[Cake] Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return NET_XMIT_CN when past buffer_limit

[Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk> wrote:
>
> William Liu <will@willsroot.io> writes:
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> > The following setup can trigger a WARNING in htb_activate due to
> > the condition: !cl->leaf.q->q.qlen
> >
> > tc qdisc del dev lo root
> > tc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1: htb default 1
> > tc class add dev lo parent 1: classid 1:1 \
> >        htb rate 64bit
> > tc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:1 handle f: \
> >        cake memlimit 1b
> > ping -I lo -f -c1 -s64 -W0.001 127.0.0.1
> >
> > This is because the low memlimit leads to a low buffer_limit, which
> > causes packet dropping. However, cake_enqueue still returns
> > NET_XMIT_SUCCESS, causing htb_enqueue to call htb_activate with an
> > empty child qdisc. We should return NET_XMIT_CN when packets are
> > dropped from the same tin and flow.
> >
> > I do not believe return value of NET_XMIT_CN is necessary for packet
> > drops in the case of ack filtering, as that is meant to optimize
> > performance, not to signal congestion.
> >
> > Fixes: 046f6fd5daef ("sched: Add Common Applications Kept Enhanced (cake) qdisc")
> > Signed-off-by: William Liu <will@willsroot.io>
> > Reviewed-by: Savino Dicanosa <savy@syst3mfailure.io>
>
> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>

Reviewed-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>

cheers,
jamal
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