From: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:56:07 +0100
From: Dan Siemon <redacted>
ECN support incorrectly maps ECN BESTEFFORT packets to TC_PRIO_FILLER
(1) instead of TC_PRIO_BESTEFFORT (0)
This means ECN enabled flows are placed in pfifo_fast/prio low priority
band, giving ECN enabled flows [ECT(0) and CE codepoints] higher drop
probabilities.
This is rather unfortunate, given we would like ECN being more widely
used.
Ref : http://www.coverfire.com/archives/2011/03/13/pfifo_fast-and-ecn/
Signed-off-by: Dan Siemon <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Cc: Dave Täht <redacted>
Cc: Jonathan Morton <redacted>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.