Google pushes TCP Protective Load Balancing to Linux Kernel 6.2

Google recent paper on protective load balancing in TCP attempts to improve packet drops and latency by making the host change the flow path using the IPv6 Flow label. The Linux kernels gets the PLB support in Linux 6.2 this December, let us discuss with this is. 0:00 Intro 2:11 DCTCP 5:30 ECMP Routing 7:30 TCP PLB 11:20 Linux Kernel Support PLB References https://www.phoronix.com/news/TCP-PLB-Linux https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=957ed5e7129f2ce85dd76e4cdce749388295467d https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3544216.3544226 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2460#appendix-A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-cost_multi-path_routing https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8257 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_packet https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-lapukhov-bgp-ecmp-considerations-09.html Fundamentals of Backend Engineering Design patterns udemy course (link redirects to udemy with coupon) https://backend.husseinnasser.com Fundamentals of Networking for Effective Backends udemy course (link redirects to udemy with coupon) https://network.husseinnasser.com Fundamentals of Database Engineering udemy course (link redirects to udemy with coupon) https://database.husseinnasser.com Introduction to NGINX (link redirects to udemy with coupon) https://nginx.husseinnasser.com Python on the Backend (link redirects to udemy with coupon) https://python.husseinnasser.com Become a Member on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ML5xP23TOWKUcc-oAE_Eg/join Buy me a coffee if you liked this https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hnasr Arabic Software Engineering Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWZsjdoRvZ0T9QWZOD6UpA 🔥 Members Only Content https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMO_ML5xP23TOWKUcc-oAE_Eg 🏭 Backend Engineering Videos in Order https://backend.husseinnasser.com 💾 Database Engineering Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQnljOFTspQXjD0HOzN7P2tgzu7scWpl2 🎙️Listen to the Backend Engineering Podcast