netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_sched: pfifo_head

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Date:	Wed, 5 Jan 2011 21:52:17 +0100
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: pfifo_head_drop problem

* Eric Dumazet | 2011-01-05 21:35:02 [+0100]:

>My mid term suggestion would be to change things so that
>sch->bstats.bytes and sch->bstats.packets are incremented in dequeue()
>only, not at enqueue() time. We also could add drop_bytes/drop_packets
>and provide estimations of drop rates.
>
>It would be more sensible anyway for very low speeds, and big bursts.
>Right now, if we drop packets, they still are accounted in byte/packets
>abolute counters and rate estimators.
>
>Before this mid term change, this patch makes pfifo_head_drop behavior
>similar to other qdiscs in case of drops :
>Dont decrement sch->bstats.bytes and sch->bstats.packets

Thanks Stephen and Erik for spotting this bug!

>Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Acked-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
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