Re: [PATCH net-next v14 3/7] sch_cake: Add optional ACK filter

2018-05-21 Thread Eric Dumazet
On 05/21/2018 01:35 PM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > + > + /* 3 reserved flags must be unset to avoid future breakage > + * ECE/CWR/NS can be safely ignored > + * ACK must be set > + * All other flags URG/PSH/RST/SYN/FIN must be unset > + * 0x0FFF = all TCP flags (

[PATCH net-next v14 3/7] sch_cake: Add optional ACK filter

2018-05-21 Thread Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
The ACK filter is an optional feature of CAKE which is designed to improve performance on links with very asymmetrical rate limits. On such links (which are unfortunately quite prevalent, especially for DSL and cable subscribers), the downstream throughput can be limited by the number of ACKs capab