netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] nexthop: Resilient next-hop groups

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Date:   Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:16:01 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] nexthop: Resilient next-hop groups

On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 12:17:54PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> On 2/13/21 12:16 PM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 11:57:03AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> >> On 2/8/21 1:42 PM, Petr Machata wrote:
> >>> To illustrate the usage, consider the following commands:
> >>>
> >>>  # ip nexthop add id 1 via 192.0.2.2 dev dummy1
> >>>  # ip nexthop add id 2 via 192.0.2.3 dev dummy1
> >>>  # ip nexthop add id 10 group 1/2 type resilient \
> >>> 	buckets 8 idle_timer 60 unbalanced_timer 300
> >>>
> >>> The last command creates a resilient next hop group. It will have 8
> >>> buckets, each bucket will be considered idle when no traffic hits it for at
> >>> least 60 seconds, and if the table remains out of balance for 300 seconds,
> >>> it will be forcefully brought into balance. (If not present in netlink
> >>> message, the idle timer defaults to 120 seconds, and there is no unbalanced
> >>> timer, meaning the group may remain unbalanced indefinitely.)
> >>
> >> How did you come up with the default timer of 120 seconds?
> > 
> > It is the default in the Cumulus Linux implementation (deployed for
> > several years already), so we figured it should be OK.
> > 
> 
> Add that to the commit log.

OK, will add