netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net_sched: Add accessor function for packet length for qdiscs

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:15:03 +0300
From:	"Jussi Kivilinna" <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi>
To:	"Jarek Poplawski" <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net_sched: Add accessor function for packet
	length for qdiscs

Quoting "Jarek Poplawski" <jarkao2@...il.com>:

> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 03:29:32PM +0300, Jussi Kivilinna wrote:
>> Quoting "Jarek Poplawski" <jarkao2@...il.com>:
>>
>>> OK, I see htb did this earlier with ".packets", so it looks like I'm
>>> wrong with this - sorry! (Anyway, it seems to unnecessarily restrict
>>> the way qdisc are working.)
>>>
>>
>> Would it be better for qdisc_enqueue() to pass packet length to caller?
>>
>
> Is it's really needed? Actually, if it's only for stats, I really
> can't see the reason why not to get this info old way - before
> enqueing? (And this could be not enough if we want packets count
> like in htb.)
>

qdisc_enqueue recalculates packet size if inner qdisc has size table  
set, so qdisc_pkt_len might return different length after  
qdisc_enqueue than what it was before.

  - Jussi


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