linux-kernel - [064/146] sch_sfq: avoid giving spurious NET_XMIT

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Message-Id: <20110601080325.911778067@blue.kroah.org>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0900
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [064/146] sch_sfq: avoid giving spurious NET_XMIT_CN signals

2.6.38-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit 8efa885406359af300d46910642b50ca82c0fe47 ]

While chasing a possible net_sched bug, I found that IP fragments have
litle chance to pass a congestioned SFQ qdisc :

- Say SFQ qdisc is full because one flow is non responsive.
- ip_fragment() wants to send two fragments belonging to an idle flow.
- sfq_enqueue() queues first packet, but see queue limit reached :
- sfq_enqueue() drops one packet from 'big consumer', and returns
NET_XMIT_CN.
- ip_fragment() cancel remaining fragments.

This patch restores fairness, making sure we return NET_XMIT_CN only if
we dropped a packet from the same flow.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
CC: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 net/sched/sch_sfq.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ sfq_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
 {
 	struct sfq_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	unsigned int hash;
-	sfq_index x;
+	sfq_index x, qlen;
 	struct sfq_slot *slot;
 	int uninitialized_var(ret);
 
@@ -405,8 +405,12 @@ sfq_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
 	if (++sch->q.qlen <= q->limit)
 		return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 
+	qlen = slot->qlen;
 	sfq_drop(sch);
-	return NET_XMIT_CN;
+	/* Return Congestion Notification only if we dropped a packet
+	 * from this flow.
+	 */
+	return (qlen != slot->qlen) ? NET_XMIT_CN : NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 static struct sk_buff *


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