net: add net.core.qdisc_max_burst

In blamed commit, I added a check against the temporary queue
built in __dev_xmit_skb(). Idea was to drop packets early,
before any spinlock was acquired.

if (unlikely(defer_count > READ_ONCE(q->limit))) {
	kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_DROP);
	return NET_XMIT_DROP;
}

It turned out that HTB Qdisc has a zero q->limit.
HTB limits packets on a per-class basis.
Some of our tests became flaky.

Add a new sysctl : net.core.qdisc_max_burst to control
how many packets can be stored in the temporary lockless queue.

Also add a new QDISC_BURST_DROP drop reason to better diagnose
future issues.

Thanks Neal !

Fixes: 100dfa74ca ("net: dev_queue_xmit() llist adoption")
Reported-and-bisected-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107104159.3669285-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Dumazet
2026-01-07 10:41:59 +00:00
committed by Paolo Abeni
parent dfdf774656
commit ffe4ccd359
6 changed files with 26 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ netdev_max_backlog
Maximum number of packets, queued on the INPUT side, when the interface
receives packets faster than kernel can process them.
qdisc_max_burst
------------------
Maximum number of packets that can be temporarily stored before
reaching qdisc.
Default: 1000
netdev_rss_key
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