netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: sched: Add support for packet bursting.

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Message-ID: <877diekybt.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:44:54 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Niclas Hedam <nhed@....dk>,
        "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: sched: Add support for packet bursting.

Niclas Hedam <nhed@....dk> writes:

> From 71843907bdb9cdc4e24358f0c16a8778f2762dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Niclas Hedam <nhed@....dk>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:37:18 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] net: sched: Add support for packet bursting.

Something went wrong with the formatting here.

> This commit implements packet bursting in the NetEm scheduler.
> This allows system administrators to hold back outgoing
> packets and release them at a multiple of a time quantum.
> This feature can be used to prevent timing attacks caused
> by network latency.

How is this bursting feature different from the existing slot-based
mechanism?

-Toke