netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 0/9] bpf: Network Resource Manager (NRM)

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Message-ID: <2507e7b5-2ffa-e080-698a-18a7b0ee36ac@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 23 Feb 2019 10:39:53 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, brakmo <brakmo@...com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Martin Lau <kafai@...com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 0/9] bpf: Network Resource Manager (NRM)



On 02/22/2019 07:03 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> On 2/22/19 8:06 PM, brakmo wrote:
>> Network Resource Manager is a framework for limiting the bandwidth used
>> by v2 cgroups. It consists of 4 BPF helpers and a sample BPF program to
>> limit egress bandwdith as well as a sample user program and script to
>> simplify NRM testing.
> 
> 'resource manager' is a really generic name. Since you are referring to
> bandwidth, how about renaming to Network Bandwidth Manager?
> 

Or just use the normal word for a policer ...

Really this is beyond me that TCP experts can still push policers out there,
they are really a huge pain.