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Old 07-04-2013, 07:53 AM   #1
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Question problem in getting more than 8 queue file descriptor from a tun device


hi all,
After I heared that after kernel 3.8 linux added multi queue ability to tun tap device with flag IFF_MULTI_QUEUE, I upgraded my kernel to 3.10 and have its header in /usr/src
then I altered my c code to have a thread to open a new queue file descriptor each time neaded.
but the thread could just open 8 queue (with my earlier than 3.8 kernel, it could not open queue at all) and after that I get this "Arguments too long" error from ioctl in

Code:
ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *)&ifr)
then I wrote another program to test how much queue fd can be opend in my ubuntu 12.10 linux box with this
Code:
uname -r
3.10.0-031000-generic
kernel version in a much simpler program.

Code:
//essential
#include <net/if.h>
#include <linux/if_tun.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
//
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h> 
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdarg.h>

#include <netdb.h>

#define IFF_MULTI_QUEUE 0x0100
int tun_alloc_mq(char *dev, int queues, int *fds)
{
	struct ifreq ifr;
	int fd, err=-1, i;
	char *clonedev = "/dev/net/tun";

	if (!dev){
		printf("dev");
		return -1;
	}

	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
	ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI | IFF_MULTI_QUEUE;
	strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev);
	int error=0;

	for (i = 0; i < queues; i++) {
	
		printf("loop %d\n",i);
		
		if( (fd = open(clonedev , O_RDWR)) < 0 ) {
		    perror("Opening /dev/net/tun");
		    error=1;
		    break;
		  }
		
		  if(ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *)&ifr) < 0 ) {
		    printf("first error\n");
		    error=1;
		    close(fd);
		    break;
		  }	
	}
	if(error==1)
		return -1;
	return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	
	int* fdsx;
	if(tun_alloc_mq("testmqtun0",20,fdsx)<0)
	{
		perror("tun");
		exit(1);
	}
	return 0;
}
and it turns out this is limited to 8 too. here is the output:

Code:
loop 0
loop 1
loop 2
loop 3
loop 4
loop 5
loop 6
loop 7
loop 8
first error
tun: Argument list too long
I tested it on another linux box and it had the same output.
So is there a limit to opening more than 8 queue from a tun device in kernel?
if so, how to fix that?
please help me with that
 
Old 07-05-2013, 07:27 AM   #2
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there have not been any thoughts yet?
please if you could at least test this code in your machines and let me know about the results, it would be great for me...
 
  


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