From: Norbert van Bolhuis <nvbolhuis@aimvalley.nl>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] packet: doc: how to PACKET_MMAP with one packet socket for rx and tx
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:23:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52CD5F44.2090307@aimvalley.nl> (raw)
Describe how to use one AF_PACKET socket for rx and tx.
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Norbert van Bolhuis <nvbolhuis@aimvalley.nl>
---
Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
index 723bf3d..2503a5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ by the kernel.
The destruction of the socket and all associated resources
is done by a simple call to close(fd).
+As without PACKET_MMAP, it is possible to use one socket for
+capture and transmission. This can be done by mapping the
+allocated RX and TX buffer ring with a single mmap() call. See
+"Mapping and use of the circular buffer (ring)".
+
Next I will describe PACKET_MMAP settings and its constraints,
also the mapping of the circular buffer in the user process and
the use of this buffer.
@@ -414,6 +419,15 @@ tp_block_size/tp_frame_size frames there will be a gap between
the frames. This is because a frame cannot be spawn across two
blocks.
+To use one socket for capture and transmission, the mapping of both the RX
+and TX buffer ring has to be done with one call to mmap:
+
+ rx_ring = mmap(0, size * 2, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ tx_ring = rx_ring + size;
+
+RX must be the first as the kernel maps the TX ring memory right after
+the RX one.
+
At the beginning of each frame there is an status field (see
struct tpacket_hdr). If this field is 0 means that the frame is ready
to be used for the kernel, If not, there is a frame the user can read
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2014-01-08 14:23 Norbert van Bolhuis [this message]
2014-01-08 14:29 ` [PATCH net-next] packet: doc: how to PACKET_MMAP with one packet socket for rx and tx Daniel Borkmann
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