netdev - RE: [RFC] make qdisc_restart more readable

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 11:13:06 -0700
From:	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	<hadi@...erus.ca>
Cc:	"Herbert Xu" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC] make qdisc_restart more readable

> On Fri, 2007-11-05 at 08:56 -0700, Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P wrote:
> 
> > In qdisc_restart(), you removed any check for if
> > (!netif_queue_stopped(dev)) before calling 
> dev_hard_start_xmit().  If 
> > the underlying queue is stopped and you send the skb, 
> you'll generate 
> > a requeue.  Is there a reason it was removed?
> > 
> 
> No - its a bug ;->
> Thanks for staring at this Peter. I will fix it.
> 
> cheers,
> jamal

After thinking about this a bit more: even if the queue is stopped,
you'd end up requeueing anyways.  Plus, you'd need to re-acquire
dev->queue_lock (which is what happens today).  I think the best way
overall would be to check the queue state before you physically dequeue
(whether it's in qdisc_restart() or in the qdisc's ->dequeue()).  That
way you still hold dev->queue_lock in case the queue is stopped, and
haven't yet pulled an skb causing a requeue event.

Just $0.02 on Friday.

Thx,

-PJ Waskiewicz
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