netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] mac80211: set NETIF_F_LLTX when using intermediate tx queues

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Message-ID: <20190417021101.5a32gox2ivbcgsbp@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:11:01 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mac80211: set NETIF_F_LLTX when using intermediate
 tx queues

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:02:50AM +0100, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> 
> As explained at great length here:
> https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc17/technical-sessions/presentation/hoilan-jorgesen
> (you already know that of course, Johannes)

I can understand that wireless needs its own queueing scheme, but
it still seems wrong to place that under net/mac80211 as opposed
to having it as a first-class citizen under net/sched.

Cheers,
-- 
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