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Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc



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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