netdev - Re: [RFC iproute2] sch_red: TC_RED

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Message-ID: <20111130232910.GC11942@canuck.infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:29:10 -0500
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...radead.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC iproute2] sch_red: TC_RED_HARDDROP

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:25:49PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> In 2005, TC_RED_HARDDROP kernel support was added to RED and GRED
> (commit bdc450a0bb1 [PKT_SCHED]: (G)RED: Introduce hard dropping), but
> current iproute2 doesnt have user land support.
> 
> Is there some patch waiting somewhere, or should we :
> 
> - Remove kernel support, since nobody uses it.
> 
> - Add iproute2 support.

I used it in a project which configured the GRED qdisc directly from
the application.

I thought I added iproute2 support back then but obviously must have
missed it or the patch got lost. I'll send a patch to Stephen.
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