netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net_sched: sch_fq: add WRR scheduling and 3 bands

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Message-ID: <CAF=yD-JrggCg9NQ3MKDHx9rzKtJqhuoFD3kbSVsUH8n8553VKg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 08:48:21 +0200
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, 
	Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>, Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>, 
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, 
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net_sched: sch_fq: add WRR scheduling and 3 bands

On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 4:51 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> As discussed in Netconf 2023 in Paris last week, this series adds
> to FQ the possibility of replacing pfifo_fast for most setups.
>
> FQ provides fairness among flows, but malicious applications
> can cause problems by using thousands of sockets.
>
> Having 3 bands like pfifo_fast can make sure that applications
> using high prio packets (eg AF4) can get guaranteed throughput
> even if thousands of low priority flows are competing.
>
> Added complexity in FQ does not matter in many cases when/if
> fastpath added in the prior series is used.
>
> Eric Dumazet (4):
>   net_sched: sch_fq: remove q->ktime_cache
>   net_sched: export pfifo_fast prio2band[]
>   net_sched: sch_fq: add 3 bands and WRR scheduling
>   net_sched: sch_fq: add TCA_FQ_WEIGHTS attribute
>
>  include/net/sch_generic.h      |   1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h |  14 +-
>  net/sched/sch_fq.c             | 263 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  net/sched/sch_generic.c        |   9 +-
>  4 files changed, 226 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.42.0.582.g8ccd20d70d-goog

For the series:

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>