[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/8] net: add '-net tap,sndbuf=nbytes'

[Mark McLoughlin]

2.6.30 adds a new TUNSETSNDBUF ioctl() which allows a send buffer limit
for the tap device to be specified. When this limit is reached, a tap
write() will return EAGAIN and poll() will indicate the fd isn't
writable.

This allows people to tune their setups so as to avoid e.g. UDP packet
loss when the sending application in the guest out-runs the NIC in the
host.

There is no obviously sensible default setting - a suitable value
depends mostly on the capabilities of the physical NIC through which the
packets are being sent.

Also, note that when using a bridge with netfilter enabled, we currently
never get EAGAIN because netfilter causes the packet to be immediately
orphaned. Set /proc/sys/net/bridge/bridge nf-call-iptables to zero to
disable this behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <address@hidden>
---
 net.c           |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 qemu-options.hx |    9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 58f3d51..1bf7c6b 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -1162,6 +1162,18 @@ static void tap_send(void *opaque)
     } while (size > 0);
 }
 
+static void tap_set_sndbuf(TAPState *s, int sndbuf, Monitor *mon)
+{
+#ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
+    if (ioctl(s->fd, TUNSETSNDBUF, &sndbuf) == -1) {
+        config_error(mon, "TUNSETSNDBUF ioctl failed: %s\n",
+                     strerror(errno));
+    }
+#else
+    config_error(mon, "No '-net tap,sndbuf=<nbytes>' support available\n");
+#endif
+}
+
 static void tap_cleanup(VLANClientState *vc)
 {
     TAPState *s = vc->opaque;
@@ -2141,9 +2153,6 @@ void qemu_check_nic_model_list(NICInfo *nd, const char * 
const *models,
 
 int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, const char *device, const char *p)
 {
-    static const char * const fd_params[] = {
-        "vlan", "name", "fd", NULL
-    };
     char buf[1024];
     int vlan_id, ret;
     VLANState *vlan;
@@ -2295,6 +2304,9 @@ int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, const char *device, 
const char *p)
         int fd;
         vlan->nb_host_devs++;
         if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "fd", p) > 0) {
+            static const char * const fd_params[] = {
+                "vlan", "name", "fd", "sndbuf", NULL
+            };
             if (check_params(chkbuf, sizeof(chkbuf), fd_params, p) < 0) {
                 config_error(mon, "invalid parameter '%s' in '%s'\n", chkbuf, 
p);
                 ret = -1;
@@ -2305,7 +2317,7 @@ int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, const char *device, 
const char *p)
             s = net_tap_fd_init(vlan, device, name, fd);
         } else {
             static const char * const tap_params[] = {
-                "vlan", "name", "ifname", "script", "downscript", NULL
+                "vlan", "name", "ifname", "script", "downscript", "sndbuf", 
NULL
             };
             if (check_params(chkbuf, sizeof(chkbuf), tap_params, p) < 0) {
                 config_error(mon, "invalid parameter '%s' in '%s'\n", chkbuf, 
p);
@@ -2324,6 +2336,9 @@ int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, const char *device, 
const char *p)
             s = net_tap_init(vlan, device, name, ifname, setup_script, 
down_script);
         }
         if (s != NULL) {
+            if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "sndbuf", p)) {
+                tap_set_sndbuf(s, atoi(buf), mon);
+            }
             ret = 0;
         } else {
             ret = -1;
@@ -2333,6 +2348,9 @@ int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, const char *device, 
const char *p)
     if (!strcmp(device, "socket")) {
         char chkbuf[64];
         if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "fd", p) > 0) {
+            static const char * const fd_params[] = {
+                "vlan", "name", "fd", NULL
+            };
             int fd;
             if (check_params(chkbuf, sizeof(chkbuf), fd_params, p) < 0) {
                 config_error(mon, "invalid parameter '%s' in '%s'\n", chkbuf, 
p);
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 9d5e05a..06e2505 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -744,12 +744,19 @@ DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net,
     "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str],ifname=name\n"
     "                connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n'\n"
 #else
-    "-net 
tap[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]\n"
+    "-net 
tap[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]"
+#ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
+    "[,sndbuf=nbytes]"
+#endif
+    "\n"
     "                connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n' and 
use the\n"
     "                network scripts 'file' (default=%s)\n"
     "                and 'dfile' (default=%s);\n"
     "                use '[down]script=no' to disable script execution;\n"
     "                use 'fd=h' to connect to an already opened TAP 
interface\n"
+#ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
+    "                use 'sndbuf=nbytes' to limit the size of the send 
buffer\n"
+#endif
 #endif
     "-net 
socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"
     "                connect the vlan 'n' to another VLAN using a socket 
connection\n"
-- 
1.6.0.6