From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 04:24:36 -0700

> BBR congestion control depends on pacing, and pacing is
> currently handled by sch_fq packet scheduler for performance reasons,
> and also because implemening pacing with FQ was convenient to truly
> avoid bursts.
> 
> However there are many cases where this packet scheduler constraint
> is not practical.
> - Many linux hosts are not focusing on handling thousands of TCP
>   flows in the most efficient way.
> - Some routers use fq_codel or other AQM, but still would like
>   to use BBR for the few TCP flows they initiate/terminate.
> 
> This patch implements an automatic fallback to internal pacing.
 ...

Looks great, applied, thanks!

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