netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_sched: fix order of queue length updates in qdisc

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Date:   Sat, 19 Aug 2017 10:58:37 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: fix order of queue length updates in qdisc_replace()

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 5:37 AM, Konstantin Khlebnikov
<khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru> wrote:
> This important to call qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() after changing queue
> length. Parent qdisc should deactivate class in ->qlen_notify() called from
> qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() but this happens only if qdisc->q.qlen in zero.

Good catch! I didn't realize qdisc_reset() actually resets all classes...

Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>