netdev - [PATCH net-next] sch_netem: Bug fixing in calculating Netem interval

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Date:   Tue, 6 Feb 2018 23:14:18 -0500
From:   "Md. Islam" <mislam4@...t.edu>
To:     shemminger@...l.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] sch_netem: Bug fixing in calculating Netem interval

In Kernel 4.15.0+, Netem does not work properly.

Netem setup:

tc qdisc add dev h1-eth0 root handle 1: netem delay 10ms 2ms

Result:

PING 172.16.101.2 (172.16.101.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=22.8 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=10.9 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=10.9 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=11.4 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=11.8 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=4303 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=11.2 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=10.3 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=4304 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=4303 ms

Patch:

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 7bbc13b..7c179ad 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static s64 tabledist(s64 mu, s32 sigma,

     /* default uniform distribution */
     if (dist == NULL)
-        return (rnd % (2 * sigma)) - sigma + mu;
+        return ((rnd % (2 * sigma)) + mu) - sigma;

     t = dist->table[rnd % dist->size];
     x = (sigma % NETEM_DIST_SCALE) * t;


(rnd % (2 * sigma)) - sigma was overflowing s32. After applying the
patch, I found following output which is desirable.

PING 172.16.101.2 (172.16.101.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=21.1 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=8.46 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=9.00 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=11.8 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=8.36 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=11.8 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=8.11 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=10.0 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=11.3 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=11.5 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.101.2: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=10.2 ms

Many thanks!
Tamim