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1 #
2 # Traffic control configuration.
3 #
4
5 menuconfig NET_SCHED
6 bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
7 select NET_SCH_FIFO
8 ---help---
9 When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
10 device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
11 delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the queueing
12 disciplines, several different algorithms for how to do this
13 "fairly" have been proposed.
14
15 If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
16 is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
17 able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
18 then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
19 example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
20 need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
21 maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
22 This code is considered to be experimental.
23
24 To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
25 from the package iproute2+tc at
26 <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>. That package
27 also contains some documentation; for more, check out
28 <http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2>.
29
30 This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
31 Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
32 (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to the corresponding
33 classifiers below. Documentation and software is at
34 <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
35
36 If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
37 to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
38 /proc/net/psched.
39
40 The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
41 can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
42
43 if NET_SCHED
44
45 comment "Queueing/Scheduling"
46
47 config NET_SCH_CBQ
48 tristate "Class Based Queueing (CBQ)"
49 ---help---
50 Say Y here if you want to use the Class-Based Queueing (CBQ) packet
51 scheduling algorithm. This algorithm classifies the waiting packets
52 into a tree-like hierarchy of classes; the leaves of this tree are
53 in turn scheduled by separate algorithms.
54
55 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_cbq.c> for more details.
56
57 CBQ is a commonly used scheduler, so if you're unsure, you should
58 say Y here. Then say Y to all the queueing algorithms below that you
59 want to use as leaf disciplines.
60
61 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
62 module will be called sch_cbq.
63
64 config NET_SCH_HTB
65 tristate "Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB)"
66 ---help---
67 Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Token Buckets (HTB)
68 packet scheduling algorithm. See
69 <http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/> for complete manual and
70 in-depth articles.
71
72 HTB is very similar to CBQ regarding its goals however is has
73 different properties and different algorithm.
74
75 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
76 module will be called sch_htb.
77
78 config NET_SCH_HFSC
79 tristate "Hierarchical Fair Service Curve (HFSC)"
80 ---help---
81 Say Y here if you want to use the Hierarchical Fair Service Curve
82 (HFSC) packet scheduling algorithm.
83
84 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
85 module will be called sch_hfsc.
86
87 config NET_SCH_ATM
88 tristate "ATM Virtual Circuits (ATM)"
89 depends on ATM
90 ---help---
91 Say Y here if you want to use the ATM pseudo-scheduler. This
92 provides a framework for invoking classifiers, which in turn
93 select classes of this queuing discipline. Each class maps
94 the flow(s) it is handling to a given virtual circuit.
95
96 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_atm.c> for more details.
97
98 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
99 module will be called sch_atm.
100
101 config NET_SCH_PRIO
102 tristate "Multi Band Priority Queueing (PRIO)"
103 ---help---
104 Say Y here if you want to use an n-band priority queue packet
105 scheduler.
106
107 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
108 module will be called sch_prio.
109
110 config NET_SCH_MULTIQ
111 tristate "Hardware Multiqueue-aware Multi Band Queuing (MULTIQ)"
112 ---help---
113 Say Y here if you want to use an n-band queue packet scheduler
114 to support devices that have multiple hardware transmit queues.
115
116 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
117 module will be called sch_multiq.
118
119 config NET_SCH_RED
120 tristate "Random Early Detection (RED)"
121 ---help---
122 Say Y here if you want to use the Random Early Detection (RED)
123 packet scheduling algorithm.
124
125 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for more details.
126
127 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
128 module will be called sch_red.
129
130 config NET_SCH_SFB
131 tristate "Stochastic Fair Blue (SFB)"
132 ---help---
133 Say Y here if you want to use the Stochastic Fair Blue (SFB)
134 packet scheduling algorithm.
135
136 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_sfb.c> for more details.
137
138 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
139 module will be called sch_sfb.
140
141 config NET_SCH_SFQ
142 tristate "Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)"
143 ---help---
144 Say Y here if you want to use the Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ)
145 packet scheduling algorithm.
146
147 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_sfq.c> for more details.
148
149 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
150 module will be called sch_sfq.
151
152 config NET_SCH_TEQL
153 tristate "True Link Equalizer (TEQL)"
154 ---help---
155 Say Y here if you want to use the True Link Equalizer (TLE) packet
156 scheduling algorithm. This queueing discipline allows the combination
157 of several physical devices into one virtual device.
158
159 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_teql.c> for more details.
160
161 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
162 module will be called sch_teql.
163
164 config NET_SCH_TBF
165 tristate "Token Bucket Filter (TBF)"
166 ---help---
167 Say Y here if you want to use the Token Bucket Filter (TBF) packet
168 scheduling algorithm.
169
170 See the top of <file:net/sched/sch_tbf.c> for more details.
171
172 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
173 module will be called sch_tbf.
174
175 config NET_SCH_GRED
176 tristate "Generic Random Early Detection (GRED)"
177 ---help---
178 Say Y here if you want to use the Generic Random Early Detection
179 (GRED) packet scheduling algorithm for some of your network devices
180 (see the top of <file:net/sched/sch_red.c> for details and
181 references about the algorithm).
182
183 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
184 module will be called sch_gred.
185
186 config NET_SCH_DSMARK
187 tristate "Differentiated Services marker (DSMARK)"
188 ---help---
189 Say Y if you want to schedule packets according to the
190 Differentiated Services architecture proposed in RFC 2475.
191 Technical information on this method, with pointers to associated
192 RFCs, is available at <http://www.gta.ufrj.br/diffserv/>.
193
194 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
195 module will be called sch_dsmark.
196
197 config NET_SCH_NETEM
198 tristate "Network emulator (NETEM)"
199 ---help---
200 Say Y if you want to emulate network delay, loss, and packet
201 re-ordering. This is often useful to simulate networks when
202 testing applications or protocols.
203
204 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
205 will be called sch_netem.
206
207 If unsure, say N.
208
209 config NET_SCH_DRR
210 tristate "Deficit Round Robin scheduler (DRR)"
211 help
212 Say Y here if you want to use the Deficit Round Robin (DRR) packet
213 scheduling algorithm.
214
215 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
216 will be called sch_drr.
217
218 If unsure, say N.
219
220 config NET_SCH_MQPRIO
221 tristate "Multi-queue priority scheduler (MQPRIO)"
222 help
223 Say Y here if you want to use the Multi-queue Priority scheduler.
224 This scheduler allows QOS to be offloaded on NICs that have support
225 for offloading QOS schedulers.
226
227 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
228 be called sch_mqprio.
229
230 If unsure, say N.
231
232 config NET_SCH_CHOKE
233 tristate "CHOose and Keep responsive flow scheduler (CHOKE)"
234 help
235 Say Y here if you want to use the CHOKe packet scheduler (CHOose
236 and Keep for responsive flows, CHOose and Kill for unresponsive
237 flows). This is a variation of RED which trys to penalize flows
238 that monopolize the queue.
239
240 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
241 module will be called sch_choke.
242
243 config NET_SCH_QFQ
244 tristate "Quick Fair Queueing scheduler (QFQ)"
245 help
246 Say Y here if you want to use the Quick Fair Queueing Scheduler (QFQ)
247 packet scheduling algorithm.
248
249 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
250 will be called sch_qfq.
251
252 If unsure, say N.
253
254 config NET_SCH_CODEL
255 tristate "Controlled Delay AQM (CODEL)"
256 help
257 Say Y here if you want to use the Controlled Delay (CODEL)
258 packet scheduling algorithm.
259
260 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
261 will be called sch_codel.
262
263 If unsure, say N.
264
265 config NET_SCH_FQ_CODEL
266 tristate "Fair Queue Controlled Delay AQM (FQ_CODEL)"
267 help
268 Say Y here if you want to use the FQ Controlled Delay (FQ_CODEL)
269 packet scheduling algorithm.
270
271 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
272 will be called sch_fq_codel.
273
274 If unsure, say N.
275
276 config NET_SCH_FQ
277 tristate "Fair Queue"
278 help
279 Say Y here if you want to use the FQ packet scheduling algorithm.
280
281 FQ does flow separation, and is able to respect pacing requirements
282 set by TCP stack into sk->sk_pacing_rate (for localy generated
283 traffic)
284
285 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
286 will be called sch_fq.
287
288 If unsure, say N.
289
290 config NET_SCH_HHF
291 tristate "Heavy-Hitter Filter (HHF)"
292 help
293 Say Y here if you want to use the Heavy-Hitter Filter (HHF)
294 packet scheduling algorithm.
295
296 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
297 will be called sch_hhf.
298
299 config NET_SCH_PIE
300 tristate "Proportional Integral controller Enhanced (PIE) scheduler"
301 help
302 Say Y here if you want to use the Proportional Integral controller
303 Enhanced scheduler packet scheduling algorithm.
304 For more information, please see
305 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pan-tsvwg-pie-00
306
307 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
308 will be called sch_pie.
309
310 If unsure, say N.
311
312 config NET_SCH_INGRESS
313 tristate "Ingress Qdisc"
314 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
315 select NET_INGRESS
316 ---help---
317 Say Y here if you want to use classifiers for incoming packets.
318 If unsure, say Y.
319
320 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
321 module will be called sch_ingress.
322
323 config NET_SCH_PLUG
324 tristate "Plug network traffic until release (PLUG)"
325 ---help---
326
327 This queuing discipline allows userspace to plug/unplug a network
328 output queue, using the netlink interface. When it receives an
329 enqueue command it inserts a plug into the outbound queue that
330 causes following packets to enqueue until a dequeue command arrives
331 over netlink, causing the plug to be removed and resuming the normal
332 packet flow.
333
334 This module also provides a generic "network output buffering"
335 functionality (aka output commit), wherein upon arrival of a dequeue
336 command, only packets up to the first plug are released for delivery.
337 The Remus HA project uses this module to enable speculative execution
338 of virtual machines by allowing the generated network output to be rolled
339 back if needed.
340
341 For more information, please refer to <http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Remus>
342
343 Say Y here if you are using this kernel for Xen dom0 and
344 want to protect Xen guests with Remus.
345
346 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
347 module will be called sch_plug.
348
349 comment "Classification"
350
351 config NET_CLS
352 bool
353
354 config NET_CLS_BASIC
355 tristate "Elementary classification (BASIC)"
356 select NET_CLS
357 ---help---
358 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
359 only extended matches and actions.
360
361 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
362 module will be called cls_basic.
363
364 config NET_CLS_TCINDEX
365 tristate "Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX)"
366 select NET_CLS
367 ---help---
368 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
369 traffic control indices. You will want this feature if you want
370 to implement Differentiated Services together with DSMARK.
371
372 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
373 module will be called cls_tcindex.
374
375 config NET_CLS_ROUTE4
376 tristate "Routing decision (ROUTE)"
377 depends on INET
378 select IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
379 select NET_CLS
380 ---help---
381 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
382 according to the route table entry they matched.
383
384 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
385 module will be called cls_route.
386
387 config NET_CLS_FW
388 tristate "Netfilter mark (FW)"
389 select NET_CLS
390 ---help---
391 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
392 according to netfilter/firewall marks.
393
394 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
395 module will be called cls_fw.
396
397 config NET_CLS_U32
398 tristate "Universal 32bit comparisons w/ hashing (U32)"
399 select NET_CLS
400 ---help---
401 Say Y here to be able to classify packets using a universal
402 32bit pieces based comparison scheme.
403
404 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
405 module will be called cls_u32.
406
407 config CLS_U32_PERF
408 bool "Performance counters support"
409 depends on NET_CLS_U32
410 ---help---
411 Say Y here to make u32 gather additional statistics useful for
412 fine tuning u32 classifiers.
413
414 config CLS_U32_MARK
415 bool "Netfilter marks support"
416 depends on NET_CLS_U32
417 ---help---
418 Say Y here to be able to use netfilter marks as u32 key.
419
420 config NET_CLS_RSVP
421 tristate "IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)"
422 select NET_CLS
423 ---help---
424 The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
425 request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
426 is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
427
428 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
429 on their RSVP requests.
430
431 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
432 module will be called cls_rsvp.
433
434 config NET_CLS_RSVP6
435 tristate "IPv6 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP6)"
436 select NET_CLS
437 ---help---
438 The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
439 request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
440 is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
441
442 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
443 on their RSVP requests and you are using the IPv6 protocol.
444
445 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
446 module will be called cls_rsvp6.
447
448 config NET_CLS_FLOW
449 tristate "Flow classifier"
450 select NET_CLS
451 ---help---
452 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets based on
453 a configurable combination of packet keys. This is mostly useful
454 in combination with SFQ.
455
456 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
457 module will be called cls_flow.
458
459 config NET_CLS_CGROUP
460 tristate "Control Group Classifier"
461 select NET_CLS
462 select CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
463 depends on CGROUPS
464 ---help---
465 Say Y here if you want to classify packets based on the control
466 cgroup of their process.
467
468 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
469 module will be called cls_cgroup.
470
471 config NET_CLS_BPF
472 tristate "BPF-based classifier"
473 select NET_CLS
474 ---help---
475 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets based on
476 programmable BPF (JIT'ed) filters as an alternative to ematches.
477
478 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
479 be called cls_bpf.
480
481 config NET_CLS_FLOWER
482 tristate "Flower classifier"
483 select NET_CLS
484 ---help---
485 If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets based on
486 a configurable combination of packet keys and masks.
487
488 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
489 be called cls_flower.
490
491 config NET_EMATCH
492 bool "Extended Matches"
493 select NET_CLS
494 ---help---
495 Say Y here if you want to use extended matches on top of classifiers
496 and select the extended matches below.
497
498 Extended matches are small classification helpers not worth writing
499 a separate classifier for.
500
501 A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
502 extended matches.
503
504 config NET_EMATCH_STACK
505 int "Stack size"
506 depends on NET_EMATCH
507 default "32"
508 ---help---
509 Size of the local stack variable used while evaluating the tree of
510 ematches. Limits the depth of the tree, i.e. the number of
511 encapsulated precedences. Every level requires 4 bytes of additional
512 stack space.
513
514 config NET_EMATCH_CMP
515 tristate "Simple packet data comparison"
516 depends on NET_EMATCH
517 ---help---
518 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
519 simple packet data comparisons for 8, 16, and 32bit values.
520
521 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
522 module will be called em_cmp.
523
524 config NET_EMATCH_NBYTE
525 tristate "Multi byte comparison"
526 depends on NET_EMATCH
527 ---help---
528 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
529 multiple byte comparisons mainly useful for IPv6 address comparisons.
530
531 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
532 module will be called em_nbyte.
533
534 config NET_EMATCH_U32
535 tristate "U32 key"
536 depends on NET_EMATCH
537 ---help---
538 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
539 the famous u32 key in combination with logic relations.
540
541 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
542 module will be called em_u32.
543
544 config NET_EMATCH_META
545 tristate "Metadata"
546 depends on NET_EMATCH
547 ---help---
548 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
549 metadata such as load average, netfilter attributes, socket
550 attributes and routing decisions.
551
552 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
553 module will be called em_meta.
554
555 config NET_EMATCH_TEXT
556 tristate "Textsearch"
557 depends on NET_EMATCH
558 select TEXTSEARCH
559 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
560 select TEXTSEARCH_BM
561 select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
562 ---help---
563 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
564 textsearch comparisons.
565
566 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
567 module will be called em_text.
568
569 config NET_EMATCH_CANID
570 tristate "CAN Identifier"
571 depends on NET_EMATCH && (CAN=y || CAN=m)
572 ---help---
573 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify CAN frames based
574 on CAN Identifier.
575
576 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
577 module will be called em_canid.
578
579 config NET_EMATCH_IPSET
580 tristate "IPset"
581 depends on NET_EMATCH && IP_SET
582 ---help---
583 Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
584 ipset membership.
585
586 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
587 module will be called em_ipset.
588
589 config NET_CLS_ACT
590 bool "Actions"
591 ---help---
592 Say Y here if you want to use traffic control actions. Actions
593 get attached to classifiers and are invoked after a successful
594 classification. They are used to overwrite the classification
595 result, instantly drop or redirect packets, etc.
596
597 A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
598 extended matches.
599
600 config NET_ACT_POLICE
601 tristate "Traffic Policing"
602 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
603 ---help---
604 Say Y here if you want to do traffic policing, i.e. strict
605 bandwidth limiting. This action replaces the existing policing
606 module.
607
608 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
609 module will be called act_police.
610
611 config NET_ACT_GACT
612 tristate "Generic actions"
613 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
614 ---help---
615 Say Y here to take generic actions such as dropping and
616 accepting packets.
617
618 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
619 module will be called act_gact.
620
621 config GACT_PROB
622 bool "Probability support"
623 depends on NET_ACT_GACT
624 ---help---
625 Say Y here to use the generic action randomly or deterministically.
626
627 config NET_ACT_MIRRED
628 tristate "Redirecting and Mirroring"
629 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
630 ---help---
631 Say Y here to allow packets to be mirrored or redirected to
632 other devices.
633
634 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
635 module will be called act_mirred.
636
637 config NET_ACT_IPT
638 tristate "IPtables targets"
639 depends on NET_CLS_ACT && NETFILTER && IP_NF_IPTABLES
640 ---help---
641 Say Y here to be able to invoke iptables targets after successful
642 classification.
643
644 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
645 module will be called act_ipt.
646
647 config NET_ACT_NAT
648 tristate "Stateless NAT"
649 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
650 ---help---
651 Say Y here to do stateless NAT on IPv4 packets. You should use
652 netfilter for NAT unless you know what you are doing.
653
654 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
655 module will be called act_nat.
656
657 config NET_ACT_PEDIT
658 tristate "Packet Editing"
659 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
660 ---help---
661 Say Y here if you want to mangle the content of packets.
662
663 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
664 module will be called act_pedit.
665
666 config NET_ACT_SIMP
667 tristate "Simple Example (Debug)"
668 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
669 ---help---
670 Say Y here to add a simple action for demonstration purposes.
671 It is meant as an example and for debugging purposes. It will
672 print a configured policy string followed by the packet count
673 to the console for every packet that passes by.
674
675 If unsure, say N.
676
677 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
678 module will be called act_simple.
679
680 config NET_ACT_SKBEDIT
681 tristate "SKB Editing"
682 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
683 ---help---
684 Say Y here to change skb priority or queue_mapping settings.
685
686 If unsure, say N.
687
688 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
689 module will be called act_skbedit.
690
691 config NET_ACT_CSUM
692 tristate "Checksum Updating"
693 depends on NET_CLS_ACT && INET
694 ---help---
695 Say Y here to update some common checksum after some direct
696 packet alterations.
697
698 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
699 module will be called act_csum.
700
701 config NET_ACT_VLAN
702 tristate "Vlan manipulation"
703 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
704 ---help---
705 Say Y here to push or pop vlan headers.
706
707 If unsure, say N.
708
709 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
710 module will be called act_vlan.
711
712 config NET_ACT_BPF
713 tristate "BPF based action"
714 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
715 ---help---
716 Say Y here to execute BPF code on packets. The BPF code will decide
717 if the packet should be dropped or not.
718
719 If unsure, say N.
720
721 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
722 module will be called act_bpf.
723
724 config NET_ACT_CONNMARK
725 tristate "Netfilter Connection Mark Retriever"
726 depends on NET_CLS_ACT && NETFILTER && IP_NF_IPTABLES
727 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
728 ---help---
729 Say Y here to allow retrieving of conn mark
730
731 If unsure, say N.
732
733 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
734 module will be called act_connmark.
735
736 config NET_CLS_IND
737 bool "Incoming device classification"
738 depends on NET_CLS_U32 || NET_CLS_FW
739 ---help---
740 Say Y here to extend the u32 and fw classifier to support
741 classification based on the incoming device. This option is
742 likely to disappear in favour of the metadata ematch.
743
744 endif # NET_SCHED
745
746 config NET_SCH_FIFO
747 bool
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