On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:07:48 -0800 (PST)
> kashyapv <kashyapv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
How do you change the scheduler's proportions? Not the classification
itself which is controlled using iptables.
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> 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.
In the in-kernel accept queues the netfilter MARKs it and the packet
is queued to the relevant accept queue. Where and how is the packet getting
queued to a differnt socket (address mangling?)?
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