netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] pkt_sched: fq: avoid artificial bursts for clocked flows

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Date:	Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:06:04 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Kenneth Klette Jonassen <kennetkl@....uio.no>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] pkt_sched: fq: avoid artificial bursts
 for clocked flows

On Tue, 2015-02-03 at 20:48 +0100, Kenneth Klette Jonassen wrote:
>  
> -	if (tb[TCA_FQ_INITIAL_QUANTUM])
> -		q->initial_quantum = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FQ_INITIAL_QUANTUM]);
> +	if (tb[TCA_FQ_INITIAL_QUANTUM]) {
> +		u32 initial_quantum = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FQ_INITIAL_QUANTUM]);
> +
> +		if (initial_quantum > q->quantum)
> +			q->initial_quantum = initial_quantum - q->quantum;
> +		else
> +			q->initial_quantum = 0;
> +	}

Please do not mix patches. This part already have been Acked by me.

Quite frankly I do not like this patch.

There is no rush, and you touch some critical infrastructure for us.

Always CC me on any fq change, do not assume I catch all netdev
messages.



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