package nebula import ( "log/slog" "runtime" "github.com/slackhq/nebula/config" ) // Staged receive (tun.staged.workers) moves decryption off each udp listener onto worker goroutines, behind which an // ordered writer commits every batch in arrival order. It reuses the inline packet handlers: staging changes ownership // and scheduling, not policy. Each routine has its own workers and writer, so order is per routine. Full queues block // the listener. A read error drains the batches in flight, while shutdown waits for the workers and then drops what // is left. Each routine keeps six batches; at listen.batch=64 with GRO their buffers take about 24 MiB per routine. // // Metrics are registered only for active pipelines. flow.rx.batches counts batches handed to the writer and // flow.rx.inline those an idle listener handled itself; their rates show whether staging is used. // stagedConfig is tun.staged. workers is per routine; zero keeps receive inline. type stagedConfig struct { workers int // inlineBelow is the packet count below which an idle listener skips the worker handoff inlineBelow int } // parseStagedConfig enables staging on Linux only; conns that cannot hand off batches also stay inline. func parseStagedConfig(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger) stagedConfig { sc := stagedConfig{workers: c.GetInt("tun.staged.workers", 0)} if sc.workers <= 0 { return stagedConfig{} } if runtime.GOOS != "linux" { l.Warn("tun.staged is only supported on Linux; packet processing stays inline") return stagedConfig{} } // 256 is the measured crossover sc.inlineBelow = 256 l.Info("Staged receive processing enabled", "workers", sc.workers) return sc }