net-device-queue-interface.h

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#ifndef NET_DEVICE_QUEUE_INTERFACE_H
#define NET_DEVICE_QUEUE_INTERFACE_H
 
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/log.h"
#include "ns3/net-device.h"
#include "ns3/object-factory.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/simulator.h"
 
#include <functional>
#include <vector>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class QueueLimits;
class NetDeviceQueueInterface;
class QueueItem;
 
/**
 * \ingroup network
 * \defgroup netdevice Network Device
 */
 
/**
 * \ingroup netdevice
 *
 * \brief Network device transmission queue
 *
 * This class stores information about a single transmission queue
 * of a network device that is exposed to queue discs. Such information
 * includes the state of the transmission queue (whether it has been
 * stopped or not) and data used by techniques such as Byte Queue Limits.
 *
 * This class roughly models the struct netdev_queue of Linux.
 */
class NetDeviceQueue : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    NetDeviceQueue();
    ~NetDeviceQueue() override;
 
    /**
     * Called by the device to start this device transmission queue.
     * This is the analogous to the netif_tx_start_queue function of the Linux kernel.
     */
    virtual void Start();
 
    /**
     * Called by the device to stop this device transmission queue.
     * This is the analogous to the netif_tx_stop_queue function of the Linux kernel.
     */
    virtual void Stop();
 
    /**
     * Called by the device to wake the queue disc associated with this
     * device transmission queue. This is done by invoking the wake callback.
     * This is the analogous to the netif_tx_wake_queue function of the Linux kernel.
     */
    virtual void Wake();
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the status of the device transmission queue.
     * \return true if the device transmission queue is stopped.
     *
     * Called by queue discs to enquire about the status of a given transmission queue.
     * This is the analogous to the netif_xmit_stopped function of the Linux kernel.
     */
    virtual bool IsStopped() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Notify this NetDeviceQueue that the NetDeviceQueueInterface was
     *        aggregated to an object.
     *
     * \param ndqi the NetDeviceQueueInterface.
     *
     * This NetDeviceQueue stores a pointer to the NetDevice the NetDeviceQueueInterface
     * was aggregated to.
     */
    void NotifyAggregatedObject(Ptr<NetDeviceQueueInterface> ndqi);
 
    /// Callback invoked by netdevices to wake upper layers
    typedef Callback<void> WakeCallback;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the wake callback
     * \param cb the callback to set
     *
     * Called by the traffic control layer to set the wake callback. The wake callback
     * is invoked by the device whenever it is needed to "wake" the upper layers (i.e.,
     * solicitate the queue disc associated with this transmission queue (in case of
     * multi-queue aware queue discs) or to the network device (otherwise) to send
     * packets down to the device).
     */
    virtual void SetWakeCallback(WakeCallback cb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Called by the netdevice to report the number of bytes queued to the device queue
     * \param bytes number of bytes queued to the device queue
     */
    virtual void NotifyQueuedBytes(uint32_t bytes);
 
    /**
     * \brief Called by the netdevice to report the number of bytes it is going to transmit
     * \param bytes number of bytes the device is going to transmit
     */
    virtual void NotifyTransmittedBytes(uint32_t bytes);
 
    /**
     * \brief Reset queue limits state
     */
    void ResetQueueLimits();
 
    /**
     * \brief Set queue limits to this queue
     * \param ql the queue limits associated to this queue
     */
    void SetQueueLimits(Ptr<QueueLimits> ql);
 
    /**
     * \brief Get queue limits to this queue
     * \return the queue limits associated to this queue
     */
    Ptr<QueueLimits> GetQueueLimits();
 
    /**
     * \brief Perform the actions required by flow control and dynamic queue
     *        limits when a packet is enqueued in the queue of a netdevice
     *
     * \param queue the device queue
     * \param item the enqueued packet
     *
     * This method must be connected to the "Enqueue" traced callback of a Queue
     * object (through a bound callback) in order for a netdevice to support
     * flow control and dynamic queue limits.
     */
    template <typename QueueType>
    void PacketEnqueued(QueueType* queue, Ptr<const typename QueueType::ItemType> item);
 
    /**
     * \brief Perform the actions required by flow control and dynamic queue
     *        limits when a packet is dequeued (or dropped after dequeue) from
     *        the queue of a netdevice
     *
     * \param queue the device queue
     * \param item the dequeued packet
     *
     * This method must be connected to the "Dequeue" traced callback of a Queue
     * object (through a bound callback) in order for
     * a netdevice to support flow control and dynamic queue limits.
     */
    template <typename QueueType>
    void PacketDequeued(QueueType* queue, Ptr<const typename QueueType::ItemType> item);
 
    /**
     * \brief Perform the actions required by flow control and dynamic queue
     *        limits when a packet is dropped before being enqueued in the queue
     *        of a netdevice (which likely indicates that the queue is full)
     *
     * \param queue the device queue
     * \param item the dropped packet
     *
     * This method must be connected to the "DropBeforeEnqueue" traced callback
     * of a Queue object (through a bound callback) in order for a netdevice to
     * support flow control and dynamic queue limits.
     */
    template <typename QueueType>
    void PacketDiscarded(QueueType* queue, Ptr<const typename QueueType::ItemType> item);
 
    /**
     * \brief Connect the traced callbacks of a queue to the methods providing support
     *        for flow control and dynamic queue limits. A queue can be any object providing:
     *        - "Enqueue", "Dequeue", "DropBeforeEnqueue" traces
     *        - an ItemType typedef for the type of stored items
     *        - GetCurrentSize and GetMaxSize methods
     * \param queue the queue
     */
    template <typename QueueType>
    void ConnectQueueTraces(Ptr<QueueType> queue);
 
  private:
    bool m_stoppedByDevice;         //!< True if the queue has been stopped by the device
    bool m_stoppedByQueueLimits;    //!< True if the queue has been stopped by a queue limits object
    Ptr<QueueLimits> m_queueLimits; //!< Queue limits object
    WakeCallback m_wakeCallback;    //!< Wake callback
    Ptr<NetDevice> m_device;        //!< the netdevice aggregated to the NetDeviceQueueInterface
 
    NS_LOG_TEMPLATE_DECLARE; //!< redefinition of the log component
};
 
/**
 * \ingroup netdevice
 *
 * \brief Network device transmission queue interface
 *
 * This interface is used by the traffic control layer and by the aggregated
 * device to access the transmission queues of the device. Additionally, through
 * this interface, traffic control aware netdevices can:
 * - set the number of transmission queues
 * - set the method used (by upper layers) to determine the transmission queue
 *   in which the netdevice would enqueue a given packet
 * NetDevice helpers create this interface and aggregate it to the device.
 */
class NetDeviceQueueInterface : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    /**
     * \brief Constructor
     */
    NetDeviceQueueInterface();
    ~NetDeviceQueueInterface() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the i-th transmission queue of the device.
     *
     * \param i the index of the requested queue.
     * \return the i-th transmission queue of the device.
     *
     * The index of the first transmission queue is zero.
     */
    Ptr<NetDeviceQueue> GetTxQueue(std::size_t i) const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the number of device transmission queues.
     * \return the number of device transmission queues.
     */
    std::size_t GetNTxQueues() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the type of device transmission queues to create.
     * \param type type of device transmission queues to create.
     *
     * This method is called when the TxQueuesType attribute is set to create
     * the corresponding type of device transmission queues. It cannot be
     * called again afterwards.
     */
    void SetTxQueuesType(TypeId type);
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the number of device transmission queues to create.
     * \param numTxQueues number of device transmission queues to create.
     *
     * This method is called when the NTxQueues attribute is set to create
     * the corresponding number of device transmission queues. It cannot be
     * called again afterwards.
     */
    void SetNTxQueues(std::size_t numTxQueues);
 
    /// Callback invoked to determine the tx queue selected for a given packet
    typedef std::function<std::size_t(Ptr<QueueItem>)> SelectQueueCallback;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the select queue callback.
     * \param cb the callback to set.
     *
     * This method is called to set the select queue callback, i.e., the
     * method used to select a device transmission queue for a given packet.
     */
    void SetSelectQueueCallback(SelectQueueCallback cb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the select queue callback.
     * \return the select queue callback.
     *
     * Called by the traffic control layer to get the select queue callback set
     * by a multi-queue device.
     */
    SelectQueueCallback GetSelectQueueCallback() const;
 
  protected:
    /**
     * \brief Dispose of the object
     */
    void DoDispose() override;
    /**
     * \brief Notify that an object was aggregated
     */
    void NotifyNewAggregate() override;
 
  private:
    ObjectFactory m_txQueues;                          //!< Device transmission queues TypeId
    std::vector<Ptr<NetDeviceQueue>> m_txQueuesVector; //!< Device transmission queues
    SelectQueueCallback m_selectQueueCallback;         //!< Select queue callback
};
 
/**
 * Implementation of the templates declared above.
 */
 
template <typename QueueType>
void
NetDeviceQueue::ConnectQueueTraces(Ptr<QueueType> queue)
{
    NS_ASSERT(queue);
 
    queue->TraceConnectWithoutContext(
        "Enqueue",
        MakeCallback(&NetDeviceQueue::PacketEnqueued<QueueType>, this).Bind(PeekPointer(queue)));
    queue->TraceConnectWithoutContext(
        "Dequeue",
        MakeCallback(&NetDeviceQueue::PacketDequeued<QueueType>, this).Bind(PeekPointer(queue)));
    queue->TraceConnectWithoutContext(
        "DropBeforeEnqueue",
        MakeCallback(&NetDeviceQueue::PacketDiscarded<QueueType>, this).Bind(PeekPointer(queue)));
}
 
template <typename QueueType>
void
NetDeviceQueue::PacketEnqueued(QueueType* queue, Ptr<const typename QueueType::ItemType> item)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << queue << item);
 
    // Inform BQL
    NotifyQueuedBytes(item->GetSize());
 
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(m_device, "Aggregated NetDevice not set");
    // After enqueuing a packet, we need to check whether the queue is able to
    // store another packet. If not, we stop the queue
 
    if (queue->WouldOverflow(1, m_device->GetMtu()))
    {
        NS_LOG_DEBUG("The device queue is being stopped (" << queue->GetCurrentSize()
                                                           << " inside)");
        Stop();
    }
}
 
template <typename QueueType>
void
NetDeviceQueue::PacketDequeued(QueueType* queue, Ptr<const typename QueueType::ItemType> item)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << queue << item);
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(m_device, "Aggregated NetDevice not set");
 
    Simulator::ScheduleNow([=, this]() {
        // Inform BQL
        NotifyTransmittedBytes(item->GetSize());
 
        // After dequeuing a packet, if there is room for another packet we
        // call Wake () that ensures that the queue is not stopped and restarts
        // the queue disc if the queue was stopped
 
        if (!queue->WouldOverflow(1, m_device->GetMtu()))
        {
            Wake();
        }
    });
}
 
template <typename QueueType>
void
NetDeviceQueue::PacketDiscarded(QueueType* queue, Ptr<const typename QueueType::ItemType> item)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << queue << item);
 
    // This method is called when a packet is discarded before being enqueued in the
    // device queue, likely because the queue is full. This should not happen if the
    // device correctly stops the queue. Anyway, stop the tx queue, so that the upper
    // layers do not send packets until there is room in the queue again.
 
    NS_LOG_ERROR("BUG! No room in the device queue for the received packet! ("
                 << queue->GetCurrentSize() << " inside)");
 
    Stop();
}
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* NET_DEVICE_QUEUE_INTERFACE_H */