netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_sched: blackhole: tell upper qdisc about dropped packets

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Date:   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:42:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: blackhole: tell upper qdisc about dropped
 packets

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:27:31 +0300

> When blackhole is used on top of classful qdisc like hfsc it breaks
> qlen and backlog counters because packets are disappear without notice.
> 
> In HFSC non-zero qlen while all classes are inactive triggers warning:
> WARNING: ... at net/sched/sch_hfsc.c:1393 hfsc_dequeue+0xba4/0xe90 [sch_hfsc]
> and schedules watchdog work endlessly.
> 
> This patch return __NET_XMIT_BYPASS in addition to NET_XMIT_SUCCESS,
> this flag tells upper layer: this packet is gone and isn't queued.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>

Applied, thanks.