Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net_sched: sch_sfq: fix allot handling

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:43:17 +0100

On 15.12.2010 17:40, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le mercredi 15 décembre 2010 à 17:27 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> 
>> Hmm, you may be right, thanks a lot for reviewing !
>>
>> I noticed that with normal quantum (1514), my SFQ setup was sending two
>> full frames per flow after my patch, so was about to prepare a new
>> version ;)
>>
>> I'll post a v2 shortly.
> 
> Indeed, the missing init in sfq_enqueue() is enough to solve the
> problem : 
> 
> [PATCH v2] net_sched: sch_sfq: fix allot handling
> 
> When deploying SFQ/IFB here at work, I found the allot management was
> pretty wrong in sfq, even changing allot from short to int...
> 
> We should init allot for each new flow, not using a previous value found
> in slot.
> 
> Before patch, I saw bursts of several packets per flow, apparently
> denying the default "quantum 1514" limit I had on my SFQ class.
> 
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
> index 3cf478d..065a2a5 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
> @@ -321,14 +321,13 @@ sfq_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch)
>  	sfq_inc(q, x);
>  	if (q->qs[x].qlen == 1) {		/* The flow is new */
>  		if (q->tail == SFQ_DEPTH) {	/* It is the first flow */
> -			q->tail = x;
>  			q->next[x] = x;
> -			q->allot[x] = q->quantum;
>  		} else {
>  			q->next[x] = q->next[q->tail];
>  			q->next[q->tail] = x;
> -			q->tail = x;
>  		}
> +		q->tail = x;
> +		q->allot[x] = q->quantum;
>  	}

Now we could remove the allot increase in sfq_dequeue for
the case that the flow becomes inactive. It is incorrect
anyways.