From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH] proportional share accept() Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:17:19 -0800 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20040225111719.4b99403a.davem@redhat.com> References: <20040225101225.496d02d0.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: kashyapv In-Reply-To: Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:07:48 -0800 (PST) kashyapv wrote: > Also, an in-kernel solution allows administrative control and tuning > without affecting the applications at all. The administrator can as per > the policy (which may change over time) modify the proportions using another > interface. Otherwise, each application must provide a way to manage/modify > its scheduler. Since all of the classification we're suggesting is via the kernel, the administrator has the same kinds of controls and it is also without any application modifications. We're saying, to classify packets so that they get prioritized however you would have prioritized things in the accept queue (ie. mark SYN packets with address X as having priority Y). The let the packet scheduler or netfilter take care of the rest.