netdev - Re: [PATCH take2] pkt_sched: Fix TX state checking in qdisc

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Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:18:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...il.com
Cc:	alexander.duyck@...il.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH take2] pkt_sched: Fix TX state checking in qdisc_run()

From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:44:50 +0200

> pkt_sched: Fix TX state checking in qdisc_run()
> 
> Current check wrongly uses the state of the first tx queue for all tx
> queues in case of non-default qdiscs. This patch brings back per dev
> __LINK_STATE_XOFF flag, which is set when all tx queues are stopped.
> This check is needed in qdisc_run() to avoid useless __netif_schedule()
> calls. The wrongness of this check was first noticed by Herbert Xu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>

I'm dropping this and the patches in the ->smart_requeue thread as well.

It simply isn't crystal clear how to proceed at this point.
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