af-packet: configurable tpacket_v3 block size

It is used to set the block size in tpacket_v3. It will allow user
to tune the capture depending on his bandwidth.

Default block size value has been updated to a bigger value to
allow more efficient wlak on block.

diff --git a/src/runmode-af-packet.c b/src/runmode-af-packet.c
index 0397401e37cd202e52661188ede5d1ec6efb19a6..347373d3f2250117bc203ae0521cb151ece54bca 100644 (file)
--- a/src/runmode-af-packet.c
+++ b/src/runmode-af-packet.c
@@ -361,6 +361,21 @@ void *ParseAFPConfig(const char *iface)
         aconf->ring_size = max_pending_packets * 2 / aconf->threads;
     }
 
+    aconf->block_size = getpagesize() << AFP_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT_ORDER;
+    if ((ConfGetChildValueIntWithDefault(if_root, if_default, "block-size", &value)) == 1) {
+        if (value % getpagesize()) {
+            SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_VALUE, "Block-size must be a multiple of pagesize.");
+        } else {
+            aconf->block_size = value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ((ConfGetChildValueIntWithDefault(if_root, if_default, "block-timeout", &value)) == 1) {
+        aconf->block_timeout = value;
+    } else {
+        aconf->block_timeout = 10;
+    }
+
     (void)ConfGetChildValueBoolWithDefault(if_root, if_default, "disable-promisc", (int *)&boolval);
     if (boolval) {
         SCLogInfo("Disabling promiscuous mode on iface %s",

diff --git a/src/source-af-packet.c b/src/source-af-packet.c
index 95a85a9d25a5b34688fb529dcda1249d893fb04c..3fdeb4f000d43f36e994542232ebb0a3fc2b9f0e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/source-af-packet.c
+++ b/src/source-af-packet.c
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ typedef struct AFPThreadVars_
     int socket;
 
     int ring_size;
-    /* Filter */
-    char *bpf_filter;
-
+    int block_size;
     /* socket buffer size */
     int buffer_size;
+    /* Filter */
+    char *bpf_filter;
 
     int promisc;
 
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ frame size: TPACKET_ALIGN(snaplen + TPACKET_ALIGN(TPACKET_ALIGN(tp_hdrlen) + siz
 
 static int AFPComputeRingParamsV3(AFPThreadVars *ptv)
 {
-    ptv->req3.tp_block_size = getpagesize();
+    ptv->req3.tp_block_size = ptv->block_size;
     ptv->req3.tp_frame_size = 2048;
     int frames_per_block = 0;
     int tp_hdrlen = sizeof(struct tpacket3_hdr);
@@ -1649,8 +1649,7 @@ static int AFPSetupRing(AFPThreadVars *ptv, char *devname)
             return AFP_FATAL_ERROR;
         }
     } else {
-#define DEFAULT_ORDER 3
-        for (order = DEFAULT_ORDER; order >= 0; order--) {
+        for (order = AFP_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT_ORDER; order >= 0; order--) {
             if (AFPComputeRingParams(ptv, order) != 1) {
                 SCLogInfo("Ring parameter are incorrect. Please correct the devel");
                 return AFP_FATAL_ERROR;
@@ -1982,6 +1981,7 @@ TmEcode ReceiveAFPThreadInit(ThreadVars *tv, void *initdata, void **data)
 
     ptv->buffer_size = afpconfig->buffer_size;
     ptv->ring_size = afpconfig->ring_size;
+    ptv->block_size = afpconfig->block_size;
 
     ptv->promisc = afpconfig->promisc;
     ptv->checksum_mode = afpconfig->checksum_mode;

diff --git a/src/source-af-packet.h b/src/source-af-packet.h
index 75904f31868ce15463d29e1b183579b33a6cfb80..6560701ae4f5149d7b83c45d27c29a00684f917e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/source-af-packet.h
+++ b/src/source-af-packet.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 #define AFP_FILE_MAX_PKTS 256
 #define AFP_IFACE_NAME_LENGTH 48
 
+#define AFP_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT_ORDER 3
+
 typedef struct AFPIfaceConfig_
 {
     char iface[AFP_IFACE_NAME_LENGTH];
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ typedef struct AFPIfaceConfig_
     int buffer_size;
     /* ring size in number of packets */
     int ring_size;
+    /* block size for tpacket_v3 */
+    int block_size;
     /* cluster param */
     int cluster_id;
     int cluster_type;

diff --git a/suricata.yaml.in b/suricata.yaml.in
index b5e92fd75124553976dd8caad125f5c763a953f4..5c0dd8b4a0de5a62bf1d91647050b4d73366f6ca 100644 (file)
--- a/suricata.yaml.in
+++ b/suricata.yaml.in
@@ -478,6 +478,10 @@ af-packet:
     # intensive single-flow you could want to set the ring-size independantly of the number
     # of threads:
     #ring-size: 2048
+    # Block size is used by tpacket_v3 only. It should set to a value high enough to contain
+    # a decent number of packets. Size is in bytes so please consider your MTU. It should be
+    # a power of 2 and it must be multiple of page size (usually 4096).
+    #block-size: 32768
     # On busy system, this could help to set it to yes to recover from a packet drop
     # phase. This will result in some packets (at max a ring flush) being non treated.
     #use-emergency-flush: yes