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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v5 8/9] xen-netback: Timeout packets in RX path
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:03:48PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
[...]
>
> You beat me to this. Was about to reply to your other email. :-)
>
> It's also worth mentioning that DIV_ROUND_UP part is merely estimation,
> as you cannot possible know the maximum / miminum queue length of all
> other vifs (as they can be changed during runtime). In practice most
> users will stick with the default, but some advanced users might want to
> tune this value for individual vif (whether that's a good idea or not is
> another topic).
>
> So, in order to convince myself this is safe. I also did some analysis
> on the impact of having queue length other than default value. If
> queue_len < XENVIF_QUEUE_LENGTH, that means you can queue less packets
> in qdisc than default and drain it faster than calculated, which is
> safe. On the other hand if queue_len > XENVIF_QUEUE_LENGTH, it means
> actually you need more time than calculated. I'm in two minded here. The
> default value seems sensible to me but I'm still a bit worried about the
> queue_len > XENVIF_QUEUE_LENGTH case.
>
> An idea is to book-keep maximum tx queue len among all vifs and use that
> to calculate worst scenario.
>

And unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to know when tx queue
length is changed! So this approach won't work. :-(

Wei.


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