netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] sch_cake: Make gso-splitting configurable

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Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:44:55 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] sch_cake: Make gso-splitting configurable

David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> writes:

> On 8/13/18 5:36 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
>> This patch makes sch_cake's gso/gro splitting configurable
>> from userspace.
>> 
>> To disable breaking apart superpackets in sch_cake:
>> 
>> tc qdisc replace dev whatever root cake no-split-gso
>> 
>> to enable:
>> 
>> tc qdisc replace dev whatever root cake split-gso
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
>> ---
>
> applied to iproute2-next. Thanks

Great, thanks :)

> I think you also need to display it if the attribute is returned.

We already print 'split-gso' when it is set; this was previously decided
by the kernel, this change just makes it user-configurable...

-Toke