netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] tc-netem: fix limit description in man page

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Date:   Wed, 16 May 2018 14:28:25 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] tc-netem: fix limit description in man
 page

On Wed, 16 May 2018 15:17:50 -0600
David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:

> On 5/15/18 6:49 PM, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
> > As the kernel code says, limit is actually the amount of packets it can
> > hold queued at a time, as per:
> > 
> > static int netem_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
> >                          struct sk_buff **to_free)
> > {
> > 	...
> >         if (unlikely(sch->q.qlen >= sch->limit))
> >                 return qdisc_drop_all(skb, sch, to_free);
> > 
> > So lets fix the description of the field in the man page.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  man/man8/tc-netem.8 | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >   
> 
> applied to iproute2-next. Thanks,
> 

Since it is an error, I will put it in master.