netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] fq_codel: Fair Queue Codel AQM

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2012 18:08:36 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Taht <dave.taht@...ferbloat.net>,
	Kathleen Nichols <nichols@...lere.com>,
	Van Jacobson <van@...lere.net>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Matt Mathis <mattmathis@...gle.com>,
	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] fq_codel: Fair Queue Codel AQM

On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 17:23 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> Its possible I missed something, because in my first coding I had 3
> lists.
> 
> Anyway I'll send a V2 because I left .change method to NULL, while the
> intent was to permit a change on fq_codel.

Before sending v2, here is the diff against v1 :

 net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c |   26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index 8675ff8..f29a967 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -231,18 +231,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *fq_codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	struct fq_codel_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct fq_codel_flow *flow;
+	struct list_head *head;
 
 begin:
-	if (!list_empty(&q->new_flows))
-		flow = list_first_entry(&q->new_flows,
-					struct fq_codel_flow,
-					flowchain);
-	else if (!list_empty(&q->old_flows))
-		flow = list_first_entry(&q->old_flows,
-					struct fq_codel_flow,
-					flowchain);
-	else
-		return NULL;
+	head = &q->new_flows;
+	if (list_empty(head)) {
+		head = &q->old_flows;
+		if (list_empty(head))
+			return NULL;
+	}
+	flow = list_first_entry(head, struct fq_codel_flow, flowchain);
 
 	if (flow->deficit <= 0) {
 		flow->deficit += q->quantum;
@@ -252,7 +250,11 @@ begin:
 	skb = codel_dequeue(sch, &q->cparams, &flow->cvars, &q->cstats,
 			    dequeue, &q->backlogs[flow - q->flows]);
 	if (!skb) {
-		list_del_init(&flow->flowchain);
+		/* force a pass through old_flows to prevent starvation */
+		if ((head == &q->new_flows) && !list_empty(&q->old_flows))
+			list_move_tail(&flow->flowchain, &q->old_flows);
+		else
+			list_del_init(&flow->flowchain);
 		goto begin;
 	}
 	qdisc_bstats_update(sch, skb);
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ static struct Qdisc_ops fq_codel_qdisc_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.init		=	fq_codel_init,
 	.reset		=	fq_codel_reset,
 	.destroy	=	fq_codel_destroy,
-	.change		=	NULL,
+	.change		=	fq_codel_change,
 	.dump		=	fq_codel_dump,
 	.dump_stats =	fq_codel_dump_stats,
 	.owner		=	THIS_MODULE,


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