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mininet/mininet/util.py
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Andrew Ferguson 2e704f996b print error messages when making interfaces
without this, thereis no indication in Mininet that creating an
interface has failed. for example, this may happen when the interface
name is too long (longer than IFNAMSIZ, which is 16 chars).
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"Utility functions for Mininet."
from mininet.log import output, info, error, warn, debug
from time import sleep
from resource import getrlimit, setrlimit, RLIMIT_NPROC, RLIMIT_NOFILE
from select import poll, POLLIN, POLLHUP
from subprocess import call, check_call, Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
import re
from fcntl import fcntl, F_GETFL, F_SETFL
from os import O_NONBLOCK
import os
# Command execution support
def run( cmd ):
"""Simple interface to subprocess.call()
cmd: list of command params"""
return call( cmd.split( ' ' ) )
def checkRun( cmd ):
"""Simple interface to subprocess.check_call()
cmd: list of command params"""
return check_call( cmd.split( ' ' ) )
# pylint doesn't understand explicit type checking
# pylint: disable-msg=E1103
def oldQuietRun( *cmd ):
"""Run a command, routing stderr to stdout, and return the output.
cmd: list of command params"""
if len( cmd ) == 1:
cmd = cmd[ 0 ]
if isinstance( cmd, str ):
cmd = cmd.split( ' ' )
popen = Popen( cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT )
# We can't use Popen.communicate() because it uses
# select(), which can't handle
# high file descriptor numbers! poll() can, however.
out = ''
readable = poll()
readable.register( popen.stdout )
while True:
while readable.poll():
data = popen.stdout.read( 1024 )
if len( data ) == 0:
break
out += data
popen.poll()
if popen.returncode is not None:
break
return out
# This is a bit complicated, but it enables us to
# monitor command output as it is happening
def errRun( *cmd, **kwargs ):
"""Run a command and return stdout, stderr and return code
cmd: string or list of command and args
stderr: STDOUT to merge stderr with stdout
shell: run command using shell
echo: monitor output to console"""
# Allow passing in a list or a string
if len( cmd ) == 1:
cmd = cmd[ 0 ]
if isinstance( cmd, str ):
cmd = cmd.split( ' ' )
cmd = [ str( arg ) for arg in cmd ]
# By default we separate stderr, don't run in a shell, and don't echo
stderr = kwargs.get( 'stderr', PIPE )
shell = kwargs.get( 'shell', False )
echo = kwargs.get( 'echo', False )
if echo:
# cmd goes to stderr, output goes to stdout
info( cmd, '\n' )
popen = Popen( cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=stderr, shell=shell )
# We use poll() because select() doesn't work with large fd numbers,
# and thus communicate() doesn't work either
out, err = '', ''
poller = poll()
poller.register( popen.stdout, POLLIN )
fdtofile = { popen.stdout.fileno(): popen.stdout }
outDone, errDone = False, True
if popen.stderr:
fdtofile[ popen.stderr.fileno() ] = popen.stderr
poller.register( popen.stderr, POLLIN )
errDone = False
while not outDone or not errDone:
readable = poller.poll()
for fd, _event in readable:
f = fdtofile[ fd ]
data = f.read( 1024 )
if echo:
output( data )
if f == popen.stdout:
out += data
if data == '':
outDone = True
elif f == popen.stderr:
err += data
if data == '':
errDone = True
returncode = popen.wait()
return out, err, returncode
def errFail( *cmd, **kwargs ):
"Run a command using errRun and raise exception on nonzero exit"
out, err, ret = errRun( *cmd, **kwargs )
if ret:
raise Exception( "errFail: %s failed with return code %s: %s"
% ( cmd, ret, err ) )
return out, err, ret
def quietRun( cmd, **kwargs ):
"Run a command and return merged stdout and stderr"
return errRun( cmd, stderr=STDOUT, **kwargs )[ 0 ]
# pylint: enable-msg=E1103
# pylint: disable-msg=E1101
def isShellBuiltin( cmd ):
"Return True if cmd is a bash builtin."
if isShellBuiltin.builtIns is None:
isShellBuiltin.builtIns = quietRun( 'bash -c enable' )
space = cmd.find( ' ' )
if space > 0:
cmd = cmd[ :space]
return cmd in isShellBuiltin.builtIns
isShellBuiltin.builtIns = None
# pylint: enable-msg=E1101
# Interface management
#
# Interfaces are managed as strings which are simply the
# interface names, of the form 'nodeN-ethM'.
#
# To connect nodes, we create a pair of veth interfaces, and then place them
# in the pair of nodes that we want to communicate. We then update the node's
# list of interfaces and connectivity map.
#
# For the kernel datapath, switch interfaces
# live in the root namespace and thus do not have to be
# explicitly moved.
def makeIntfPair( intf1, intf2 ):
"""Make a veth pair connecting intf1 and intf2.
intf1: string, interface
intf2: string, interface
returns: success boolean"""
# Delete any old interfaces with the same names
quietRun( 'ip link del ' + intf1 )
quietRun( 'ip link del ' + intf2 )
# Create new pair
cmd = 'ip link add name ' + intf1 + ' type veth peer name ' + intf2
cmdOutput = quietRun( cmd )
if cmdOutput == '':
return True
else:
error( "Error creating interface pair: %s " % cmdOutput )
return False
def retry( retries, delaySecs, fn, *args, **keywords ):
"""Try something several times before giving up.
n: number of times to retry
delaySecs: wait this long between tries
fn: function to call
args: args to apply to function call"""
tries = 0
while not fn( *args, **keywords ) and tries < retries:
sleep( delaySecs )
tries += 1
if tries >= retries:
error( "*** gave up after %i retries\n" % tries )
exit( 1 )
def moveIntfNoRetry( intf, dstNode, srcNode=None, printError=False ):
"""Move interface to node, without retrying.
intf: string, interface
dstNode: destination Node
srcNode: source Node or None (default) for root ns
printError: if true, print error"""
intf = str( intf )
cmd = 'ip link set %s netns %s' % ( intf, dstNode.pid )
if srcNode:
srcNode.cmd( cmd )
else:
quietRun( cmd )
links = dstNode.cmd( 'ip link show' )
if not ( ' %s:' % intf ) in links:
if printError:
error( '*** Error: moveIntf: ' + intf +
' not successfully moved to ' + dstNode.name + '\n' )
return False
return True
def moveIntf( intf, dstNode, srcNode=None, printError=False,
retries=3, delaySecs=0.001 ):
"""Move interface to node, retrying on failure.
intf: string, interface
dstNode: destination Node
srcNode: source Node or None (default) for root ns
printError: if true, print error"""
retry( retries, delaySecs, moveIntfNoRetry, intf, dstNode,
srcNode=srcNode, printError=printError )
# Support for dumping network
def dumpNodeConnections( nodes ):
"Dump connections to/from nodes."
def dumpConnections( node ):
"Helper function: dump connections to node"
for intf in node.intfList():
output( ' %s:' % intf )
if intf.link:
intfs = [ intf.link.intf1, intf.link.intf2 ]
intfs.remove( intf )
output( intfs[ 0 ] )
else:
output( ' ' )
for node in nodes:
output( node.name )
dumpConnections( node )
output( '\n' )
def dumpNetConnections( net ):
"Dump connections in network"
nodes = net.controllers + net.switches + net.hosts
dumpNodeConnections( nodes )
# IP and Mac address formatting and parsing
def _colonHex( val, bytecount ):
"""Generate colon-hex string.
val: input as unsigned int
bytecount: number of bytes to convert
returns: chStr colon-hex string"""
pieces = []
for i in range( bytecount - 1, -1, -1 ):
piece = ( ( 0xff << ( i * 8 ) ) & val ) >> ( i * 8 )
pieces.append( '%02x' % piece )
chStr = ':'.join( pieces )
return chStr
def macColonHex( mac ):
"""Generate MAC colon-hex string from unsigned int.
mac: MAC address as unsigned int
returns: macStr MAC colon-hex string"""
return _colonHex( mac, 6 )
def ipStr( ip ):
"""Generate IP address string from an unsigned int.
ip: unsigned int of form w << 24 | x << 16 | y << 8 | z
returns: ip address string w.x.y.z"""
w = ( ip >> 24 ) & 0xff
x = ( ip >> 16 ) & 0xff
y = ( ip >> 8 ) & 0xff
z = ip & 0xff
return "%i.%i.%i.%i" % ( w, x, y, z )
def ipNum( w, x, y, z ):
"""Generate unsigned int from components of IP address
returns: w << 24 | x << 16 | y << 8 | z"""
return ( w << 24 ) | ( x << 16 ) | ( y << 8 ) | z
def ipAdd( i, prefixLen=8, ipBaseNum=0x0a000000 ):
"""Return IP address string from ints
i: int to be added to ipbase
prefixLen: optional IP prefix length
ipBaseNum: option base IP address as int
returns IP address as string"""
imax = 0xffffffff >> prefixLen
assert i <= imax
mask = 0xffffffff ^ imax
ipnum = ( ipBaseNum & mask ) + i
return ipStr( ipnum )
def ipParse( ip ):
"Parse an IP address and return an unsigned int."
args = [ int( arg ) for arg in ip.split( '.' ) ]
return ipNum( *args )
def netParse( ipstr ):
"""Parse an IP network specification, returning
address and prefix len as unsigned ints"""
prefixLen = 0
if '/' in ipstr:
ip, pf = ipstr.split( '/' )
prefixLen = int( pf )
return ipParse( ip ), prefixLen
def checkInt( s ):
"Check if input string is an int"
try:
int( s )
return True
except ValueError:
return False
def checkFloat( s ):
"Check if input string is a float"
try:
float( s )
return True
except ValueError:
return False
def makeNumeric( s ):
"Convert string to int or float if numeric."
if checkInt( s ):
return int( s )
elif checkFloat( s ):
return float( s )
else:
return s
# Popen support
def pmonitor(popens, timeoutms=500, readline=True,
readmax=1024 ):
"""Monitor dict of hosts to popen objects
a line at a time
timeoutms: timeout for poll()
readline: return single line of output
yields: host, line/output (if any)
terminates: when all EOFs received"""
poller = poll()
fdToHost = {}
for host, popen in popens.iteritems():
fd = popen.stdout.fileno()
fdToHost[ fd ] = host
poller.register( fd, POLLIN )
if not readline:
# Use non-blocking reads
flags = fcntl( fd, F_GETFL )
fcntl( fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK )
while popens:
fds = poller.poll( timeoutms )
if fds:
for fd, event in fds:
host = fdToHost[ fd ]
popen = popens[ host ]
if event & POLLIN:
if readline:
# Attempt to read a line of output
# This blocks until we receive a newline!
line = popen.stdout.readline()
else:
line = popen.stdout.read( readmax )
yield host, line
# Check for EOF
elif event & POLLHUP:
poller.unregister( fd )
del popens[ host ]
else:
yield None, ''
# Other stuff we use
def sysctlTestAndSet( name, limit ):
"Helper function to set sysctl limits"
#convert non-directory names into directory names
if '/' not in name:
name = '/proc/sys/' + name.replace( '.', '/' )
#read limit
with open( name, 'r' ) as readFile:
oldLimit = readFile.readline()
if type( limit ) is int:
#compare integer limits before overriding
if int( oldLimit ) < limit:
with open( name, 'w' ) as writeFile:
writeFile.write( "%d" % limit )
else:
#overwrite non-integer limits
with open( name, 'w' ) as writeFile:
writeFile.write( limit )
def rlimitTestAndSet( name, limit ):
"Helper function to set rlimits"
soft, hard = getrlimit( name )
if soft < limit:
hardLimit = hard if limit < hard else limit
setrlimit( name, ( limit, hardLimit ) )
def fixLimits():
"Fix ridiculously small resource limits."
debug( "*** Setting resource limits\n" )
try:
rlimitTestAndSet( RLIMIT_NPROC, 8192 )
rlimitTestAndSet( RLIMIT_NOFILE, 16384 )
#Increase open file limit
sysctlTestAndSet( 'fs.file-max', 10000 )
#Increase network buffer space
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.core.wmem_max', 16777216 )
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.core.rmem_max', 16777216 )
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.ipv4.tcp_rmem', '10240 87380 16777216' )
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.ipv4.tcp_wmem', '10240 87380 16777216' )
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.core.netdev_max_backlog', 5000 )
#Increase arp cache size
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1', 4096 )
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2', 8192 )
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3', 16384 )
#Increase routing table size
sysctlTestAndSet( 'net.ipv4.route.max_size', 32768 )
#Increase number of PTYs for nodes
sysctlTestAndSet( 'kernel.pty.max', 20000 )
except:
warn( "*** Error setting resource limits. "
"Mininet's performance may be affected.\n" )
def mountCgroups():
"Make sure cgroups file system is mounted"
mounts = quietRun( 'cat /proc/mounts' )
cgdir = '/sys/fs/cgroup'
csdir = cgdir + '/cpuset'
if ('cgroup %s' % cgdir not in mounts and
'cgroups %s' % cgdir not in mounts):
raise Exception( "cgroups not mounted on " + cgdir )
if 'cpuset %s' % csdir not in mounts:
errRun( 'mkdir -p ' + csdir )
errRun( 'mount -t cgroup -ocpuset cpuset ' + csdir )
def natural( text ):
"To sort sanely/alphabetically: sorted( l, key=natural )"
def num( s ):
"Convert text segment to int if necessary"
return int( s ) if s.isdigit() else s
return [ num( s ) for s in re.split( r'(\d+)', text ) ]
def naturalSeq( t ):
"Natural sort key function for sequences"
return [ natural( x ) for x in t ]
def numCores():
"Returns number of CPU cores based on /proc/cpuinfo"
if hasattr( numCores, 'ncores' ):
return numCores.ncores
try:
numCores.ncores = int( quietRun('grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo') )
except ValueError:
return 0
return numCores.ncores
def irange(start, end):
"""Inclusive range from start to end (vs. Python insanity.)
irange(1,5) -> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5"""
return range( start, end + 1 )
def custom( cls, **params ):
"Returns customized constructor for class cls."
# Note: we may wish to see if we can use functools.partial() here
# and in customConstructor
def customized( *args, **kwargs):
"Customized constructor"
kwargs = kwargs.copy()
kwargs.update( params )
return cls( *args, **kwargs )
customized.__name__ = 'custom(%s,%s)' % ( cls, params )
return customized
def splitArgs( argstr ):
"""Split argument string into usable python arguments
argstr: argument string with format fn,arg2,kw1=arg3...
returns: fn, args, kwargs"""
split = argstr.split( ',' )
fn = split[ 0 ]
params = split[ 1: ]
# Convert int and float args; removes the need for function
# to be flexible with input arg formats.
args = [ makeNumeric( s ) for s in params if '=' not in s ]
kwargs = {}
for s in [ p for p in params if '=' in p ]:
key, val = s.split( '=', 1 )
kwargs[ key ] = makeNumeric( val )
return fn, args, kwargs
def customConstructor( constructors, argStr ):
"""Return custom constructor based on argStr
The args and key/val pairs in argsStr will be automatically applied
when the generated constructor is later used.
"""
cname, newargs, kwargs = splitArgs( argStr )
constructor = constructors.get( cname, None )
if not constructor:
raise Exception( "error: %s is unknown - please specify one of %s" %
( cname, constructors.keys() ) )
def customized( name, *args, **params ):
"Customized constructor, useful for Node, Link, and other classes"
params = params.copy()
params.update( kwargs )
if not newargs:
return constructor( name, *args, **params )
if args:
warn( 'warning: %s replacing %s with %s\n' % (
constructor, args, newargs ) )
return constructor( name, *newargs, **params )
customized.__name__ = 'customConstructor(%s)' % argStr
return customized
def buildTopo( topos, topoStr ):
"""Create topology from string with format (object, arg1, arg2,...).
input topos is a dict of topo names to constructors, possibly w/args.
"""
topo, args, kwargs = splitArgs( topoStr )
if topo not in topos:
raise Exception( 'Invalid topo name %s' % topo )
return topos[ topo ]( *args, **kwargs )
def ensureRoot():
"""Ensure that we are running as root.
Probably we should only sudo when needed as per Big Switch's patch.
"""
if os.getuid() != 0:
print "*** Mininet must run as root."
exit( 1 )
return