Re: [PATCH net-next v5 3/5] veth: implement Byte Queue Limits (BQL) for latency reduction

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 22:06:44 EST


On Thu, 7 May 2026 21:09:09 +0200 Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> >>> I still think first that adding an option to modify the hard-coded
> >>> VETH_RING_SIZE is the way to go.
>
> Not against being able to modify VETH_RING_SIZE, but I don't think it is
> the solution here.

Was it evaluated, tho?

It's obviously super easy these days have AI spew no end of complex
code. So it'd be great to have some solid, ideally production-like
data to back this all up.

VETH_RING_SIZE seems trivial, ethtool set ringparam