netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net_sched: gred: add TCA_GRED

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 18:23:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.ward@...mit.edu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net_sched: gred: add TCA_GRED_LIMIT attribute

From: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>
Date: Sat,  9 May 2015 22:01:46 -0400

> In a GRED qdisc, if the default "virtual queue" (VQ) does not have drop
> parameters configured, then packets for the default VQ are not subjected
> to RED and are only dropped if the queue is larger than the net_device's
> tx_queue_len. This behavior is useful for WRED mode, since these packets
> will still influence the calculated average queue length and (therefore)
> the drop probability for all of the other VQs. However, for some drivers
> tx_queue_len is zero. In other cases the user may wish to make the limit
> the same for all VQs (including the default VQ with no drop parameters).
> 
> This change adds a TCA_GRED_LIMIT attribute to set the GRED queue limit,
> in bytes, during qdisc setup. (This limit is in bytes to be consistent
> with the drop parameters.) The default limit is the same as for a bfifo
> queue (tx_queue_len * psched_mtu). If the drop parameters of any VQ are
> configured with a smaller limit than the GRED queue limit, that VQ will
> still observe the smaller limit instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>

Applied, thanks David.
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