From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-it0-x244.google.com (mail-it0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 550213B29E for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:41:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-it0-x244.google.com with SMTP id g141-v6so298106ita.4 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:41:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0o0oZLFNsbkq+aiXzDLslGqSsyJuxtoQcmdrhknfis8=; b=jY7BY2tws4onq6IMEeoPl3K95JDSjKhRdxPAUMJrUdHgZO8QoL7Y3NmdXYgfNfoNcC rkM7sOuNR44R5RjIcPTrCPFWoEfd6C4eOHa3HtlKiSiLToSj43+XL04Jq3xWLd2REMDd sjqoWW5+EALAVJxz1fYuVgcsj3H03w9QYpkYFFiFC7RldNI8y7tXsZKM/2qCbqNyBP/X bSYpNpeLQiifYbbV8ET3Bjkq/4Ex1nQ7imbgQbyBjhWy6VYRVHDJo3yPMrBeB+NfyYLO mutMbdTJG7+XukNEpF/1RGbKHkOqKQ/DjR+TDA4JQo+2wu9TlZRJBamOZcvguruDyLcq xJ+g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0o0oZLFNsbkq+aiXzDLslGqSsyJuxtoQcmdrhknfis8=; b=hWovJ3lFufDpn9xJRCzSi0qWvNt7AM/J+0Apfb9dp0dIiM7dnUF05Aaf1DZ6VStLvN 9IZTZrKi5zmncJLjKsiLvTy2wR/BpABPOrasFszicHVJ01dYgGAWQIQJ6BlootWFpgy+ jNWhnYYvhto2oIrgXiqsscv6ZebOJwSLhQxHik82kXDAGQFIl6tQB9tG+PuyDau+Z8NU xzA6/jGZfIMi/y9mmyaYQxmRlmLtRkn9dCe+HccLC4J7XcEDnLT2c4aTOFWs+78y3weJ h8ODZ3yYdA29PQj/khab7phC48EsuVf27nEe65Qd7LB0t3SXel4lRHLWr5oK21t7bejL NMMg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlF60nKB2N8RJKIUIk+xDfVTCJ2jgpFbC8JEAOifUVEoCngIRGzg rQ6vkJhTRf7pRZBi20cL+7fX/O36sNP7hqHpXVekCg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpfOhq561sFJD12fl6vYCEBNE2MO0W+xwp7k+UQ4POYsgMuBeCtgpZrx4iG7YINEyGsdgryK9YHxT5IHHN+aau4= X-Received: by 2002:a02:4142:: with SMTP id x63-v6mr17098997jaa.127.1532965317737; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:41:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a4f:6985:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:41:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <942CB8C5-81AD-4359-8DEB-77603EB91D1F@darbyshire-bryant.me.uk> From: Loganaden Velvindron Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 19:41:57 +0400 Message-ID: To: Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant Cc: Dave Taht , Cake List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Cake] CAKE related iproute2 & kernel patches - keeping things in sync X-BeenThere: cake@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Cake - FQ_codel the next generation List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:41:58 -0000 On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant wrote: > > >> On 30 Jul 2018, at 00:42, Dave Taht wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:05 AM Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant >> wrote: >>> >>> To whom it may concern (Dave) ;-) >>> >>> This is a general plea that when patches are submitted to upstream plea= se can we also commit them to our current development repositories. >> >> Mea culpa. I was hiding under my desk expecting the 10GigE+ world to >> unite and march upon me, torches ablaze and, while gearing up for >> battle there, collecting data on how bql and split-gso interacted at >> various speeds, I didn't expect davem to just take the darn patch. > > They=E2=80=99re gathering firewood=E2=80=A6.and petrol tankers :-) > Actually I too was pretty surprised to see it committed. > > >> I have this whole lovely, giant, rant ,and plots that I'm not gonna be >> motivated to finish now. >> >> This does raise a long term point however in that as we go mainline >> more tweaks and patches *will* arrive >> via normal linux kernel processes from others. Do you want maintainershi= p there? > > Personally, Noooo! :-) This sounds like backports territory. And I=E2= =80=99m back to that idea of dropping the kmod package and introducing cake= via a kernel patch for openwrt. *shudder* > > >> >>> 4.19 isn=E2=80=99t even released yet, so most people, including Openwrt= , get cake via our 'out of tree=E2=80=99 repositories. This is also a good= idea from a point of view of testing. I appreciate the latest changes are= of =E2=80=98one line=E2=80=99 type variety and so mostly harmless but idea= lly it should at least be in our own out of tree repo=E2=80=99s first/at th= e same time. >>> >>> I had to submit the latest =E2=80=98split-gso by default=E2=80=99 patch= , accepted to upstream, manually to our own cake repo for Toke to commit. = I note with some distress that there=E2=80=99s an =E2=80=98iproute2=E2=80= =99 upstream patch pending to enable the userspace side of the same thing t= hat currently is NOT in the =E2=80=98tc-adv=E2=80=99 repo. >>> >>> Dare I also suggest that a man page update would be appreciated by ipro= ute2-next too. >> >> I started reviewing the man page's gobble of troff, started writing a >> tuning section (and decided that needed a web page), went looking for >> other missing keywords, and... we haven't heard from logan in a >> while... my back is covered with black jube jells and dust bunnies >> from hiding under my desk. >> Will find time to update the man page :) >> and I dunno, has anyone read the man page lately? There's a HUGE >> opportunity to bikeshed there. > > Lord no, not the bikeshed! I was more thinking of including the two new = keywords that had been introduced=E2=80=A6.. not going wild :-) > > Kevin