netdev - RE: [patch net-next v2 2/4] net/sched: Introduce sample tc action

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:39:37 +0000
From:   Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Elad Raz <eladr@...lanox.com>,
        Nogah Frankel <nogahf@...lanox.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        "jhs@...atatu.com" <jhs@...atatu.com>,
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        "roopa@...ulusnetworks.com" <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
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Subject: RE: [patch net-next v2 2/4] net/sched: Introduce sample tc action

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Simon Horman [mailto:simon.horman@...ronome.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 10:33 AM
>To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net; Yotam Gigi
><yotamg@...lanox.com>; Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>; Elad Raz
><eladr@...lanox.com>; Nogah Frankel <nogahf@...lanox.com>; Or Gerlitz
><ogerlitz@...lanox.com>; jhs@...atatu.com; geert+renesas@...der.be;
>stephen@...workplumber.org; xiyou.wangcong@...il.com; linux@...ck-us.net;
>roopa@...ulusnetworks.com; john.fastabend@...il.com; mrv@...atatu.com
>Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 2/4] net/sched: Introduce sample tc action
>
>On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:07:09AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
>>
>> This action allows the user to sample traffic matched by tc classifier.
>> The sampling consists of choosing packets randomly and sampling them using
>> the psample module. The user can configure the psample group number, the
>> sampling rate and the packet's truncation (to save kernel-user traffic).
>>
>> Example:
>> To sample ingress traffic from interface eth1, one may use the commands:
>>
>> tc qdisc add dev eth1 handle ffff: ingress
>>
>> tc filter add dev eth1 parent ffff: \
>> 	   matchall action sample rate 12 group 4
>>
>> Where the first command adds an ingress qdisc and the second starts
>> sampling randomly with an average of one sampled packet per 12 packets on
>> dev eth1 to psample group 4.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
>
>Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
>
>Is the tc user-space (iproute2) code available yet?

Yes it is. I thought about sending it the moment the kernel patches gets 
accepted.

Do you want it to send it directly to you?