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-rw-r--r--src/l2fwd/l2fwd.c38
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/l2fwd/l2fwd.c b/src/l2fwd/l2fwd.c
index 338b6f50..3d45680c 100644
--- a/src/l2fwd/l2fwd.c
+++ b/src/l2fwd/l2fwd.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include <linux/log2.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/in.h>
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@ static bool terminate = false;
module_param(terminate, bool, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(terminate, "Free skb instead of forwarding");
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,0)
+#define BURST_MODE
+static short burst = 1;
+module_param(burst, short, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(burst, "Send burst-many packets to output device at once (default is 1)");
+
+short burst_count;
+#endif
static struct net_device *dev1, *dev2;
int count;
@@ -171,7 +180,32 @@ static rx_handler_result_t netdev_frame_hook(struct sk_buff **pskb)
skb->dev = dev;
skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+#ifdef BURST_MODE
+ if (burst > 1)
+ {
+ struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 0);
+ skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, 0);
+
+ if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq))
+ {
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+ int status = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ skb->xmit_more = --burst_count > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+ status = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+ if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK)
+ txq_trans_update(txq);
+ if (!burst_count)
+ burst_count = burst;
+ }
+
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+ }
+#else
dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+#endif
}
return retval;
@@ -187,7 +221,9 @@ static int __init l2fwd_init_module(void)
char name_fmt_str[IFNAMSIZ+1];
char t_name[IFNAMSIZ+1];
-
+#ifdef BURST_MODE
+ burst_count = burst;
+#endif
sprintf(name_fmt_str,"%%%ds",IFNAMSIZ);
dnat_fmt = (char *)kmalloc(strlen(name_fmt_str)+strlen(dnat_fmt_suffix)+1,GFP_KERNEL);