net_sched: htb: do not setup default rate estimators

With a thousand htb classes, est_timer() spends ~5 million cpu cycles
and throws out cpu cache, because each htb class has a default
rate estimator (est 4sec 16sec).

Most users do not use default rate estimators, so switch htb
to not setup ones.

Add a module parameter (htb_rate_est) so that users relying
on this default rate estimator can revert the behavior.

echo 1 >/sys/module/sch_htb/parameters/htb_rate_est

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_htb.c b/net/sched/sch_htb.c
index 162fb800754c..1a3655a606c1 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_htb.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_htb.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ static int htb_hysteresis __read_mostly = 0; /* whether to use mode hysteresis f
 module_param    (htb_hysteresis, int, 0640);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(htb_hysteresis, "Hysteresis mode, less CPU load, less accurate");
 
+static int htb_rate_est = 0; /* htb classes have a default rate estimator */
+module_param(htb_rate_est, int, 0640);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(htb_rate_est, "setup a default rate estimator (4sec 16sec) for htb classes");
+
 /* used internaly to keep status of single class */
 enum htb_cmode {
         HTB_CANT_SEND,          /* class can't send and can't borrow */
@@ -1366,12 +1370,14 @@ static int htb_change_class(struct Qdisc *sch, u32 classid,
                 if (!cl)
                         goto failure;
 
-                err = gen_new_estimator(&cl->bstats, &cl->rate_est,
-                                        qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch),
-                                        tca[TCA_RATE] ? : &est.nla);
-                if (err) {
-                        kfree(cl);
-                        goto failure;
+                if (htb_rate_est || tca[TCA_RATE]) {
+                        err = gen_new_estimator(&cl->bstats, &cl->rate_est,
+                                                qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch),
+                                                tca[TCA_RATE] ? : &est.nla);
+                        if (err) {
+                                kfree(cl);
+                                goto failure;
+                        }
                 }
 
                 cl->refcnt = 1;