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Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:05:26 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/3] net: sched: sch_htb: don't call qdisc_put()
 while holding tree lock

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 1:14 PM Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com> wrote:
> Notes:
>     Changes V1 -> V2:
>
>     - Extend sch API with new qdisc_put_empty() function that has same
>       implementation as regular qdisc_put() but skips parts that reset qdisc
>       and free all packet buffers from gso_skb and skb_bad_txq queues.

I don't understand why you need a new API here, as long as qdisc_reset()
gets called before releasing sch tree lock, the ->reset() inside qdisc_put(),
after releasing sch tree lock, should be a nop, right?

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