Manual: devlink-rate
DEVLINK-RATE(8) Linux DEVLINK-RATE(8)
NAME
devlink-rate - devlink rate management
SYNOPSIS
devlink [ OPTIONS ] port function rate { COMMAND | help }
OPTIONS := { -j[son] | -p[retty] | -i[ec] }
devlink port function rate show [ { DEV/PORT_INDEX | DEV/NODE_NAME } ]
devlink port function rate set { DEV/PORT_INDEX | DEV/NODE_NAME } [ tx_share VALUE ] [ tx_max VALUE ] [ tx_priority N
] [ tx_weight N ] [ tc-bw INDEX:N ] [ { parent NODE_NAME | noparent } ]
devlink port function rate add DEV/NODE_NAME [ tx_share VALUE ] [ tx_max VALUE ] [ tx_priority N ] [ tx_weight N ] [
tc-bw INDEX:N ] [ { parent NODE_NAME | noparent } ]
devlink port function rate del DEV/NODE_NAME
devlink port function rate help
DESCRIPTION
devlink port function rate show - display rate objects.
Displays specified rate object or, if not specified, all rate objects. Rate object can be presented by one of the two
types:
leaf Represents a single devlink port; created/destroyed by the driver and bound to the devlink port. As example,
some driver may create leaf rate object for every devlink port associated with VF. Since leaf have 1to1 map‐
ping to it's devlink port, in user space it is referred as corresponding devlink port DEV/PORT_INDEX;
node Represents a group of rate objects; created/deleted by the user (see command below) and bound to the devlink
device rather then to the devlink port. In userspace it is referred as DEV/NODE_NAME, where node name can be
any, except decimal number, to avoid collisions with leafs.
Command output show rate object identifier, it's type and rate values along with parent node name. Rate values
printed in SI units which are more suitable to represent specific value. To print values in IEC units -i switch is
used. JSON (-j) output always print rate values in bytes per second. Zero rate values means "unlimited" rates and
omitted in output, as well as parent node name.
devlink port function rate set - set rate object parameters.
Allows set rate object's parameters. If any parameter specified multiple times the last occurrence is used.
DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies devlink leaf rate object.
DEV/NODE_NAME - specifies devlink node rate object.
tx_share VALUE - specifies minimal tx rate value shared among all rate objects. If rate object is a part of some rate
group, then this value shared with rate objects of this rate group.
tx_max VALUE - specifies maximum tx rate value.
tx_priority N - allows for usage of strict priority arbiter among siblings. This arbitration scheme attempts to
schedule nodes based on their priority as long as the nodes remain within their bandwidth limit. The higher the pri‐
ority the higher the probability that the node will get selected for scheduling.
tx_weight N - allows for usage of Weighted Fair Queuing arbitration scheme among siblings. This arbitration scheme
can be used simultaneously with the strict priority. As a node is configured with a higher rate it gets more BW rel‐
ative to it's siblings. Values are relative like a percentage points, they basically tell how much BW should node
take relative to it's siblings.
tc-bw INDEX:N - allows the user to assign relative bandwidth shares to specific traffic classes using the IEEE
802.1Qaz standard. The values determine how bandwidth is distributed between traffic classes in proportion to one an‐
other. If not specified, the default bandwidth allocation is applied.
VALUE These parameter accept a floating point number, possibly followed by either a unit (both SI and IEC units
supported).
bit or a bare number
Bits per second
kbit Kilobits per second
mbit Megabits per second
gbit Gigabits per second
tbit Terabits per second
bps Bytes per second
kbps Kilobytes per second
mbps Megabytes per second
gbps Gigabytes per second
tbps Terabytes per second
To specify in IEC units, replace the SI prefix (k-, m-, g-, t-) with IEC prefix (ki-, mi-, gi- and ti-) re‐
spectively. Input is case-insensitive.
INDEX These parameters represent the traffic class index in the tc-bw option. The traffic class is specified as an
integer value, ranging from 0 to 7, which maps to the defined traffic classes under the IEEE 802.1Qaz stan‐
dard.
N These parameter accept integer meaning weight or priority of a node.
parent NODE_NAME | noparent - set rate object parent to existing node with name NODE_NAME or unset parent. Rate lim‐
its of the parent node applied to all it's children. Actual behaviour is details of driver's implementation. Setting
parent to empty ("") name due to the kernel logic treated as parent unset.
devlink port function rate add - create node rate object with specified parameters.
Creates rate object of type node and sets parameters. Parameters same as for the "set" command.
DEV/NODE_NAME - specifies the devlink node rate object to create.
devlink port function rate del - delete node rate object
Delete specified devlink node rate object. Node can't be deleted if there is any child, user must explicitly unset
the parent.
DEV/NODE_NAME - specifies devlink node rate object to delete.
devlink port function rate help - display usage information
Display devlink rate usage information
EXAMPLES
* Display all rate objects:
# devlink port function rate show
pci/0000:03:00.0/1 type leaf parent some_group
pci/0000:03:00.0/2 type leaf tx_share 12Mbit
pci/0000:03:00.0/some_group type node tx_share 1Gbps tx_max 5Gbps
* Display leaf rate object bound to the 1st devlink port of the pci/0000:03:00.0 device:
# devlink port function rate show pci/0000:03:00.0/1
pci/0000:03:00.0/1 type leaf
* Display leaf rate object rate values using IEC units:
# devlink -i port function rate show pci/0000:03:00.0/2
pci/0000:03:00.0/2 type leaf 11718Kibit
* Display node rate object with name some_group of the pci/0000:03:00.0 device:
# devlink port function rate show pci/0000:03:00.0/some_group
pci/0000:03:00.0/some_group type node
* Display pci/0000:03:00.0/2 leaf rate object as pretty JSON output:
# devlink -jp port function rate show pci/0000:03:00.0/2
{
"rate": {
"pci/0000:03:00.0/2": {
"type": "leaf",
"tx_share": 1500000
}
}
}
* Create node rate object with name "1st_group" on pci/0000:03:00.0 device:
# devlink port function rate add pci/0000:03:00.0/1st_group
* Create node rate object with specified parameters:
# devlink port function rate add pci/0000:03:00.0/2nd_group \
tx_share 10Mbit tx_max 30Mbit parent 1st_group
* Set parameters to the specified leaf rate object:
# devlink port function rate set pci/0000:03:00.0/1 \
tx_share 2Mbit tx_max 10Mbit
* Set leaf's parent to "1st_group":
# devlink port function rate set pci/0000:03:00.0/1 parent 1st_group
* Unset leaf's parent:
# devlink port function rate set pci/0000:03:00.0/1 noparent
* Delete node rate object:
# devlink port function rate del pci/0000:03:00.0/2nd_group
SEE ALSO
devlink(8), devlink-port(8)
AUTHOR
Dmytro Linkin
iproute2 12 Mar 2021 DEVLINK-RATE(8)