rte_eth_bond.h - Man Page

#define BONDING_MODE_ROUND_ROBIN   (0)
#define BONDING_MODE_ACTIVE_BACKUP   (1)
#define BONDING_MODE_BALANCE   (2)
#define BONDING_MODE_BROADCAST   (3)
#define BONDING_MODE_8023AD   (4)
#define BONDING_MODE_TLB   (5)
#define BONDING_MODE_ALB   (6)
#define BALANCE_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER2   (0)
#define BALANCE_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER23   (1)
#define BALANCE_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER34   (2)

int rte_eth_bond_create (const char *name, uint8_t mode, uint8_t socket_id)
int rte_eth_bond_free (const char *name)
__rte_experimental int rte_eth_bond_member_add (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint16_t member_port_id)
__rte_experimental int rte_eth_bond_member_remove (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint16_t member_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_mode_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint8_t mode)
int rte_eth_bond_mode_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_primary_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint16_t member_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_primary_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id)
__rte_experimental int rte_eth_bond_members_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint16_t members[], uint16_t len)
__rte_experimental int rte_eth_bond_active_members_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint16_t members[], uint16_t len)
int rte_eth_bond_mac_address_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addr)
int rte_eth_bond_mac_address_reset (uint16_t bonding_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_xmit_policy_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint8_t policy)
int rte_eth_bond_xmit_policy_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_link_monitoring_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint32_t internal_ms)
int rte_eth_bond_link_monitoring_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_link_down_prop_delay_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint32_t delay_ms)
int rte_eth_bond_link_down_prop_delay_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id)
int rte_eth_bond_link_up_prop_delay_set (uint16_t bonding_port_id, uint32_t delay_ms)
int rte_eth_bond_link_up_prop_delay_get (uint16_t bonding_port_id)

Round Robin (Mode 0). In this mode all transmitted packets will be balanced equally across all active members of the bonding in a round robin fashion.

Definition at line 28 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Active Backup (Mode 1). In this mode all packets transmitted will be transmitted on the primary member until such point as the primary member is no longer available and then transmitted packets will be sent on the next available members. The primary member can be defined by the user but defaults to the first active member available if not specified.

Definition at line 33 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Balance (Mode 2). In this mode all packets transmitted will be balanced across the available members using one of three available transmit policies - l2, l2+3 or l3+4. See BALANCE_XMIT_POLICY macros definitions for further details on transmit policies.

Definition at line 41 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Broadcast (Mode 3). In this mode all transmitted packets will be transmitted on all available active members of the bonding.

Definition at line 48 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

802.3AD (Mode 4).

This mode provides auto negotiation/configuration of peers and well as link status changes monitoring using out of band LACP (link aggregation control protocol) messages. For further details of LACP specification see the IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX standards. It is also described here https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt.

Important Usage Notes:

• for LACP mode to work the rx/tx burst functions must be invoked at least once every 100ms, otherwise the out-of-band LACP messages will not be handled with the expected latency and this may cause the link status to be incorrectly marked as down or failure to correctly negotiate with peers.
• For optimal performance during initial handshaking the array of mbufs provided to rx_burst should be at least 2 times the member count size.

Definition at line 53 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Adaptive TLB (Mode 5) This mode provides an adaptive transmit load balancing. It dynamically changes the transmitting member, according to the computed load. Statistics are collected in 100ms intervals and scheduled every 10ms.

Definition at line 71 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Adaptive Load Balancing (Mode 6) This mode includes adaptive TLB and receive load balancing (RLB). In RLB the bonding driver intercepts ARP replies send by local system and overwrites its source MAC address, so that different peers send data to the server on different member interfaces. When local system sends ARP request, it saves IP information from it. When ARP reply from that peer is received, its MAC is stored, one of member MACs assigned and ARP reply send to that peer.

Definition at line 77 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Layer 2 (Ethernet MAC)

Definition at line 88 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Layer 2+3 (Ethernet MAC + IP Addresses) transmit load balancing

Definition at line 90 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Layer 3+4 (IP Addresses + UDP Ports) transmit load balancing

Definition at line 92 of file rte_eth_bond.h.

Create a bonding rte_eth_dev device

Parameters

name Name of new link bonding device.
mode Mode to initialize bonding device in.
socket_id Socket Id on which to allocate eth_dev resources.

Returns

Port Id of created rte_eth_dev on success, negative value otherwise

Free a bonding rte_eth_dev device

Parameters

name Name of the link bonding device.

Returns

Add a rte_eth_dev device as a member to the bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
member_port_id Port ID of member device.

Returns

Remove a member rte_eth_dev device from the bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
member_port_id Port ID of member device.

Returns

Set link bonding mode of bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
mode Bonding mode to set

Returns

Get link bonding mode of bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

link bonding mode on success, negative value otherwise

Set member rte_eth_dev as primary member of bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
member_port_id Port ID of member device.

Returns

Get primary member of bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

Port Id of primary member on success, -1 on failure

Populate an array with list of the members port id's of the bonding device

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding eth_dev to interrogate
members Array to be populated with the current active members
len Length of members array

Returns

Number of members associated with bonding device on success, negative value otherwise

Populate an array with list of the active members port id's of the bonding device.

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding eth_dev to interrogate
members Array to be populated with the current active members
len Length of members array

Returns

Number of active members associated with bonding device on success, negative value otherwise

Set explicit MAC address to use on bonding device and it's members.

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
mac_addr MAC Address to use on bonding device overriding members MAC addresses

Returns

Reset bonding device to use MAC from primary member on bonding device and it's members.

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

Set the transmit policy for bonding device to use when it is operating in balance mode, this parameter is otherwise ignored in other modes of operation.

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
policy Balance mode transmission policy.

Returns

Get the transmit policy set on bonding device for balance mode operation

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

Balance transmit policy on success, negative value otherwise.

Set the link monitoring frequency (in ms) for monitoring the link status of member devices

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
internal_ms Monitoring interval in milliseconds

Returns

Get the current link monitoring frequency (in ms) for monitoring of the link status of member devices

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

Monitoring interval on success, negative value otherwise.

Set the period in milliseconds for delaying the disabling of a bonding link when the link down status has been detected

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
delay_ms Delay period in milliseconds.

Returns

Get the period in milliseconds set for delaying the disabling of a bonding link when the link down status has been detected

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

Delay period on success, negative value otherwise.

Set the period in milliseconds for delaying the enabling of a bonding link when the link up status has been detected

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.
delay_ms Delay period in milliseconds.

Returns

Get the period in milliseconds set for delaying the enabling of a bonding link when the link up status has been detected

Parameters

bonding_port_id Port ID of bonding device.

Returns

Delay period on success, negative value otherwise.