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From: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
To: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/9] bql: Byte Queue Limits
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:23:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1314303787.2329.1.camel@mojatatu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+mtBx8mb0pAqVH19WK=e9LuLeyvnNTybROOURD2Rg6UtYe+bw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 08:29 -0700, Tom Herbert wrote:

> BQL is dynamic, and will increase the queue limit more aggressively
> than decrease it.  So for instance, we can track the largest queue
> needed over 30 seconds which should be stable in the presence even in
> the presence of fluctuating bandwidth.  The thing that worries me is
> rather the HW queues conform to the queue characteristics described in
> the patch.  If transmit completions are random and not regular, BQL
> probably can't function well.
> 

I think thats the challenge ;-> I wouldnt say it is random, but if my
understanding is correct the effect is a factor of number of stations
etc.

> If you'd like to bring this up on some wireless devices that would be
> great, I don't have easy access to any right now, but I can try to
> help otherwise.

I am most curious as well...

cheers,
jamal

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-25 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-08  4:43 [RFC PATCH v2 0/9] bql: Byte Queue Limits Tom Herbert
2011-08-08 13:06 ` jamal
2011-08-08 13:18   ` Johannes Berg
2011-08-25 15:29     ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-25 20:23       ` jamal [this message]
2011-08-25 15:19   ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-08 15:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-08-08 17:51   ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-08 17:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-08-08 17:56       ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-08 18:01       ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-08 18:19         ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-08-09  7:41           ` David Miller
2011-08-09  8:06             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-08-09 14:54               ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-08-09 18:28                 ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-12 18:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-08-13  0:33   ` Tom Herbert
2011-08-13  0:38     ` Stephen Hemminger

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