netdev - Re: bad networking related lag in v2.6.22-rc2

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2007 13:40:21 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Anant Nitya <kernel@...chanda.info>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bad networking related lag in v2.6.22-rc2


* Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> [NET_SCHED]: Fix qdisc_restart return value when dequeue is empty
> 
> My previous patch that changed the return value of qdisc_restart 
> incorrectly made the case where dequeue returns empty continue 
> processing packets.
> 
> This patch is based on diagnosis and fix by Patrick McHardy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

also:

  Reported-and-debugged-by: Anant Nitya <kernel@...chanda.info>

...

i gave your patch a quick test-boot and networking still works fine.

	Ingo
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