kernel.git/net/sched/sch_api.c, branch linux-3.8.y

pkt_sched: avoid requeues if possible

2012-12-12T05:16:47Z

With BQL being deployed, we can more likely have following behavior : We dequeue a packet from qdisc in dequeue_skb(), then we realize target tx queue is in XOFF state in sch_direct_xmit(), and we have to hold the skb into gso_skb for later. This shows in stats (tc -s qdisc dev eth0) as requeues. Problem of these requeues is that high priority packets can not be dequeued as long as this (possibly low prio and big TSO packet) is not removed from gso_skb. At 1Gbps speed, a full size TSO packet is 500 us of extra latency. In some cases, we know that all packets dequeued from a qdisc are for a particular and known txq : - If device is non multi queue - For all MQ/MQPRIO slave qdiscs This patch introduces a new qdisc flag, TCQ_F_ONETXQUEUE to mark this capability, so that dequeue_skb() is allowed to dequeue a packet only if the associated txq is not stopped. This indeed reduce latencies for high prio packets (or improve fairness with sfq/fq_codel), and almost remove qdisc 'requeues'. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim Cc: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Push capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) into the rtnl methods

2012-11-19T01:32:44Z

- In rtnetlink_rcv_msg convert the capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) check to ns_capable(net->user-ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN). Allowing unprivileged users to make netlink calls to modify their local network namespace. - In the rtnetlink doit methods add capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) so that calls that are not safe for unprivileged users are still protected. Later patches will remove the extra capable calls from methods that are safe for unprivilged users. Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

pkt_sched: use ns_to_ktime() helper

2012-10-22T02:21:27Z

ns_to_ktime() seems better than ktime_set() + ktime_add_ns() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: Rename pid to portid to avoid confusion

2012-09-10T19:30:41Z

It is a frequent mistake to confuse the netlink port identifier with a process identifier. Try to reduce this confusion by renaming fields that hold port identifiers portid instead of pid. I have carefully avoided changing the structures exported to userspace to avoid changing the userspace API. I have successfully built an allyesconfig kernel with this change. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

pkt_sched: sch_api: Move away from NLMSG_NEW().

2012-06-27T04:54:15Z

And use nlmsg_data() while we're here too, as well as remove a useless cast. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Convert net_ratelimit uses to net__ratelimited

2012-05-15T17:45:03Z

Standardize the net core ratelimited logging functions. Coalesce formats, align arguments. Change a printk then vprintk sequence to use printf extension %pV. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

pkt_sched: Stop using NLA_PUT*().

2012-04-01T22:11:37Z

These macros contain a hidden goto, and are thus extremely error prone and make code hard to audit. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net_sched: qdisc_alloc_handle() can be too slow

2012-01-03T18:03:20Z

When trying to allocate ~32768 qdiscs using autohandle mechanism, we can fill the space managed by kernel (handles in [8000-FFFF]:0000 range) But O(N^2) qdisc_alloc_handle() loops 0x10000 times instead of 0x8000 time tc add qdisc add dev eth0 parent 10:7fff pfifo limit 10 RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory real 1m54.826s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.004s INFO: rcu_sched_state detected stall on CPU 0 (t=60000 jiffies) Half number of loops, and add a cond_resched() call. We hold rtnl at this point. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet CC: Dave Taht Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: sched: constify tcf_proto and tc_action

2011-07-06T09:52:16Z

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

rtnetlink: Compute and store minimum ifinfo dump size

2011-06-10T03:38:07Z

The message size allocated for rtnl ifinfo dumps was limited to a single page. This is not enough for additional interface info available with devices that support SR-IOV and caused a bug in which VF info would not be displayed if more than approximately 40 VFs were created per interface. Implement a new function pointer for the rtnl_register service that will calculate the amount of data required for the ifinfo dump and allocate enough data to satisfy the request. Signed-off-by: Greg Rose Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher