netdev - Re: [PATCH] fq_codel: dont reinit flow state

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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:08:02 -0700
From:	Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fq_codel: dont reinit flow state

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> When fq_codel builds a new flow, it should not reset codel state.
>
> Codel algo needs to get previous values (lastcount, drop_next) to get
> proper behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
> index 9fc1c62..4e606fc 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
> @@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ static int fq_codel_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch)
>
>         if (list_empty(&flow->flowchain)) {
>                 list_add_tail(&flow->flowchain, &q->new_flows);
> -               codel_vars_init(&flow->cvars);
>                 q->new_flow_count++;
>                 flow->deficit = q->quantum;
>                 flow->dropped = 0;
> @@ -418,6 +417,7 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
>                         struct fq_codel_flow *flow = q->flows + i;
>
>                         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&flow->flowchain);
> +                       codel_vars_init(&flow->cvars);
>                 }
>         }
>         if (sch->limit >= 1)
>
>

I can live with this as is. flow->dropped will probably go away in the
long term anyway.

Acked-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@...ferbloat.net>
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