netdev - Re: net-next-2.6 [PATCH 0/2] dccp: Policy-based packet dequeueing interface

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Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:01:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk
Cc:	dccp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: net-next-2.6 [PATCH 0/2] dccp: Policy-based packet dequeueing
 interface

From: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk>
Date: Mon,  6 Dec 2010 08:44:02 +0100

> Hi Dave,
> 
> please find attached a self-contained 2-patch set by Tomasz which adds an API
> to influence DCCP packet dequeueing. It evolved from discussions in 2008,
> adding and adds basic building blocks for sending congestion controlled
> multimedia packets that have a priority or a deadline attached to them.
> 
> Occasionally people still make new suggestions for such an API, apparently
> overlooking the excellent work Tomasz has done and which has been in the
> test tree for two years.
> 
>  Patch #1: introduces the new policy-based packet dequeueing infrastructure.
>  Patch #2: adds parameter (sanity) checking of cmsg qpolicy parameters.
> 
> I have also placed this in into a fresh (today's) copy of net-next-2.6, on
> 
>     git://eden-feed.erg.abdn.ac.uk/net-next-2.6        [subtree 'dccp']
> 
> The set is fully bisectable.

Looks good, pulled, thanks a lot!
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