netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] qdisc: allow setting default queuing discipline

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Message-ID: <1377710453.8277.11.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:20:53 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] qdisc: allow setting default queuing discipline

On Wed, 2013-08-28 at 09:18 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> Although your idea adds completeness, not sure if it is worth it.
> The thing is if user is using HTB, they already are using tc
> commands to set it up, therefore the additional script steps to choose some
> other qdisc for the leaf nodes doesn't seem like a burden.
> Therefore the sysctl doesn't help much and might even create more
> confusion because there is now two places to update.

Well, I need such a facility because I cannot change HTB setup.

I can boot a new kernel, yet not really change user scripts, especially
when tc setup is actually not a script, but a complex binary doing
constant changes in a complex and dynamic HTB hierarchy.



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