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Message-ID: <CAM_iQpVQZOh7LaCxSH0JXj4iHn0bt0vhZgcpsh8C99gor+ZO0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:28:39 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Deleting child qdisc doesn't reset parent to default qdisc?

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org> wrote:
> BTW, I've started to actually work on fixing this, and I've noticed that
> TBF behavior actually violates what's stated in pfifo_fast manpage:
>
> ==========
>         Whenever  an  interface is created, the pfifo_fast qdisc is
>         automatically used as a queue. If another qdisc is
>         attached, it preempts the default pfifo_fast, which automatically
>         returns to function when an  existing  qdisc is detached.
>
>         In this sense this qdisc is magic, and unlike other qdiscs.
> ==========

It is out of date, now default qdisc can be set to any other qdisc
via /proc. Also, probably due to historical reasons, we don't have
a unified default default qdisc, some uses bfifo, some uses pfifo,
we may break some existing script if we change that.

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