tree d67053f9a2ec1a7a8a379e7480626be85a7e4cf2
parent b8f8c8eb408b36ad55dd41a616b3f51998880fb6
author Nishanth Devarajan <ndev2021@gmail.com> 1532354861 +0530
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1532468640 -0700

net/sched: add skbprio scheduler

Skbprio (SKB Priority Queue) is a queueing discipline that prioritizes packets
according to their skb->priority field. Under congestion, already-enqueued lower
priority packets will be dropped to make space available for higher priority
packets. Skbprio was conceived as a solution for denial-of-service defenses that
need to route packets with different priorities as a means to overcome DoS
attacks.

v5
*Do not reference qdisc_dev(sch)->tx_queue_len for setting limit. Instead set
default sch->limit to 64.

v4
*Drop Documentation/networking/sch_skbprio.txt doc file to move it to tc man
page for Skbprio, in iproute2.

v3
*Drop max_limit parameter in struct skbprio_sched_data and instead use
sch->limit.

*Reference qdisc_dev(sch)->tx_queue_len only once, during initialisation for
qdisc (previously being referenced every time qdisc changes).

*Move qdisc's detailed description from in-code to Documentation/networking.

*When qdisc is saturated, enqueue incoming packet first before dequeueing
lowest priority packet in queue - improves usage of call stack registers.

*Introduce and use overlimit stat to keep track of number of dropped packets.

v2
*Use skb->priority field rather than DS field. Rename queueing discipline as
SKB Priority Queue (previously Gatekeeper Priority Queue).

*Queueing discipline is made classful to expose Skbprio's internal priority
queues.

Signed-off-by: Nishanth Devarajan <ndev2021@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sachin Paryani <sachin.paryani@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Cody Doucette <doucette@bu.edu>
Reviewed-by: Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>
Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>