netdev - Re: qdisc_enqueue, NET_XMIT_SUCCESS and kfree

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:11:39 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi,
	jarkao2@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: qdisc_enqueue, NET_XMIT_SUCCESS and kfree_skb

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 03:08:57PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
> >Another possibility would to replace requeue by a peek+force_dequeue
> >interface, where you can peek at the next packet, and you could then
> >dequeue that particular packet if you're satisfied.
> 
> That would be fine for TBF since it only needs to check whether
> the current packet exceeds the limit and reschedule otherwise.
> HFSC OTOH really needs to know the length of the next packet for
> calculating the deadline.

You mean a peek interface is insufficient for HFSC? Could you
elaborate?

Thanks,
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