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NAME |
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AnyEvent::FastPing - quickly ping a large number of hosts |
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SYNOPSIS |
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use AnyEvent::FastPing; |
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DESCRIPTION |
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This module was written for a single purpose only: sending ICMP ECHO |
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REQUEST packets as quickly as possible to a large number of hosts |
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(thousands to millions). |
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It employs a sending thread and is fully event-driven (using AnyEvent), |
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so you have to run an event model supported by AnyEvent to use this |
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module. |
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FUNCTIONS |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::ipv4_supported |
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Returns true if IPv4 is supported in this module and on this system. |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::ipv6_supported |
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Returns true if IPv6 is supported in this module and on this system. |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::icmp4_pktsize |
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Returns the number of bytes each IPv4 ping packet has. |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::icmp6_pktsize |
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Returns the number of bytes each IPv4 ping packet has. |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::icmp_ping [ranges...], $send_interval, $payload, |
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\&callback |
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Ping the given IPv4 address ranges. Each range is an arrayref of the |
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form "[lo, hi, interval]", where "lo" and "hi" are octet strings |
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with either 4 octets (for IPv4 addresses) or 16 octets (for IPV6 |
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addresses), representing the lowest and highest address to ping (you |
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can convert a dotted-quad IPv4 address to this format by using |
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"inet_aton $address". The range "interval" is the minimum time in |
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seconds between pings to the given range. If omitted, defaults to |
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$send_interval. |
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The $send_interval is the minimum interval between sending any two |
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packets and is a way to make an overall rate limit. If omitted, |
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pings will be send as fast as possible. |
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The $payload is a 32 bit unsigned integer given as the ICMP ECHO |
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REQUEST ident and sequence numbers (in unspecified order :). |
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The request will be queued and all requests will be served by a |
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background thread in order. When all ranges have been pinged, the |
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"callback" will be called. |
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Algorithm: Each range has an associated "next time to send packet" |
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time. The algorithm loops as long as there are ranges with hosts to |
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be pinged and always serves the range with the most urgent packet |
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send time. It will at most send one packet every $send_interval |
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seconds. |
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This will ensure that pings to the same range are nicely interleaved |
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with other ranges - this can help reduce per-subnet bandwidth while |
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maintaining an overall high packet rate. |
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The algorithm to send each packet is O(log n) on the number of |
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ranges, so even a large number of ranges (many thousands) is |
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managable. |
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No storage is allocated per address. |
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Performance: On my 2 GHz Opteron system with a pretty average nvidia |
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gigabit network card I can ping around 60k to 200k adresses per |
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second, depending on routing decisions. |
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Example: ping 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.15 with at most 100 packets/s, and |
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11.0.0.1-11.0.255.255 with at most 1000 packets/s. Do not, however, |
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exceed 1000 packets/s overall: |
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my $done = AnyEvent->condvar; |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::icmp_ping |
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[ |
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[v10.0.0.1, v10.0.0.15, .01], |
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[v11.0.0.1, v11.0.255.255, .001], |
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], |
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.001, 0x12345678, |
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sub { |
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warn "all ranges pinged\n"; |
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$done->broadcast; |
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} |
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; |
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$done->wait; |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::register_cb \&cb |
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Register a callback that is called for every received ping reply |
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(regardless of whether a ping is still in process or not and |
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regardless of whether the reply is actually a reply to a ping sent |
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earlier). |
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The code reference gets a single parameter - an arrayref with an |
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entry for each received packet (replies are beign batched for |
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greater efficiency). Each packet is represented by an arrayref with |
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three members: the source address (an octet string of either 4 |
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(IPv4) or 16 (IPv6) octets length), the payload as passed to |
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"icmp_ping" and the round trip time in seconds. |
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Example: a single ping reply with payload of 1 from "::1" gets |
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passed like this: |
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[ [ |
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"\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1", |
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"0.000280141830444336", |
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1 |
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] ] |
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Example: ping replies for 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2, with a payload of |
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0x12345678: |
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[ |
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[ |
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"\177\0\0\1", |
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"0.00015711784362793", |
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305419896 |
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], |
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[ |
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"\177\0\0\2", |
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"0.00090184211731", |
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305419896 |
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] |
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] |
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AnyEvent::FastPing::unregister_cb \&cb |
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Unregister the callback again (make sure you pass the same |
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codereference as to "register_cb"). |
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AUTHOR |
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Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
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http://home.schmorp.de/ |
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AUTHOR |
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This software is distributed under the GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, version 2 |
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or any later version or, at your option, the Artistic License. |
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