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authorDave Barach <dave@barachs.net>2018-05-15 10:26:41 -0400
committerFlorin Coras <florin.coras@gmail.com>2018-05-15 22:31:09 +0000
commit1acbf1d17b567829286ea74aded420189cec1277 (patch)
tree84a72ddc9acadcd37b9953980f34f71e81f85233 /src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_doc.md
parent744902e306c5a1f00bf13bbe344c6616cc816f0e (diff)
Update ipfix documentation
Change-Id: Ie942efab86d24a953fe34754e3d50df54b560dc0 Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
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diff --git a/src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_doc.md b/src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_doc.md
index fba420ecf12..95db15cc341 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_doc.md
+++ b/src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_doc.md
@@ -13,37 +13,114 @@ vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t structure, and call vnet_flow_report_add_del.
```{.c}
#include <vnet/ipfix-export/flow_report.h>
+ /* Defined in flow_report.h, of interest when constructing reports */
+ /* ipfix field definitions for a particular report */
typedef struct
{
+ u32 info_element;
+ u32 size;
+ } ipfix_report_element_t;
+
+ /* Report add/del argument structure */
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ /* Callback to flush current ipfix packet / frame */
vnet_flow_data_callback_t *flow_data_callback;
+
+ /* Callback to build the template packet rewrite string */
vnet_flow_rewrite_callback_t *rewrite_callback;
+
+ /* List of ipfix elements in the report */
+ ipfix_report_element_t *report_elements;
+ u32 n_report_elements;
+ /* Kept in flow report, used e.g. by flow classifier */
opaque_t opaque;
+ /* Add / delete a report */
int is_add;
+ /* Ipfix "domain-ID", see RFC, set as desired */
u32 domain_id;
+ /* ipfix packet source port, often set to UDP_DST_PORT_ipfix */
u16 src_port;
+ /* Set by ipfix infra, needed to send data packets */
+ u32 *stream_indexp;
} vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t;
+ /* Private header file contents */
+
+ /* Report ipfix element definition */
+ #define foreach_simple_report_ipfix_element \
+ _(sourceIPv4Address, 4) \
+ _(destinationIPv4Address, 4) \
+ _(sourceTransportPort, 2) \
+ _(destinationTransportPort, 2) \
+ _(protocolIdentifier, 1) \
+ _(flowStartMicroseconds, 8) \
+ _(flowEndMicroseconds, 8)
+
+ static ipfix_report_element_t simple_report_elements[] = {
+ #define _(a,b) {a,b},
+ foreach_simple_report_ipfix_element
+ #undef _
+ };
+
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ /** Buffers and frames, per thread */
+ vlib_buffer_t **buffers_by_thread;
+ vlib_frame_t **frames_by_thread;
+ u32 *next_record_offset_by_thread;
+
+ /** Template ID's */
+ u16 *template_ids;
+
+ /** Time reference pair */
+ u64 usec_time_0;
+ f64 vlib_time_0;
+
+ /** Stream index */
+ u32 stream_index;
+
+ /* Convenience */
+ flow_report_main_t *flow_report_main;
+ vlib_main_t *vlib_main;
+ vnet_main_t *vnet_main;
+ } my_logging_main_t;
+
+ extern my_logging_main_t my_logging_main;
+
...
+ /* Recitations */
flow_report_main_t *frm = &flow_report_main;
+ my_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main;
vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t a;
int rv;
u16 template_id;
...
- /* Set up time reference pair */
+ /* Init function: set up time reference pair */
mlm->vlib_time_0 = vlib_time_now (vm);
mlm->milisecond_time_0 = unix_time_now_nsec () * 1e-6;
...
+ /* Create a report */
memset (&a, 0, sizeof (a));
a.is_add = 1 /* to enable the report */;
a.domain_id = 1 /* pick a domain ID */;
a.src_port = UDP_DST_PORT_ipfix /* src port for reports */;
- a.rewrite_callback = my_template_packet_rewrite_callback;
+
+ /* Use the generic template packet rewrite string generator */
+ a.rewrite_callback = vnet_flow_rewrite_generic_callback;
+
+ /* Supply a list of ipfix report elements */
+ a.report_elements = simple_report_elements;
+ a.n_report_elements = ARRAY_LEN (simple_report_elements);
+
+ /* Pointer to the ipfix stream index, set by the report infra */
+ a.stream_indexp = &mlm->stream_index;
a.flow_data_callback = my_flow_data_callback;
/* Create the report */
@@ -56,100 +133,13 @@ vnet_flow_report_add_del_args_t structure, and call vnet_flow_report_add_del.
```
-Several functions are worth describing in detail.
+Several things are worth describing in more detail.
-### template packet rewrite callback function
+### vnet_flow_rewrite_generic_callback programming
-This callback helps build ipfix template packets when required. We
-should reduce the amount of cut-'n-paste coding, since only a fraction
-of the code has anything to do with the specific ipfix template we're
-trying to build.
-
-```{.c}
- u8 *
- my_template_packet_rewrite_callback (flow_report_main_t * frm,
- flow_report_t * fr,
- ip4_address_t * collector_address,
- ip4_address_t * src_address,
- u16 collector_port)
- {
- my_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main; /* typical */
- ip4_header_t *ip;
- udp_header_t *udp;
- ipfix_message_header_t *h;
- ipfix_set_header_t *s;
- ipfix_template_header_t *t;
- ipfix_field_specifier_t *f;
- ipfix_field_specifier_t *first_field;
- u8 *rewrite = 0;
- ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *tp;
- u32 field_count = 0;
- flow_report_stream_t *stream;
-
- stream = &frm->streams[fr->stream_index];
-
- field_count = number_of_fields_to_export;
-
- /* allocate rewrite space */
- vec_validate_aligned (rewrite,
- sizeof (ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t)
- + field_count * sizeof (ipfix_field_specifier_t) - 1,
- CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-
- /* create the packet rewrite string */
- tp = (ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *) rewrite;
- ip = (ip4_header_t *) & tp->ip4;
- udp = (udp_header_t *) (ip + 1);
- h = (ipfix_message_header_t *) (udp + 1);
- s = (ipfix_set_header_t *) (h + 1);
- t = (ipfix_template_header_t *) (s + 1);
- first_field = f = (ipfix_field_specifier_t *) (t + 1);
-
- ip->ip_version_and_header_length = 0x45;
- ip->ttl = 254;
- ip->protocol = IP_PROTOCOL_UDP;
- ip->src_address.as_u32 = src_address->as_u32;
- ip->dst_address.as_u32 = collector_address->as_u32;
- udp->src_port = clib_host_to_net_u16 (stream->src_port);
- udp->dst_port = clib_host_to_net_u16 (collector_port);
- udp->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (vec_len (rewrite) - sizeof (*ip));
-
- /* FIXUP LATER: message header export_time */
- h->domain_id = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->domain_id);
-
- /*
- * Add your favorite info elements to the template. See
- * .../src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_info_elements.h
- *
- * Highly advisable to make sure field count is correct!
- */
-
- f->e_id_length = ipfix_e_id_length (0, sourceIPv6Address, 16);
- f++;
- f->e_id_length = ipfix_e_id_length (0, postNATSourceIPv4Address, 4);
- f++;
-
- /* Back to the template packet... */
- ip = (ip4_header_t *) & tp->ip4;
- udp = (udp_header_t *) (ip + 1);
-
- ASSERT (f - first_field);
- /* Field count in this template */
- t->id_count = ipfix_id_count (fr->template_id, f - first_field);
-
- /* set length in octets */
- s->set_id_length =
- ipfix_set_id_length (2 /* set_id */ , (u8 *) f - (u8 *) s);
-
- /* message length in octets */
- h->version_length = version_length ((u8 *) f - (u8 *) h);
-
- ip->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 ((u8 *) f - (u8 *) ip);
- ip->checksum = ip4_header_checksum (ip);
-
- return rewrite;
- }
-```
+This generic callback helps build ipfix template packets. When
+registering an ipfix report, pass an (array, count)
+of ipfix elements as shown above.
### my_flow_data_callback
@@ -185,10 +175,12 @@ This function creates the packet header for an ipfix data packet
my_flow_report_header (flow_report_main_t * frm,
vlib_buffer_t * b0, u32 * offset)
{
- snat_ipfix_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main;
+ my_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main;
flow_report_stream_t *stream;
ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *tp;
ipfix_message_header_t *h = 0;
+
+
ipfix_set_header_t *s = 0;
ip4_header_t *ip;
udp_header_t *udp;
@@ -219,97 +211,82 @@ This function creates the packet header for an ipfix data packet
h->export_time = clib_host_to_net_u32 ((u32)
(((f64) frm->unix_time_0) +
- (vlib_time_now (frm->vlib_main) -
- frm->vlib_time_0)));
- h->sequence_number = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->sequence_number++);
- h->domain_id = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->domain_id);
+ (vlib_time_now (frm->vlib_main) -
+ frm->vlib_time_0)));
+ h->sequence_number = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->sequence_number++);
+ h->domain_id = clib_host_to_net_u32 (stream->domain_id);
- *offset = (u32) (((u8 *) (s + 1)) - (u8 *) tp);
-}
-```
-
-### fixup and transmit a flow record
-
-```{.c}
-
+ *offset = (u32) (((u8 *) (s + 1)) - (u8 *) tp);
+ }
+ ```
+
+ ### fixup and transmit a flow record
+
+ ```{.c}
+
+ static inline void
+ my_send_ipfix_pkt (flow_report_main_t * frm,
+ vlib_frame_t * f, vlib_buffer_t * b0, u16 template_id)
+ {
+ ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *tp;
+ ipfix_message_header_t *h = 0;
+ ipfix_set_header_t *s = 0;
+ ip4_header_t *ip;
+ udp_header_t *udp;
+ vlib_main_t *vm = frm->vlib_main;
+
+ tp = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
+ ip = (ip4_header_t *) & tp->ip4;
+ udp = (udp_header_t *) (ip + 1);
+ h = (ipfix_message_header_t *) (udp + 1);
+ s = (ipfix_set_header_t *) (h + 1);
+
+ s->set_id_length = ipfix_set_id_length (template_id,
+ b0->current_length -
+ (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp) +
+ sizeof (*h)));
+ h->version_length = version_length (b0->current_length -
+ (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp)));
+
+ ip->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (b0->current_length);
+ ip->checksum = ip4_header_checksum (ip);
+ udp->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (b0->current_length - sizeof (*ip));
+
+ if (frm->udp_checksum)
+ {
+ udp->checksum = ip4_tcp_udp_compute_checksum (vm, b0, ip);
+ if (udp->checksum == 0)
+ udp->checksum = 0xffff;
+ }
+
+ ASSERT (ip->checksum == ip4_header_checksum (ip));
+
+ vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node.index, f);
+ }
+ ```
+
+ ### my_buffer_flow_record
+
+ This is the key routine which paints individual flow records into
+ an ipfix packet under construction. It's pretty straightforward
+ (albeit stateful) vpp data-plane code. The code shown below is
+ thread-safe by construction.
+
+ ```{.c}
static inline void
- my_send_ipfix_pkt (flow_report_main_t * frm,
- vlib_frame_t * f, vlib_buffer_t * b0, u16 template_id)
+ my_buffer_flow_record_internal (my_flow_record_t * rp, int do_flush,
+ u32 thread_index)
{
- ip4_ipfix_template_packet_t *tp;
- ipfix_message_header_t *h = 0;
- ipfix_set_header_t *s = 0;
- ip4_header_t *ip;
- udp_header_t *udp;
- vlib_main_t *vm = frm->vlib_main;
-
- tp = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
- ip = (ip4_header_t *) & tp->ip4;
- udp = (udp_header_t *) (ip + 1);
- h = (ipfix_message_header_t *) (udp + 1);
- s = (ipfix_set_header_t *) (h + 1);
-
- s->set_id_length = ipfix_set_id_length (template_id,
- b0->current_length -
- (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp) +
- sizeof (*h)));
- h->version_length = version_length (b0->current_length -
- (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp)));
-
- ip->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (b0->current_length);
- ip->checksum = ip4_header_checksum (ip);
- udp->length = clib_host_to_net_u16 (b0->current_length - sizeof (*ip));
-
- if (frm->udp_checksum)
- {
- udp->checksum = ip4_tcp_udp_compute_checksum (vm, b0, ip);
- if (udp->checksum == 0)
- udp->checksum = 0xffff;
- }
-
- ASSERT (ip->checksum == ip4_header_checksum (ip));
-
- vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node.index, f);
- }
-```
-
-### my_buffer_flow_record
-
-This is the key routine which paints individual flow records into
-an ipfix packet under construction. It's pretty straightforward
-(albeit stateful) vpp data-plane code.
-
-
-```{.c}
- static void
- my_buffer_flow_record (u32 datum0, u32 datum1, ..., int do_flush)
- {
- my_logging_main_t *mlm = &my_logging_main;
+ vlib_main_t *vm = vlib_mains[thread_index];
+ my_logging_main_t *mlm = &jvp_ipfix_main;
flow_report_main_t *frm = &flow_report_main;
vlib_frame_t *f;
vlib_buffer_t *b0 = 0;
u32 bi0 = ~0;
u32 offset;
- vlib_main_t *vm = frm->vlib_main;
- u64 now;
vlib_buffer_free_list_t *fl;
- my_flow_record_t my_flow_record;
-
- if (!mlm->enabled)
- return;
- now = (u64) ((vlib_time_now (vm) - silm->vlib_time_0) * 1e3);
- now += mlm->milisecond_time_0;
-
- /*
- * (maybe) set up a packed structure from datum0...datumN
- * Otherwise, paint directly into the buffer below...
- */
- my_flow_record.xxx = datum0;
- my_flow_record.yyy = datum1;
-
-
- b0 = mlm->my_data_buffer;
+ b0 = mlm->buffers_by_thread[thread_index];
if (PREDICT_FALSE (b0 == 0))
{
@@ -322,28 +299,30 @@ an ipfix packet under construction. It's pretty straightforward
return;
}
- b0 = mlm->my_data_buffer = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
+ b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
fl =
vlib_buffer_get_free_list (vm, VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FREE_LIST_INDEX);
vlib_buffer_init_for_free_list (b0, fl);
VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY_INIT (b0);
offset = 0;
+ mlm->buffers_by_thread[thread_index] = b0;
}
else
{
bi0 = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, b0);
- offset = mlm->my_next_record_offset;
+ offset = mlm->next_record_offset_by_thread[thread_index];
}
- f = mlm->my_ipfix_frame;
+ f = mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index];
if (PREDICT_FALSE (f == 0))
{
u32 *to_next;
f = vlib_get_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node.index);
- mlm->my_ipfix_frame = f;
+ mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index] = f;
to_next = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
to_next[0] = bi0;
f->n_vectors = 1;
+ mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index] = f;
}
if (PREDICT_FALSE (offset == 0))
@@ -351,25 +330,31 @@ an ipfix packet under construction. It's pretty straightforward
if (PREDICT_TRUE (do_flush == 0))
{
- /* paint time stamp into buffer */
- clib_memcpy (b0->data + offset, &time_stamp, sizeof (time_stamp));
- offset += sizeof (time_stamp);
-
/* Paint the new ipfix data record into the buffer */
- clib_memcpy (b0->data + offset, &my_flow_record,
- sizeof (my_flow_record));
- offset += sizeof (my_flow_record);
- b0->current_length += sizeof(my_flow_record);
+ clib_memcpy (b0->data + offset, rp, sizeof (*rp));
+ offset += sizeof (*rp);
+ b0->current_length += sizeof (*rp);
}
- if (PREDICT_FALSE
- (do_flush || (offset + sizeof (my_flow_record)) > frm->path_mtu))
+ if (PREDICT_FALSE (do_flush || (offset + sizeof (*rp)) > frm->path_mtu))
{
- my_send_ipfix_pkt (frm, f, b0, mlm->template_id);
- mlm->my_ipfix_frame = 0;
- mlm->my_data_buffer = 0;
+ /* Nothing to send? */
+ if (offset == 0)
+ return;
+
+ send_ipfix_pkt (frm, f, b0, mlm->template_ids[0]);
+ mlm->buffers_by_thread[thread_index] = 0;
+ mlm->frames_by_thread[thread_index] = 0;
offset = 0;
}
- mlm->next_record_offset = offset;
- }
+ mlm->next_record_offset_by_thread[thread_index] = offset;
+ }
+
+ static void
+ my_buffer_flow_record (my_flow_record_t * rp, int do_flush)
+ {
+ u32 thread_index = vlib_get_thread_index();
+ my_buffer_flow_record_internal (rp, do_flush, thread_index);
+ }
+
```