netdev - Re: [PATCH] fq: split out backlog update logic

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:04:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	michal.kazior@...to.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fq: split out backlog update logic

From: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@...to.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:59:13 +0200

> mac80211 (which will be the first user of the
> fq.h) recently started to support software A-MSDU
> aggregation. It glues skbuffs together into a
> single one so the backlog accounting needs to be
> more fine-grained.
> 
> To avoid backlog sorting logic duplication split
> it up for re-use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@...to.com>

Applied, thanks.