Re: [manet] DLEP pause extension

Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net> Tue, 20 March 2018 12:52 UTC

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From: Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net>
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Subject: Re: [manet] DLEP pause extension
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Rick,

     This all seems reasonable.  Any interest/willingness to do a pull 
request?  The repo can be found at 
https://github.com/louberger/dlep-extensions

Thanks!
Lou

On 3/20/2018 11:41 AM, Rick Taylor wrote:
> Hi Lou,
>
> I'm also having a re-read of the latest pause extension draft.
>
> In general I like it, and think it's almost ready, but I have a couple
> of comments:
>
> * Section 3.1 Queue Parameters.  There seems to be a lot of reserved
> space to align fields within the data item.  Is this strictly
> necessary?  This sounds like an optimization to try to force sub-tlvs
> to 8 byte alignment.  Given the DI is coming over TCP, I think this
> might be a false optimization.  I know it prevents your diagram from
> getting messy, but an arbitrary 28-bits of padding is just a bit weird.
>   Given the large chunk of padding, why not make the scale 8 bits to
> make implementers life a little easier?
>
> * Section 3.1.  Rather than have the order of items be important
> (unlike everywhere else in DLEP), I would prefer to have an explicit
> QID in there somewhere.  The same applies to section 3.1.1 Queue
> Parameter Sub Data Item.  You already introduce the Queue Index, why
> not make it explicit for sanity?
>
> Can I suggest the following DI layout instead, as I think it addresses
> both my comments?
>
>
> The format of the Queue Parameters Data Item could be:
>
>      0                   1                   2                   3
>      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     | Data Item Type                | Length                        |
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     |   Num Queues  | Scale (8!)    |          Reserved             |
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     |               Queue Parameter Sub Data Item 1                 |
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     :                                ...                            :
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     |               Queue Parameter Sub Data Item n                 |
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>
> The format of the Queue Parameter Sub Data Item could be:
>
>      0                   1                   2                   3
>      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     |  Queue Id     |             Queue Size Qn                     |
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     | Num DSCPs Qn  |  DS Field Qn  |  DS Field Qn  |  ...          :
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>     :                          ...                  |  DS Field Qn  |
>     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick