net: sched: pie: add derandomization mechanism
authorMohit P. Tahiliani <tahiliani@nitk.edu.in>
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:10:00 +0000 (00:40 +0530)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:21:03 +0000 (14:21 -0800)
commit95400b975dd32d2398ecff4dcc6f7bf0ffbd725f
tree34b983ee61e40a6caf75718eb30e50da9d92aa26
parent3f7ae5f3dc5295ac17d6521130ed8a8f8a723fbf
net: sched: pie: add derandomization mechanism

Random dropping of packets to achieve latency control may
introduce outlier situations where packets are dropped too
close to each other or too far from each other. This can
cause the real drop percentage to temporarily deviate from
the intended drop probability. In certain scenarios, such
as a small number of simultaneous TCP flows, these
deviations can cause significant deviations in link
utilization and queuing latency.

RFC 8033 suggests using a derandomization mechanism to avoid
these deviations.

Signed-off-by: Mohit P. Tahiliani <tahiliani@nitk.edu.in>
Signed-off-by: Dhaval Khandla <dhavaljkhandla26@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hrishikesh Hiraskar <hrishihiraskar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Manish Kumar B <bmanish15597@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sachin D. Patil <sdp.sachin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Leslie Monis <lesliemonis@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/sched/sch_pie.c