netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] sch_api: Change signature of qdisc_tree_reduce

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Message-Id: <20190119.095331.1794689840010031847.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:53:31 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     toke@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sch_api: Change signature of
 qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() to use ints

From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Date: Wed,  9 Jan 2019 17:10:57 +0100

> There are now several places where qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() is called
> with a negative number of packets (to signal an increase in number of
> packets in the queue). Rather than rely on overflow behaviour, change the
> function signature to use signed integers to communicate this usage to
> people reading the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>

Applied to net-next, thanks.