netdev - RE: [RFC PATCH v4 bpf-next 02/12] tcp: bpf: Add TCP_BPF_DELACK

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Date:   Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:57:56 -0700
From:   John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, kernel-team@...com,
        Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v4 bpf-next 02/12] tcp: bpf: Add TCP_BPF_DELACK_MAX
 setsockopt

Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> This change is mostly from an internal patch and adapts it from sysctl
> config to the bpf_setsockopt setup.
> 
> The bpf_prog can set the max delay ack by using
> bpf_setsockopt(TCP_BPF_DELACK_MAX).  This max delay ack can be communicated
> to its peer through bpf header option.  The receiving peer can then use
> this max delay ack and set a potentially lower rto by using
> bpf_setsockopt(TCP_BPF_RTO_MIN) which will be introduced
> in the next patch.
> 
> Another later selftest patch will also use it like the above to show
> how to write and parse bpf tcp header option.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> ---

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>