Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc

From	Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc
Date	2021-01-20 23:50 +0100
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Le 2021-01-20 13:58, Noah Meyerhans a écrit :
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:22:16PM +0100, Vincent Blut wrote:
> > My proposal would differ from yours though in that it would not touch the kernel
> > configuration but would instead consist in patching procps to provide a
> > configuration file (let's say default_qdisc.conf) to set the value of the
> > net.core.default_qdisc variable to fq_codel via sysctl.
> > This would allow to benefit from FQ_Codel without depending on a specific Linux
> > version.
> 
> We could do that.  However, in the past (earlier in this bug, even) it's
> been pointed out that other packages should not be responsible for
> setting kernel policies, so changes like this should be the
> responsibility of the kernel packages.  That seems like a sensible
> position to take.

If this is the position of the kernel team, then fine. But some packages *do*
tweak kernel parameters using the sysctl interface mechanism. So does the kernel
team provides documention about what is acceptable?

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Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> - 2020-04-24 00:40 +0200
  Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2020-04-24 01:30 +0200
    Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> - 2020-04-24 07:10 +0200
  Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-08 01:20 +0100
    Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Ivan Baldo <ibaldo@adinet.com.uy> - 2021-01-18 02:40 +0100
      Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:00 +0100
    Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-01-20 22:30 +0100
      Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:10 +0100
        Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:30 +0100
          Processed: Re: Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for  default_qdisc "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:30 +0100
        Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-01-20 23:50 +0100
          Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 00:00 +0100
            Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-01-21 00:10 +0100
            Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2021-01-21 00:50 +0100
              Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-02-26 19:10 +0100

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