netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] bql: Byte queue limits

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:37:35 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] bql: Byte queue limits

Le mardi 26 avril 2011 à 09:16 -0700, Stephen Hemminger a écrit :

> Although this is implemented as a device attribute, from a layering
> point of view it feels like a queuing strategy. Having two competing
> ways to do something is not always a good idea. Why is this not a
> qdisc parameter or a new qdisc?
> 

The dequeue thing is performed in TX completion (one call for all
dequeued skbs to reduce overhead).

But its right the queueing test could be done generically (stop the
queue if limit reached).

BTW I did not check if both paths were SMP safe if run concurrently...


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