netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] net: Add netdev interfaces recording send/compl

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Message-ID: <20111123094614.36560215@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:46:14 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] net: Add netdev interfaces recording
 send/compl

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:52:37 -0800 (PST)
Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:

> Add interfaces for drivers to call for recording number of packets and
> bytes at send time and transmit completion.  Also, added a function to
> "reset" a queue.  These will be used by Byte Queue Limits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>

Since all the drivers that you show do this for one packet at a time,
why bother with a packets arguement to netdev_sent_queue()?
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