From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Mubashir Adnan Qureshi <mubashirmaq@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Mubashir Adnan Qureshi <mubashirq@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] Add PLB functionality to TCP
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 16:42:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221003164223.53f2b4e3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220930045320.5252-1-mubashirmaq@gmail.com>
On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 04:53:15 +0000 Mubashir Adnan Qureshi wrote:
> This patch series adds PLB (Protective Load Balancing) to TCP and hooks
> it up to DCTCP. PLB is disabled by default and can be enabled using
> relevant sysctls and support from underlying CC.
>
> PLB (Protective Load Balancing) is a host based mechanism for load
> balancing across switch links. It leverages congestion signals(e.g. ECN)
> from transport layer to randomly change the path of the connection
> experiencing congestion. PLB changes the path of the connection by
> changing the outgoing IPv6 flow label for IPv6 connections (implemented
> in Linux by calling sk_rethink_txhash()). Because of this implementation
> mechanism, PLB can currently only work for IPv6 traffic. For more
> information, see the SIGCOMM 2022 paper:
> https://doi.org/10.1145/3544216.3544226
A bit of an unfortunate timing. Linus just released 6.0 and we went
into feature freeze AKA merge window. Please repost in 2 weeks, after
v6.1-rc1 has been tagged.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-03 23:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-29 14:24 [PATCH net-next 0/5] Add PLB functionality to TCP Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-29 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] tcp: add sysctls for TCP PLB parameters Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 2:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-09-29 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] tcp: add PLB functionality for TCP Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-29 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] tcp: add support for PLB in DCTCP Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-29 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] tcp: add u32 counter in tcp_sock and an SNMP counter for PLB Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-29 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] tcp: add rcv_wnd and plb_rehash to TCP_INFO Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 4:53 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] Add PLB functionality to TCP Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 4:53 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] tcp: add sysctls for TCP PLB parameters Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 4:53 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] tcp: add PLB functionality for TCP Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 4:53 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] tcp: add support for PLB in DCTCP Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 4:53 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] tcp: add u32 counter in tcp_sock and an SNMP counter for PLB Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-09-30 4:53 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] tcp: add rcv_wnd and plb_rehash to TCP_INFO Mubashir Adnan Qureshi
2022-10-03 23:42 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
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