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authorTom Herbert <therbert@google.com>2014-07-02 08:33:10 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-07-08 08:14:21 +0400
commitcb1ce2ef387b01686469487edd45994872d52d73 (patch)
tree4e905772c627b902b2f1aeaa752ae8b4a6b1b1fb /include/uapi/linux/in6.h
parent19469a873bafd4e65daef3597db2bd724c1b03c9 (diff)
downloadlinux-cb1ce2ef387b01686469487edd45994872d52d73.tar.xz
ipv6: Implement automatic flow label generation on transmit
Automatically generate flow labels for IPv6 packets on transmit. The flow label is computed based on skb_get_hash. The flow label will only automatically be set when it is zero otherwise (i.e. flow label manager hasn't set one). This supports the transmit side functionality of RFC 6438. Added an IPv6 sysctl auto_flowlabels to enable/disable this behavior system wide, and added IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL socket option to enable this functionality per socket. By default, auto flowlabels are disabled to avoid possible conflicts with flow label manager, however if this feature proves useful we may want to enable it by default. It should also be noted that FreeBSD has already implemented automatic flow labels (including the sysctl and socket option). In FreeBSD, automatic flow labels default to enabled. Performance impact: Running super_netperf with 200 flows for TCP_RR and UDP_RR for IPv6. Note that in UDP case, __skb_get_hash will be called for every packet with explains slight regression. In the TCP case the hash is saved in the socket so there is no regression. Automatic flow labels disabled: TCP_RR: 86.53% CPU utilization 127/195/322 90/95/99% latencies 1.40498e+06 tps UDP_RR: 90.70% CPU utilization 118/168/243 90/95/99% latencies 1.50309e+06 tps Automatic flow labels enabled: TCP_RR: 85.90% CPU utilization 128/199/337 90/95/99% latencies 1.40051e+06 UDP_RR 92.61% CPU utilization 115/164/236 90/95/99% latencies 1.4687e+06 Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
index 0d8e0f0342dc..22b7a69619d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ struct in6_flowlabel_req {
#if 0 /* not yet */
#define IPV6_USE_MIN_MTU 63
#endif
+#define IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL 64
/*
* Netfilter (1)