netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net_sched: Add accessor function for packet length for qdiscs

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Message-ID: <20080725180227.GB3005@ami.dom.local>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:02:28 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net_sched: Add accessor function for packet
	length for qdiscs

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 07:46:44PM +0200, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
...
> But, if it's really
> necessary here, IMHO, it should be done "clean" way, like additional
> parameter(s) to qdisc_enqueue(), because in cases like NET_XMIT_CN we
> don't even know what happened with an skb.

...And, we should consider that in such cases, even if it's possible
to find this out, it could additionally complicate algorithms.

Jarek P.
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