netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] fq_codel: generalise ce_threshold marking for subset of traffic

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Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:25:13 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] fq_codel: generalise ce_threshold marking for
 subset of traffic



On 10/20/21 2:16 PM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> writes:
> 
>> On 10/19/21 10:47 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
>>> The commit in the Fixes tag expanded the ce_threshold feature of FQ-CoDel
>>> so it can be applied to a subset of the traffic, using the ECT(1) bit of
>>> the ECN field as the classifier. However, hard-coding ECT(1) as the only
>>> classifier for this feature seems limiting, so let's expand it to be more
>>> general.
>>>
>>> To this end, change the parameter from a ce_threshold_ect1 boolean, to a
>>> one-byte selector/mask pair (ce_threshold_{selector,mask}) which is applied
>>> to the whole diffserv/ECN field in the IP header. This makes it possible to
>>> classify packets by any value in either the ECN field or the diffserv
>>> field. In particular, setting a selector of INET_ECN_ECT_1 and a mask of
>>> INET_ECN_MASK corresponds to the functionality before this patch, and a
>>> mask of ~INET_ECN_MASK allows using the selector as a straight-forward
>>> match against a diffserv code point:
>>>
>>>  # apply ce_threshold to ECT(1) traffic
>>>  tc qdisc replace dev eth0 root fq_codel ce_threshold 1ms ce_threshold_selector 0x1/0x3
>>>
>>>  # apply ce_threshold to ECN-capable traffic marked as diffserv AF22
>>>  tc qdisc replace dev eth0 root fq_codel ce_threshold 1ms ce_threshold_selector 0x50/0xfc
>>>
>>> Regardless of the selector chosen, the normal rules for ECN-marking of
>>> packets still apply, i.e., the flow must still declare itself ECN-capable
>>> by setting one of the bits in the ECN field to get marked at all.
>>>
>>> v2:
>>> - Add tc usage examples to patch description
>>>
>>> Fixes: e72aeb9ee0e3 ("fq_codel: implement L4S style ce_threshold_ect1 marking")
>>> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> BTW, the Fixes: tag seems not really needed, your patch is a
>> followup/generalization.
> 
> Yeah, I included it because I don't know of any other way to express
> "this is a follow-up commit to this other one, and the two should be
> kept together" - for e.g., backports. And I figured that since this
> changes the UAPI from your initial patch, this was important to express
> in case someone does backport that.

The patch targeted net-next, and was not stable material.

Also, this is pure opt-in behavior, so there was no risk
of breaking something.

Note that I have not provided yet an iproute2 patch, so only your
iproute2 change will possibly enable the new behavior.

> 
> Is there another way to express this that I'm not aware of?

Just mentioning the commit directly in the changelog is what I
do for followups.