netdev - Re: [RFC]: net-sched 00/05: dynamically sized class hashes

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Message-ID: <486B90F1.8020606@trash.net>
Date:	Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:30:09 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Martin Devera <devik@....cz>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC]: net-sched 00/05: dynamically sized class hashes

Martin Devera wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> Patrick McHardy wrote:
>>> Martin Devera wrote:
>>>> Interestingly, once you do this patch then children/siblings list-heads
>>>> are used only in htb_parent_last_child and to detect empty class.
>>>> Thus we could remove children/siblings lists altogether ane keep only
>>>> children counter.
>>>> I can't believe it is so simple, what do you think, Patrick ?
>>>
>>> Yes, it looks like that would work. I'll give it a try :)
>>
>> How about this, on top of my previous patches?
> 
> Yes, it is exactly what have been in my mind. It should work.

Thanks!

> Only I'm wondering why I didn't do it this way in the first
> version :-)

I'm guessing there was no working example of destroying
filters without walking the tree in hierarchical order.
All other qdiscs were buggy or non-existant at that time :)
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