netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net_sched: sch_fq: add the ability to offload pacing

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Message-ID: <66faf00cd5fb2_18b9952941c@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:38:04 -0400
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, 
 Jeffrey Ji <jeffreyji@...gle.com>, 
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 eric.dumazet@...il.com, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net_sched: sch_fq: add the ability to
 offload pacing

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Jeffrey Ji <jeffreyji@...gle.com>
> 
> Some network devices have the ability to offload EDT (Earliest
> Departure Time) which is the model used for TCP pacing and FQ packet
> scheduler.
> 
> Some of them implement the timing wheel mechanism described in
> https://saeed.github.io/files/carousel-sigcomm17.pdf
> with an associated 'timing wheel horizon'.
> 
> This patchs adds to FQ packet scheduler TCA_FQ_OFFLOAD_HORIZON
> attribute.
> 
> Its value is capped by the device max_pacing_offload_horizon,
> added in the prior patch.
> 
> It allows FQ to let packets within pacing offload horizon
> to be delivered to the device, which will handle the needed
> delay without host involvement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Ji <jeffreyji@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

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