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