netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2]: [NET_SCHED]: Making rate table lookups more flexible.

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Date:	Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:16:54 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...u.dk>
CC:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jdb@...x.dk>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2]: [NET_SCHED]: Making rate table lookups more flexible.

Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>>
>>> This is not a ATM/ADSL only patch.  This patch simply adds more
>>> flexibility to the rate tables.  Afterwards we can start the discussion
>>> about how to use this new flexibility in tc/iproute2.
>>
>> I know, but that discussion should happen *before* merging any
>> changes to the kernel.
>
> Let not try to solve too many things at once. We need to do this in 
> small steps. Please, lets not start long and borrowing discussion 
> again, where we try to solve too many things at once.

We don't need many, but we do need *one* thing that actually
uses this and isn't controversial before merging.
>
>
>> Its pointless to add functionality that
>> won't be used afterwards or may need to be done differently.
>
> I believe that the functionality _will_ be used, also in the general 
> case.
>
> Lets focus on the general case, where the functionality actually is 
> needed right away.
>
> In the general case:
>
> - The rate table needs to be aligned (cell_align=-1).
>   (currently, we miscalculates up to 7 bytes on every lookup)

We will always do that, thats a consequence of storing the
transmission times for multiples of 8b.

>
> - The existing tc overhead calc can be made more accurate.
>   (by adding overhead before doing the lookup, instead of the
>    current solution where the rate table is modified with its
>    limited resolution)

Please demonstrate this with patches (one for the overhead
calculation, one for the cell_align thing), then we can
continue this discussion.

>
>
> Patrick, note that your STAB solution will _not_ work without the rate 
> table alignment.


I can't argue about this without looking into it again first,
but it shouldn't really matter for now since we don't have
a patch to actually implement it.


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