DEVLINK-SB(8) Linux DEVLINK-SB(8)

devlink-sb - devlink shared buffer configuration


devlink [ OPTIONS ] sb { COMMAND | help }

OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -n[no-nice-names] }

devlink sb show [ DEV [ sb SB_INDEX ] ]

devlink sb pool show [ DEV [ sb SB_INDEX ]
pool POOL_INDEX ]

devlink sb pool set DEV [ sb SB_INDEX ]
pool POOL_INDEX
size POOL_SIZE
thtype { static | dynamic }

devlink sb port pool show [ DEV/PORT_INDEX [ sb SB_INDEX ]
pool POOL_INDEX ]

devlink sb port pool set DEV/PORT_INDEX [ sb SB_INDEX ]
pool POOL_INDEX
th THRESHOLD

devlink sb tc bind show [ DEV/PORT_INDEX [ sb SB_INDEX ]
tc TC_INDEX
type { ingress | egress } ]

devlink sb tc bind set DEV/PORT_INDEX [ sb SB_INDEX ]
tc TC_INDEX
type { ingress | egress }
pool POOL_INDEX
th THRESHOLD

devlink sb occupancy show { DEV | DEV/PORT_INDEX } [ sb SB_INDEX ]

devlink sb occupancy snapshot DEV [ sb SB_INDEX ]

devlink sb occupancy clearmax DEV [ sb SB_INDEX ]

devlink sb help

DEV - specifies the devlink device to show shared buffers. If this argument is omitted all shared buffers of all devices are listed.

SB_INDEX - specifies the shared buffer. If this argument is omitted shared buffer with index 0 is selected. Behaviour of this argument it the same for every command.

DEV - specifies the devlink device to show pools. If this argument is omitted all pools of all devices are listed.

Display available pools listing their type, size, thtype and cell_size. cell_size is the allocation granularity of memory within the shared buffer. Drivers may round up, round down or reject size passed to the set command if it is not multiple of cell_size.

DEV - specifies the devlink device to set pool.

size of the pool in Bytes.
pool threshold type.

static - Threshold values for the pool will be passed in Bytes.

dynamic - Threshold values ("to_alpha") for the pool will be used to compute alpha parameter according to formula:

alpha = 2 ^ (to_alpha - 10)


The range of the passed value is between 0 to 20. The computed alpha is used to determine the maximum usage of the flow:


max_usage = alpha / (1 + alpha) * Free_Buffer

DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies the devlink port.

pool index.

DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies the devlink port.

pool index.
threshold value. Type of the value is either Bytes or "to_alpha", depends on thtype set for the pool.

DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies the devlink port.

index of either ingress or egress TC, usually in range 0 to 8 (depends on device).
TC type.

DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies the devlink port.

index of either ingress or egress TC, usually in range 0 to 8 (depends on device).
TC type.
index of pool to bind this to.
threshold value. Type of the value is either Bytes or "to_alpha", depends on thtype set for the pool.

This command is used to browse shared buffer occupancy values. Values are showed for every port-pool combination as well as for all port-TC combinations (with pool this port-TC is bound to). Format of value is:

current_value/max_value
Note that before showing values, one has to issue occupancy snapshot command first.

DEV - specifies the devlink device to show occupancy values for.

DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies the devlink port to show occupancy values for.

This command is used to take a snapshot of shared buffer occupancy values. After that, the values can be showed using occupancy show command.

DEV - specifies the devlink device to take occupancy snapshot on.

This command is used to reset maximal occupancy values reached for whole device. Note that before browsing reset values, one has to issue occupancy snapshot command.

DEV - specifies the devlink device to clear occupancy watermarks on.

devlink sb show

List available share buffers.

devlink sb pool show

List available pools and their config.

devlink sb port pool show pci/0000:03:00.0/1 pool 0

Show port-pool setup for specified port and pool.

sudo devlink sb port pool set pci/0000:03:00.0/1 pool 0 th 15

Change threshold for port specified port and pool.

devlink sb tc bind show pci/0000:03:00.0/1 tc 0 type ingress

Show pool binding and threshold for specified port and TC.

sudo devlink sb tc bind set pci/0000:03:00.0/1 tc 0 type ingress pool 0 th 9

Set pool binding and threshold for specified port and TC.

sudo devlink sb occupancy snapshot pci/0000:03:00.0

Make a snapshot of occupancy of shared buffer for specified devlink device.

devlink sb occupancy show pci/0000:03:00.0/1

Show occupancy for specified port from the snapshot.

sudo devlink sb occupancy clearmax pci/0000:03:00.0

Clear watermarks for shared buffer of specified devlink device.

devlink(8), devlink-dev(8), devlink-port(8), devlink-monitor(8),

Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>

14 Apr 2016 iproute2