netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: sched: Lockless Token Bucket (LTB) Qdisc

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 13:24:04 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     "YU, Xiangning" <xiangning.yu@...baba-inc.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: sched: Lockless Token Bucket (LTB) Qdisc

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 2:24 PM YU, Xiangning
<xiangning.yu@...baba-inc.com> wrote:
>
> The key is to avoid classifying packets from a same flow into different classes. So we use socket priority to classify packets. It's always going to be correctly classified.
>
> Not sure what do you mean by default configuration. But we create a shadow class when the qdisc is created. Before any other classes are created, all packets from any flow will be classified to this same shadow class, there won't be any incorrect classified packets either.

By "default configuration" I mean no additional configuration on top
of qdisc creation. If you have to rely on additional TC filters to
do the classification, it could be problematic. Same for setting
skb priority, right?

Also, you use a default class, this means all unclassified packets
share the same class, and a flow falls into this class could be still
out-of-order, right?

Thanks.