netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 3/3] qdisc: sysctl to adjust bulk dequeue limit

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Message-ID: <CAHA+R7MT-HjOwit2pvkeWT2_pYHOupg=0YbTSTVJ8LbC+yhrDg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:20:29 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 3/3] qdisc: sysctl to adjust bulk dequeue limit

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer
<brouer@...hat.com> wrote:
> Allow userspace to adjust how many packet the qdisc is allowed to
> bulk dequeue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
>
> ---
> Question should we allow this to be adjusted?
>

A sysctl is ugly and seems not fit well with Qdisc which always uses netlink,
so I think a netlink flag might be better if we can find a generic one.

Also, you forgot to document it.
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