From: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>
To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
horms@kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us, edumazet@google.com,
xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, jhs@mojatatu.com, atenart@redhat.com,
carges@cloudflare.com, kernel-team@cloudflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/6] net: sched: rename QDISC_DROP_CAKE_FLOOD to QDISC_DROP_FLOOD_PROTECTION
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:53:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v7g4yfvi.fsf@toke.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <177039508262.2258217.13751577312338706877.stgit@firesoul>
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org> writes:
> Rename QDISC_DROP_CAKE_FLOOD to QDISC_DROP_FLOOD_PROTECTION to use a
> generic name without embedding the qdisc name. This follows the
> principle that drop reasons should describe the drop mechanism rather
> than being tied to a specific qdisc implementation.
>
> The flood protection drop reason is used by qdiscs implementing
> probabilistic drop algorithms (like BLUE) that detect unresponsive
> flows indicating potential DoS or flood attacks. CAKE uses this via
> its Cobalt AQM component.
>
> Suggested-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-10 11:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 16:24 [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] net: sched: refactor qdisc drop reasons into dedicated tracepoint Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-06 16:24 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] net: sched: introduce qdisc-specific drop reason tracing Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-10 11:47 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-02-11 8:36 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-11 8:46 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-13 17:50 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-11 8:50 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-06 16:24 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/6] net: sched: sfq: convert to qdisc drop reasons Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-10 11:48 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-02-06 16:24 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/6] net: sched: sch_cake: use enum qdisc_drop_reason for cobalt_should_drop Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-10 11:52 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-02-06 16:24 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/6] net: sched: rename QDISC_DROP_CAKE_FLOOD to QDISC_DROP_FLOOD_PROTECTION Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-10 11:53 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [this message]
2026-02-06 16:24 ` [PATCH net-next v3 5/6] net: sched: rename QDISC_DROP_FQ_* to generic names Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-10 11:54 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-02-06 16:24 ` [PATCH net-next v3 6/6] net: sched: sch_dualpi2: use qdisc_dequeue_drop() for dequeue drops Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-02-10 12:00 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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