git: 00a7a05bde84 - main - pf.conf.5: document dummynet support

Kristof Provost kp at FreeBSD.org
Fri Sep 24 09:43:59 UTC 2021


The branch main has been updated by kp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=00a7a05bde8481a58860253daf86661372ae3b72

commit 00a7a05bde8481a58860253daf86661372ae3b72
Author:     Kristof Provost <kp at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-09-10 12:42:44 +0000
Commit:     Kristof Provost <kp at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-09-24 09:41:26 +0000

    pf.conf.5: document dummynet support
    
    MFC after:      2 weeks
    Sponsored by:   Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31907
---
 share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
index 7b97657d7d1c..1bc7f147e830 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd April 19, 2021
+.Dd September 10, 2021
 .Dt PF.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ much in the same way as
 works in the packet filter (see below).
 This mechanism should be used when it is necessary to exclude specific packets
 from broader scrub rules.
-.Sh QUEUEING
+.Sh QUEUEING with ALTQ
 The ALTQ system is currently not available in the GENERIC kernel nor as
 loadable modules.
 In order to use the herein after called queueing options one has to use a
@@ -1104,6 +1104,33 @@ pass out on dc0 inet proto tcp from any to any port 22 \e
 pass out on dc0 inet proto tcp from any to any port 25 \e
       queue mail
 .Ed
+.Sh QUEUEING with dummynet
+Queueing can also be done with
+.Xr dummynet 4 .
+Queues and pipes can be created with
+.Xr dnctl 8 .
+.Pp
+Packets can be assigned to queues and pipes using
+.Ar dnqueue
+and
+.Ar dnpipe
+respectively.
+.Pp
+Both
+.Ar dnqueue
+and
+.Ar dnpipe
+take either a single pipe or queue number or two numbers as arguments.
+The first pipe or queue number will be used to shape the traffic in the rule
+direction, the second will be used to shape the traffic in the reverse
+direction.
+If the rule does not specify a direction the first packet to create state will
+be shaped according to the first number, and the response traffic according to
+the second.
+.Pp
+If the
+.Xr dummynet 4
+module is not loaded any traffic sent into a queue or pipe will be dropped.
 .Sh TRANSLATION
 Translation rules modify either the source or destination address of the
 packets associated with a stateful connection.
@@ -1324,7 +1351,9 @@ rules in that parameters are set every time a packet matches the rule, not only
 on the last matching rule.
 For the following parameters, this means that the parameter effectively becomes
 "sticky" until explicitly overridden:
-.Ar queue
+.Ar queue ,
+.Ar dnpipe ,
+.Ar dnqueue
 .
 .It Ar pass
 The packet is passed;
@@ -2941,7 +2970,9 @@ filteropt      = user | group | flags | icmp-type | icmp6-type | "tos" tos |
                  "label" string | "tag" string | [ ! ] "tagged" string |
                  "set prio" ( number | "(" number [ [ "," ] number ] ")" ) |
                  "queue" ( string | "(" string [ [ "," ] string ] ")" ) |
-                 "rtable" number | "probability" number"%" | "prio" number
+                 "rtable" number | "probability" number"%" | "prio" number |
+                 "dnpipe" ( number | "(" number "," number ")" ) |
+                 "dnqueue" ( number | "(" number "," number ")" )
 
 nat-rule       = [ "no" ] "nat" [ "pass" [ "log" [ "(" logopts ")" ] ] ]
                  [ "on" ifspec ] [ af ]


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