netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] netem: add ECN capability

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Date:	Tue, 01 May 2012 19:10:44 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netem: add ECN capability

On Tue, 2012-05-01 at 09:59 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> The concept is fine, but a couple of questions.
>  1. Why a whole u32 for boolean?

a boolean in this structure wont save space, and this file is full of
u32. Why bother ?

IMHO boolean are fine for function arguments, but in a structure, not
very helpful.

>  2. The logic in this part of netem is setup to handle case of random duplication
>     combined with random loss. With ecn option set, will this code correctly
>     handled a duplication combined with a loss and send one packet?
>     It looks like the new code would change that behaviour.

Hmm, I'll take a look.


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