[Bloat] [PATCH net-next] fq_codel: should use qdisc backlog as threshold

Eric Dumazet eric.dumazet at gmail.com
Wed May 16 10:39:09 EDT 2012


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>

codel_should_drop() logic allows a packet being not dropped if queue
size is under max packet size.

In fq_codel, we have two possible backlogs : The qdisc global one, and
the flow local one.

The meaningful one for codel_should_drop() should be the global backlog,
not the per flow one, so that thin flows can have a non zero drop/mark
probability.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
Cc: Dave Taht <dave.taht at bufferbloat.net>
Cc: Kathleen Nichols <nichols at pollere.com>
Cc: Van Jacobson <van at pollere.net>
---
 include/net/codel.h      |   15 +++++++--------
 net/sched/sch_codel.c    |    4 ++--
 net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c |    5 +++--
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/codel.h b/include/net/codel.h
index 7546517..550debf 100644
--- a/include/net/codel.h
+++ b/include/net/codel.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static codel_time_t codel_control_law(codel_time_t t,
 
 
 static bool codel_should_drop(const struct sk_buff *skb,
-			      unsigned int *backlog,
+			      struct Qdisc *sch,
 			      struct codel_vars *vars,
 			      struct codel_params *params,
 			      struct codel_stats *stats,
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ static bool codel_should_drop(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	vars->ldelay = now - codel_get_enqueue_time(skb);
-	*backlog -= qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
+	sch->qstats.backlog -= qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(qdisc_pkt_len(skb) > stats->maxpacket))
 		stats->maxpacket = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 
 	if (codel_time_before(vars->ldelay, params->target) ||
-	    *backlog <= stats->maxpacket) {
+	    sch->qstats.backlog <= stats->maxpacket) {
 		/* went below - stay below for at least interval */
 		vars->first_above_time = 0;
 		return false;
@@ -249,8 +249,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch,
 				     struct codel_params *params,
 				     struct codel_vars *vars,
 				     struct codel_stats *stats,
-				     codel_skb_dequeue_t dequeue_func,
-				     u32 *backlog)
+				     codel_skb_dequeue_t dequeue_func)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = dequeue_func(vars, sch);
 	codel_time_t now;
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch,
 		return skb;
 	}
 	now = codel_get_time();
-	drop = codel_should_drop(skb, backlog, vars, params, stats, now);
+	drop = codel_should_drop(skb, sch, vars, params, stats, now);
 	if (vars->dropping) {
 		if (!drop) {
 			/* sojourn time below target - leave dropping state */
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch,
 				qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
 				stats->drop_count++;
 				skb = dequeue_func(vars, sch);
-				if (!codel_should_drop(skb, backlog,
+				if (!codel_should_drop(skb, sch,
 						       vars, params, stats, now)) {
 					/* leave dropping state */
 					vars->dropping = false;
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch,
 			stats->drop_count++;
 
 			skb = dequeue_func(vars, sch);
-			drop = codel_should_drop(skb, backlog, vars, params,
+			drop = codel_should_drop(skb, sch, vars, params,
 						 stats, now);
 		}
 		vars->dropping = true;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_codel.c
index 213ef60..2f9ab17 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_codel.c
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_qdisc_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	struct codel_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	skb = codel_dequeue(sch, &q->params, &q->vars, &q->stats,
-			    dequeue, &sch->qstats.backlog);
+	skb = codel_dequeue(sch, &q->params, &q->vars, &q->stats, dequeue);
+
 	/* We cant call qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen() if our qlen is 0,
 	 * or HTB crashes. Defer it for next round.
 	 */
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index 337ff20..9fc1c62 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -217,13 +217,14 @@ static int fq_codel_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch)
  */
 static struct sk_buff *dequeue(struct codel_vars *vars, struct Qdisc *sch)
 {
+	struct fq_codel_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct fq_codel_flow *flow;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 
 	flow = container_of(vars, struct fq_codel_flow, cvars);
 	if (flow->head) {
 		skb = dequeue_head(flow);
-		sch->qstats.backlog -= qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
+		q->backlogs[flow - q->flows] -= qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 		sch->q.qlen--;
 	}
 	return skb;
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ begin:
 	prev_ecn_mark = q->cstats.ecn_mark;
 
 	skb = codel_dequeue(sch, &q->cparams, &flow->cvars, &q->cstats,
-			    dequeue, &q->backlogs[flow - q->flows]);
+			    dequeue);
 
 	flow->dropped += q->cstats.drop_count - prev_drop_count;
 	flow->dropped += q->cstats.ecn_mark - prev_ecn_mark;





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