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SubjectRE: [PATCH] sch_red: fix weighted average calculation
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Eric, thank you for reviewing the code.  I now see the problem with the patch since backlog is an integer and qavg is a fixed point number at logW.  

We are considering another patch to update the comments to this code (with the actual C code change reverted) to stop the FPP by showing the derivation of the equation in the comments. Does this sound good?


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Dumazet [mailto:eric.dumazet@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 9:54 AM
To: Chemparathy, Cyril
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; davem@davemloft.net; david.ward@ll.mit.edu; Dowdal, John; paul.gortmaker@windriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sch_red: fix weighted average calculation

On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 09:43 -0400, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:
> This patch fixes an apparent bug in the running weighted average calculation
> used in the RED algorithm.
>
> Going by the described formula:
> qavg = qavg*(1-W) + backlog*W
> => qavg = qavg + (backlog - qavg) * W
>
> ... with W converted to a pre-calculated shift, this then becomes:
> qavg = qavg + (backlog - qavg) >> logW
>
> ... giving the modified expression introduced by this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Dowdal <jdowdal@ti.com>
> ---
> include/net/red.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/red.h b/include/net/red.h
> index ef46058..05960a4 100644
> --- a/include/net/red.h
> +++ b/include/net/red.h
> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static inline unsigned long red_calc_qavg_no_idle_time(const struct red_parms *p
> *
> * --ANK (980924)
> */
> - return v->qavg + (backlog - (v->qavg >> p->Wlog));
> + return v->qavg + (backlog - v->qavg) >> p->Wlog;
> }
>
> static inline unsigned long red_calc_qavg(const struct red_parms *p,

This is going to be a FPP (Frequently Posted Patch)

Current formulae is fine.

Thats because backlog, at start of red_calc_qavg_no_idle_time() is not
yet scaled by p->Wlog. v->avg is scaled, but not backlog.

Have you tested RED after your patch ?


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