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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_FQ
276	tristate "Fair Queue"
277	help
278	  Say Y here if you want to use the FQ packet scheduling algorithm.
279
280	  FQ does flow separation, and is able to respect pacing requirements
281	  set by TCP stack into sk->sk_pacing_rate (for localy generated
282	  traffic)
283
284	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
285	  will be called sch_fq.
286
287	  If unsure, say N.
288
289config NET_SCH_INGRESS
290	tristate "Ingress Qdisc"
291	depends on NET_CLS_ACT
292	---help---
293	  Say Y here if you want to use classifiers for incoming packets.
294	  If unsure, say Y.
295
296	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
297	  module will be called sch_ingress.
298
299config NET_SCH_PLUG
300	tristate "Plug network traffic until release (PLUG)"
301	---help---
302
303	  This queuing discipline allows userspace to plug/unplug a network
304	  output queue, using the netlink interface.  When it receives an
305	  enqueue command it inserts a plug into the outbound queue that
306	  causes following packets to enqueue until a dequeue command arrives
307	  over netlink, causing the plug to be removed and resuming the normal
308	  packet flow.
309
310	  This module also provides a generic "network output buffering"
311	  functionality (aka output commit), wherein upon arrival of a dequeue
312	  command, only packets up to the first plug are released for delivery.
313	  The Remus HA project uses this module to enable speculative execution
314	  of virtual machines by allowing the generated network output to be rolled
315	  back if needed.
316
317	  For more information, please refer to http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Remus
318
319	  Say Y here if you are using this kernel for Xen dom0 and
320	  want to protect Xen guests with Remus.
321
322	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
323	  module will be called sch_plug.
324
325comment "Classification"
326
327config NET_CLS
328	boolean
329
330config NET_CLS_BASIC
331	tristate "Elementary classification (BASIC)"
332	select NET_CLS
333	---help---
334	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
335	  only extended matches and actions.
336
337	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
338	  module will be called cls_basic.
339
340config NET_CLS_TCINDEX
341	tristate "Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX)"
342	select NET_CLS
343	---help---
344	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
345	  traffic control indices. You will want this feature if you want
346	  to implement Differentiated Services together with DSMARK.
347
348	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
349	  module will be called cls_tcindex.
350
351config NET_CLS_ROUTE4
352	tristate "Routing decision (ROUTE)"
353	depends on INET
354	select IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
355	select NET_CLS
356	---help---
357	  If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
358	  according to the route table entry they matched.
359
360	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
361	  module will be called cls_route.
362
363config NET_CLS_FW
364	tristate "Netfilter mark (FW)"
365	select NET_CLS
366	---help---
367	  If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets
368	  according to netfilter/firewall marks.
369
370	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
371	  module will be called cls_fw.
372
373config NET_CLS_U32
374	tristate "Universal 32bit comparisons w/ hashing (U32)"
375	select NET_CLS
376	---help---
377	  Say Y here to be able to classify packets using a universal
378	  32bit pieces based comparison scheme.
379
380	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
381	  module will be called cls_u32.
382
383config CLS_U32_PERF
384	bool "Performance counters support"
385	depends on NET_CLS_U32
386	---help---
387	  Say Y here to make u32 gather additional statistics useful for
388	  fine tuning u32 classifiers.
389
390config CLS_U32_MARK
391	bool "Netfilter marks support"
392	depends on NET_CLS_U32
393	---help---
394	  Say Y here to be able to use netfilter marks as u32 key.
395
396config NET_CLS_RSVP
397	tristate "IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)"
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.
406
407	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
408	  module will be called cls_rsvp.
409
410config NET_CLS_RSVP6
411	tristate "IPv6 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP6)"
412	select NET_CLS
413	---help---
414	  The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) permits end systems to
415	  request a minimum and maximum data flow rate for a connection; this
416	  is important for real time data such as streaming sound or video.
417
418	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify outgoing packets based
419	  on their RSVP requests and you are using the IPv6 protocol.
420
421	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
422	  module will be called cls_rsvp6.
423
424config NET_CLS_FLOW
425	tristate "Flow classifier"
426	select NET_CLS
427	---help---
428	  If you say Y here, you will be able to classify packets based on
429	  a configurable combination of packet keys. This is mostly useful
430	  in combination with SFQ.
431
432	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
433	  module will be called cls_flow.
434
435config NET_CLS_CGROUP
436	tristate "Control Group Classifier"
437	select NET_CLS
438	depends on CGROUPS
439	---help---
440	  Say Y here if you want to classify packets based on the control
441	  cgroup of their process.
442
443	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
444	  module will be called cls_cgroup.
445
446config NET_EMATCH
447	bool "Extended Matches"
448	select NET_CLS
449	---help---
450	  Say Y here if you want to use extended matches on top of classifiers
451	  and select the extended matches below.
452
453	  Extended matches are small classification helpers not worth writing
454	  a separate classifier for.
455
456	  A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
457	  extended matches.
458
459config NET_EMATCH_STACK
460	int "Stack size"
461	depends on NET_EMATCH
462	default "32"
463	---help---
464	  Size of the local stack variable used while evaluating the tree of
465	  ematches. Limits the depth of the tree, i.e. the number of
466	  encapsulated precedences. Every level requires 4 bytes of additional
467	  stack space.
468
469config NET_EMATCH_CMP
470	tristate "Simple packet data comparison"
471	depends on NET_EMATCH
472	---help---
473	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
474	  simple packet data comparisons for 8, 16, and 32bit values.
475
476	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
477	  module will be called em_cmp.
478
479config NET_EMATCH_NBYTE
480	tristate "Multi byte comparison"
481	depends on NET_EMATCH
482	---help---
483	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
484	  multiple byte comparisons mainly useful for IPv6 address comparisons.
485
486	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
487	  module will be called em_nbyte.
488
489config NET_EMATCH_U32
490	tristate "U32 key"
491	depends on NET_EMATCH
492	---help---
493	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets using
494	  the famous u32 key in combination with logic relations.
495
496	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
497	  module will be called em_u32.
498
499config NET_EMATCH_META
500	tristate "Metadata"
501	depends on NET_EMATCH
502	---help---
503	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
504	  metadata such as load average, netfilter attributes, socket
505	  attributes and routing decisions.
506
507	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
508	  module will be called em_meta.
509
510config NET_EMATCH_TEXT
511	tristate "Textsearch"
512	depends on NET_EMATCH
513	select TEXTSEARCH
514	select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
515	select TEXTSEARCH_BM
516	select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
517	---help---
518	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
519	  textsearch comparisons.
520
521	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
522	  module will be called em_text.
523
524config NET_EMATCH_CANID
525	tristate "CAN Identifier"
526	depends on NET_EMATCH && (CAN=y || CAN=m)
527	---help---
528	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify CAN frames based
529	  on CAN Identifier.
530
531	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
532	  module will be called em_canid.
533
534config NET_EMATCH_IPSET
535	tristate "IPset"
536	depends on NET_EMATCH && IP_SET
537	---help---
538	  Say Y here if you want to be able to classify packets based on
539	  ipset membership.
540
541	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
542	  module will be called em_ipset.
543
544config NET_CLS_ACT
545	bool "Actions"
546	---help---
547	  Say Y here if you want to use traffic control actions. Actions
548	  get attached to classifiers and are invoked after a successful
549	  classification. They are used to overwrite the classification
550	  result, instantly drop or redirect packets, etc.
551
552	  A recent version of the iproute2 package is required to use
553	  extended matches.
554
555config NET_ACT_POLICE
556	tristate "Traffic Policing"
557        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
558        ---help---
559	  Say Y here if you want to do traffic policing, i.e. strict
560	  bandwidth limiting. This action replaces the existing policing
561	  module.
562
563	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
564	  module will be called act_police.
565
566config NET_ACT_GACT
567        tristate "Generic actions"
568        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
569        ---help---
570	  Say Y here to take generic actions such as dropping and
571	  accepting packets.
572
573	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
574	  module will be called act_gact.
575
576config GACT_PROB
577        bool "Probability support"
578        depends on NET_ACT_GACT
579        ---help---
580	  Say Y here to use the generic action randomly or deterministically.
581
582config NET_ACT_MIRRED
583        tristate "Redirecting and Mirroring"
584        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
585        ---help---
586	  Say Y here to allow packets to be mirrored or redirected to
587	  other devices.
588
589	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
590	  module will be called act_mirred.
591
592config NET_ACT_IPT
593        tristate "IPtables targets"
594        depends on NET_CLS_ACT && NETFILTER && IP_NF_IPTABLES
595        ---help---
596	  Say Y here to be able to invoke iptables targets after successful
597	  classification.
598
599	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
600	  module will be called act_ipt.
601
602config NET_ACT_NAT
603        tristate "Stateless NAT"
604        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
605        ---help---
606	  Say Y here to do stateless NAT on IPv4 packets.  You should use
607	  netfilter for NAT unless you know what you are doing.
608
609	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
610	  module will be called act_nat.
611
612config NET_ACT_PEDIT
613        tristate "Packet Editing"
614        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
615        ---help---
616	  Say Y here if you want to mangle the content of packets.
617
618	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
619	  module will be called act_pedit.
620
621config NET_ACT_SIMP
622        tristate "Simple Example (Debug)"
623        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
624        ---help---
625	  Say Y here to add a simple action for demonstration purposes.
626	  It is meant as an example and for debugging purposes. It will
627	  print a configured policy string followed by the packet count
628	  to the console for every packet that passes by.
629
630	  If unsure, say N.
631
632	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
633	  module will be called act_simple.
634
635config NET_ACT_SKBEDIT
636        tristate "SKB Editing"
637        depends on NET_CLS_ACT
638        ---help---
639	  Say Y here to change skb priority or queue_mapping settings.
640
641	  If unsure, say N.
642
643	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
644	  module will be called act_skbedit.
645
646config NET_ACT_CSUM
647        tristate "Checksum Updating"
648        depends on NET_CLS_ACT && INET
649        ---help---
650	  Say Y here to update some common checksum after some direct
651	  packet alterations.
652
653	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
654	  module will be called act_csum.
655
656config NET_CLS_IND
657	bool "Incoming device classification"
658	depends on NET_CLS_U32 || NET_CLS_FW
659	---help---
660	  Say Y here to extend the u32 and fw classifier to support
661	  classification based on the incoming device. This option is
662	  likely to disappear in favour of the metadata ematch.
663
664endif # NET_SCHED
665
666config NET_SCH_FIFO
667	bool
668