netdev - Re: [PATCH next] sched: remove NET_XMIT

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2016 23:31:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fw@...len.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, a@...table.cc, sw@...onwunderlich.de,
	mareklindner@...mailbox.ch, sven@...fation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next] sched: remove NET_XMIT_POLICED

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:21:29 +0200

> ... its not returned anywhere.
> 
> BATMAN uses it as an intermediate return value to signal
> forwarding vs. buffering, but it will not return POLICED to
> callers outside of BATMAN.
> 
> sch_atm uses it, but on closer look its not returned either since
> the initialisation is always overwritten with qdisc_enqueue() retval.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Applied, thanks.