netdev - Re: Cake not doing rate limiting in a way it is expected to do

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Message-ID: <87muj6tusy.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 18:20:29 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Akshat Kakkar <akshat.1984@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, lartc <lartc@...r.kernel.org>,
        cake@...ts.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: Cake not doing rate limiting in a way it is expected to do

Akshat Kakkar <akshat.1984@...il.com> writes:

> It's a controlled lab setup. Users connected to eno2 and server on eno1.
> Link speed 1Gbps.
> No ingress shaping.
> Simple http download.
>
> I am having multiple rates requirement for multiple user groups, which
> I am controlling using various classes and thus using htb.

Well, CAKE has its own built-in shaper, so it hasn't seen much testing
with HTB as a parent. Theoretically it *should* work, though, as long as
CAKE is running in unlimited mode.

Could you please share your full config, and the output of `tc -s qdisc`
after a run?

Thanks,

-Toke