(void)
627{
628 int fd = setup_socket();
629 int limit = 10000;
630
631 if (fd < 0)
632 exit(fd);
633
634 while (limit-- > 0) {
635 char buf[1600];
636 int err;
637
638 err = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
639 if (err < 0) {
640 perror("read");
641 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
642 }
643 if ((limit % 10) == 0)
644 fprintf(stdout, "(%d) \n", getpid());
645 }
646
647 fprintf(stdout, "%d: Received 10000 packets\n", getpid());
648
649 close(fd);
650 exit(0);
651}
652
653int main(int argc, char **argp)
654{
655 int fd, err;
656 int i;
657
658 if (argc != 3) {
659 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s INTERFACE {hash|lb}\n", argp[0]);
660 return EXIT_FAILURE;
661 }
662
663 if (!strcmp(argp[2], "hash"))
664 fanout_type = PACKET_FANOUT_HASH;
665 else if (!strcmp(argp[2], "lb"))
666 fanout_type = PACKET_FANOUT_LB;
667 else {
668 fprintf(stderr, "Unknown fanout type [%s]\n", argp[2]);
669 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
670 }
671
672 device_name = argp[1];
673 fanout_id = getpid() & 0xffff;
674
675 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
676 pid_t pid = fork();
677
678 switch (pid) {
679 case 0:
680 fanout_thread();
681
682 case -1:
683 perror("fork");
684 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
685 }
686 }
687
688 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
689 int status;
690
691 wait(&status);
692 }
693
694 return 0;
695}
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698+ AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 example
699-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
700
701AF_PACKET's TPACKET_V3 ring buffer can be configured to use non-static frame
702sizes by doing it's own memory management. It is based on blocks where polling
703works on a per block basis instead of per ring as in TPACKET_V2 and predecessor.
704
705It is said that TPACKET_V3 brings the following benefits:
706 *) ~15 - 20% reduction in CPU-usage
707 *) ~20% increase in packet capture rate
708 *) ~2x increase in packet density
709 *) Port aggregation analysis
710 *) Non static frame size to capture entire packet payload
711
712So it seems to be a good candidate to be used with packet fanout.
713
714Minimal example code by Daniel Borkmann based on Chetan Loke's lolpcap (compile
715it with gcc -Wall -O2 blob.c, and try things like "./a.out eth0", etc.):
716
717#include <stdio.h>
718#include <stdlib.h>
719#include <stdint.h>
720#include <string.h>
721#include <assert.h>
722#include <net/if.h>
723#include <arpa/inet.h>
724#include <netdb.h>
725#include <poll.h>
726#include <unistd.h>
727#include <signal.h>
728#include <inttypes.h>
729#include <sys/socket.h>
730#include <sys/mman.h>
731#include <linux/if_packet.h>
732#include <linux/if_ether.h>
733#include <linux/ip.h>
734
735#define BLOCK_SIZE (1 << 22)
736#define FRAME_SIZE 2048
737
738#define NUM_BLOCKS 64
739#define NUM_FRAMES ((BLOCK_SIZE * NUM_BLOCKS) / FRAME_SIZE)
740
741#define BLOCK_RETIRE_TOV_IN_MS 64
742#define BLOCK_PRIV_AREA_SZ 13
743
744#define ALIGN_8(x) (((x) + 8 - 1) & ~(8 - 1))
745
746#define BLOCK_STATUS(x) ((x)->h1.block_status)
747#define BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(x) ((x)->h1.num_pkts)
748#define BLOCK_O2FP(x) ((x)->h1.offset_to_first_pkt)
749#define BLOCK_LEN(x) ((x)->h1.blk_len)
750#define BLOCK_SNUM(x) ((x)->h1.seq_num)
751#define BLOCK_O2PRIV(x) ((x)->offset_to_priv)
752#define BLOCK_PRIV(x) ((void *) ((uint8_t *) (x) + BLOCK_O2PRIV(x)))
753#define BLOCK_HDR_LEN (ALIGN_8(sizeof(struct block_desc)))
754#define BLOCK_PLUS_PRIV(sz_pri) (BLOCK_HDR_LEN + ALIGN_8((sz_pri)))
755
756#ifndef likely
757# define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
758#endif
759#ifndef unlikely
760# define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
761#endif
762
763struct block_desc {
764 uint32_t version;
765 uint32_t offset_to_priv;
766 struct tpacket_hdr_v1 h1;
767};
768
769struct ring {
770 struct iovec *rd;
771 uint8_t *map;
772 struct tpacket_req3 req;
773};
774
775static unsigned long packets_total = 0, bytes_total = 0;
776static sig_atomic_t sigint = 0;
777
778void sighandler(int num)
779{
780 sigint = 1;
781}
782
783static int setup_socket(struct ring *ring, char *netdev)
784{
785 int err, i, fd, v = TPACKET_V3;
786 struct sockaddr_ll ll;
787
788 fd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
789 if (fd < 0) {
790 perror("socket");
791 exit(1);
792 }
793
794 err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &v, sizeof(v));
795 if (err < 0) {
796 perror("setsockopt");
797 exit(1);
798 }
799
800 memset(&ring->req, 0, sizeof(ring->req));
801 ring->req.tp_block_size = BLOCK_SIZE;
802 ring->req.tp_frame_size = FRAME_SIZE;
803 ring->req.tp_block_nr = NUM_BLOCKS;
804 ring->req.tp_frame_nr = NUM_FRAMES;
805 ring->req.tp_retire_blk_tov = BLOCK_RETIRE_TOV_IN_MS;
806 ring->req.tp_sizeof_priv = BLOCK_PRIV_AREA_SZ;
807 ring->req.tp_feature_req_word |= TP_FT_REQ_FILL_RXHASH;
808
809 err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &ring->req,
810 sizeof(ring->req));
811 if (err < 0) {
812 perror("setsockopt");
813 exit(1);
814 }
815
816 ring->map = mmap(NULL, ring->req.tp_block_size * ring->req.tp_block_nr,
817 PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_LOCKED,
818 fd, 0);
819 if (ring->map == MAP_FAILED) {
820 perror("mmap");
821 exit(1);
822 }
823
824 ring->rd = malloc(ring->req.tp_block_nr * sizeof(*ring->rd));
825 assert(ring->rd);
826 for (i = 0; i < ring->req.tp_block_nr; ++i) {
827 ring->rd[i].iov_base = ring->map + (i * ring->req.tp_block_size);
828 ring->rd[i].iov_len = ring->req.tp_block_size;
829 }
830
831 memset(&ll, 0, sizeof(ll));
832 ll.sll_family = PF_PACKET;
833 ll.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ALL);
834 ll.sll_ifindex = if_nametoindex(netdev);
835 ll.sll_hatype = 0;
836 ll.sll_pkttype = 0;
837 ll.sll_halen = 0;
838
839 err = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &ll, sizeof(ll));
840 if (err < 0) {
841 perror("bind");
842 exit(1);
843 }
844
845 return fd;
846}
847
848#ifdef __checked
849static uint64_t prev_block_seq_num = 0;
850
851void assert_block_seq_num(struct block_desc *pbd)
852{
853 if (unlikely(prev_block_seq_num + 1 != BLOCK_SNUM(pbd))) {
854 printf("prev_block_seq_num:%"PRIu64", expected seq:%"PRIu64" != "
855 "actual seq:%"PRIu64"\n", prev_block_seq_num,
856 prev_block_seq_num + 1, (uint64_t) BLOCK_SNUM(pbd));
857 exit(1);
858 }
859
860 prev_block_seq_num = BLOCK_SNUM(pbd);
861}
862
863static void assert_block_len(struct block_desc *pbd, uint32_t bytes, int block_num)
864{
865 if (BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd)) {
866 if (unlikely(bytes != BLOCK_LEN(pbd))) {
867 printf("block:%u with %upackets, expected len:%u != actual len:%u\n",
868 block_num, BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd), bytes, BLOCK_LEN(pbd));
869 exit(1);
870 }
871 } else {
872 if (unlikely(BLOCK_LEN(pbd) != BLOCK_PLUS_PRIV(BLOCK_PRIV_AREA_SZ))) {
873 printf("block:%u, expected len:%lu != actual len:%u\n",
874 block_num, BLOCK_HDR_LEN, BLOCK_LEN(pbd));
875 exit(1);
876 }
877 }
878}
879
880static void assert_block_header(struct block_desc *pbd, const int block_num)
881{
882 uint32_t block_status = BLOCK_STATUS(pbd);
883
884 if (unlikely((block_status & TP_STATUS_USER) == 0)) {
885 printf("block:%u, not in TP_STATUS_USER\n", block_num);
886 exit(1);
887 }
888
889 assert_block_seq_num(pbd);
890}
891#else
892static inline void assert_block_header(struct block_desc *pbd, const int block_num)
893{
894}
895static void assert_block_len(struct block_desc *pbd, uint32_t bytes, int block_num)
896{
897}
898#endif
899
900static void display(struct tpacket3_hdr *ppd)
901{
902 struct ethhdr *eth = (struct ethhdr *) ((uint8_t *) ppd + ppd->tp_mac);
903 struct iphdr *ip = (struct iphdr *) ((uint8_t *) eth + ETH_HLEN);
904
905 if (eth->h_proto == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
906 struct sockaddr_in ss, sd;
907 char sbuff[NI_MAXHOST], dbuff[NI_MAXHOST];
908
909 memset(&ss, 0, sizeof(ss));
910 ss.sin_family = PF_INET;
911 ss.sin_addr.s_addr = ip->saddr;
912 getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &ss, sizeof(ss),
913 sbuff, sizeof(sbuff), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
914
915 memset(&sd, 0, sizeof(sd));
916 sd.sin_family = PF_INET;
917 sd.sin_addr.s_addr = ip->daddr;
918 getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &sd, sizeof(sd),
919 dbuff, sizeof(dbuff), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
920
921 printf("%s -> %s, ", sbuff, dbuff);
922 }
923
924 printf("rxhash: 0x%x\n", ppd->hv1.tp_rxhash);
925}
926
927static void walk_block(struct block_desc *pbd, const int block_num)
928{
929 int num_pkts = BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd), i;
930 unsigned long bytes = 0;
931 unsigned long bytes_with_padding = BLOCK_PLUS_PRIV(BLOCK_PRIV_AREA_SZ);
932 struct tpacket3_hdr *ppd;
933
934 assert_block_header(pbd, block_num);
935
936 ppd = (struct tpacket3_hdr *) ((uint8_t *) pbd + BLOCK_O2FP(pbd));
937 for (i = 0; i < num_pkts; ++i) {
938 bytes += ppd->tp_snaplen;
939 if (ppd->tp_next_offset)
940 bytes_with_padding += ppd->tp_next_offset;
941 else
942 bytes_with_padding += ALIGN_8(ppd->tp_snaplen + ppd->tp_mac);
943
944 display(ppd);
945
946 ppd = (struct tpacket3_hdr *) ((uint8_t *) ppd + ppd->tp_next_offset);
947 __sync_synchronize();
948 }
949
950 assert_block_len(pbd, bytes_with_padding, block_num);
951
952 packets_total += num_pkts;
953 bytes_total += bytes;
954}
955
956void flush_block(struct block_desc *pbd)
957{
958 BLOCK_STATUS(pbd) = TP_STATUS_KERNEL;
959 __sync_synchronize();
960}
961
962static void teardown_socket(struct ring *ring, int fd)
963{
964 munmap(ring->map, ring->req.tp_block_size * ring->req.tp_block_nr);
965 free(ring->rd);
966 close(fd);
967}
968
969int main(int argc, char **argp)
970{
971 int fd, err;
972 socklen_t len;
973 struct ring ring;
974 struct pollfd pfd;
975 unsigned int block_num = 0;
976 struct block_desc *pbd;
977 struct tpacket_stats_v3 stats;
978
979 if (argc != 2) {
980 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s INTERFACE\n", argp[0]);
981 return EXIT_FAILURE;
982 }
983
984 signal(SIGINT, sighandler);
985
986 memset(&ring, 0, sizeof(ring));
987 fd = setup_socket(&ring, argp[argc - 1]);
988 assert(fd > 0);
989
990 memset(&pfd, 0, sizeof(pfd));
991 pfd.fd = fd;
992 pfd.events = POLLIN | POLLERR;
993 pfd.revents = 0;
994
995 while (likely(!sigint)) {
996 pbd = (struct block_desc *) ring.rd[block_num].iov_base;
997retry_block:
998 if ((BLOCK_STATUS(pbd) & TP_STATUS_USER) == 0) {
999 poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
1000 goto retry_block;
1001 }
1002
1003 walk_block(pbd, block_num);
1004 flush_block(pbd);
1005 block_num = (block_num + 1) % NUM_BLOCKS;
1006 }
1007
1008 len = sizeof(stats);
1009 err = getsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_STATISTICS, &stats, &len);
1010 if (err < 0) {
1011 perror("getsockopt");
1012 exit(1);
1013 }
1014
1015 fflush(stdout);
1016 printf("\nReceived %u packets, %lu bytes, %u dropped, freeze_q_cnt: %u\n",
1017 stats.tp_packets, bytes_total, stats.tp_drops,
1018 stats.tp_freeze_q_cnt);
1019
1020 teardown_socket(&ring, fd);
1021 return 0;
1022}
1023
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1025+ PACKET_TIMESTAMP
1026-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1027
1028The PACKET_TIMESTAMP setting determines the source of the timestamp in
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1029the packet meta information for mmap(2)ed RX_RING and TX_RINGs. If your
1030NIC is capable of timestamping packets in hardware, you can request those
1031hardware timestamps to be used. Note: you may need to enable the generation
1032of hardware timestamps with SIOCSHWTSTAMP (see related information from
1033Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt).
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1035PACKET_TIMESTAMP accepts the same integer bit field as
1036SO_TIMESTAMPING. However, only the SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE
1037and SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE values are recognized by
1038PACKET_TIMESTAMP. SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE takes precedence over
1039SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE if both bits are set.
1040
1041 int req = 0;
1042 req |= SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE;
1043 setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_TIMESTAMP, (void *) &req, sizeof(req))
1044
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1045For the mmap(2)ed ring buffers, such timestamps are stored in the
1046tpacket{,2,3}_hdr structure's tp_sec and tp_{n,u}sec members. To determine
1047what kind of timestamp has been reported, the tp_status field is binary |'ed
1048with the following possible bits ...
1049
1050 TP_STATUS_TS_SYS_HARDWARE
1051 TP_STATUS_TS_RAW_HARDWARE
1052 TP_STATUS_TS_SOFTWARE
1053
1054... that are equivalent to its SOF_TIMESTAMPING_* counterparts. For the
1055RX_RING, if none of those 3 are set (i.e. PACKET_TIMESTAMP is not set),
1056then this means that a software fallback was invoked *within* PF_PACKET's
1057processing code (less precise).
1058
1059Getting timestamps for the TX_RING works as follows: i) fill the ring frames,
1060ii) call sendto() e.g. in blocking mode, iii) wait for status of relevant
1061frames to be updated resp. the frame handed over to the application, iv) walk
1062through the frames to pick up the individual hw/sw timestamps.
1063
1064Only (!) if transmit timestamping is enabled, then these bits are combined
1065with binary | with TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, so you must check for that in your
1066application (e.g. !(tp_status & (TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST | TP_STATUS_SENDING))
1067in a first step to see if the frame belongs to the application, and then
1068one can extract the type of timestamp in a second step from tp_status)!
1069
1070If you don't care about them, thus having it disabled, checking for
1071TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE resp. TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT is sufficient. If in the
1072TX_RING part only TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE is set, then the tp_sec and tp_{n,u}sec
1073members do not contain a valid value. For TX_RINGs, by default no timestamp
1074is generated!
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1076See include/linux/net_tstamp.h and Documentation/networking/timestamping
1077for more information on hardware timestamps.
1078
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1080+ Miscellaneous bits
1081-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1082
1083- Packet sockets work well together with Linux socket filters, thus you also
1084 might want to have a look at Documentation/networking/filter.txt
1085
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1087+ THANKS
1088--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1089
1090 Jesse Brandeburg, for fixing my grammathical/spelling errors
1091