netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] net: sched: RED: Introduce an ECN tail-dropping mode

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Message-ID: <20200311192511.3260658c@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN>
Date:   Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:25:11 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Roman Mashak <mrv@...atatu.com>, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] net: sched: RED: Introduce an ECN
 tail-dropping mode

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:01:38 -0700 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > That said, I agree that from the perspective of the qdisc itself the
> > name does not make sense. We can make it "nodrop", or "nored", or maybe
> > "keep_non_ect"... I guess "nored" is closest to the desired effect.  
> 
> Well, red algo is still used to decide if we attempt ECN marking, so "nodrop"
> seems better to me :)

nodrop + harddrop is a valid combination and that'd look a little
strange. Maybe something like ect-only?