netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sk_pacing_shift

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:11:10 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     nbd@....name, netdev@...r.kernel.org, johannes.berg@...el.com,
        toke@...e.dk, kir@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sk_pacing_shift_update() helper

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:34:19 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> In commit 3a9b76fd0db9 ("tcp: allow drivers to tweak TSQ logic")
> I gave a code sample to set sk->sk_pacing_shift that was not complete.
> 
> Better add a helper that can be used by drivers without worries,
> and maybe amended in the future.
> 
> A wifi driver might use it from its ndo_start_xmit()
> 
> Following call would setup TCP to allow up to ~8ms of queued data per
> flow.
> 
> sk_pacing_shift_update(skb->sk, 7);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.