netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/smc: Add autocork support

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Date:   Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:10:40 +0100
From:   Karsten Graul <kgraul@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com,
        Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Stefan Raspl <raspl@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Tony Lu <tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com>, kuba@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/smc: Add autocork support

On 24/02/2022 03:02, dust.li wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 07:57:31PM +0100, Karsten Graul wrote:
>> On 19/02/2022 00:42, dust.li wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 05:03:56PM +0100, Karsten Graul wrote:
>>>> Right now for me it looks like there is no way to use netlink for container runtime
>>>> configuration, which is a pity.
>>>> We continue our discussions about this in the team, and also here on the list.
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your time on this topic !
>>
>> We checked more specs (like Container Network Interface (CNI) Specification) 
>> but all we found uses sysctl at the end. There is lot of infrastructure 
>> to use sysctls in a container environment.
>>
>> Establishing netlink-like controls for containers is by far out of our scope, and
>> would take a long time until it would be available in the popular projects.
>>
>> So at the moment I see no alternative to an additional sysctl interface in the 
>> SMC module that provides controls which are useful in container environments.
> 
> Got it, I will add sysctl interface and a switch with this function.
> 
> Thank again !

Can you explain again why this auto_cork needs a switch to disable it?
My understanding is that this auto_cork makes always sense and is triggered
when there are not enough resources.