netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sch_fq_codel: fix running with classifiers that don't set a classid

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Message-ID: <87lexl7axu.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:41:01 +0100
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sch_fq_codel: fix running with classifiers that
 don't set a classid

Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name> writes:

> If no valid classid is provided, fall back to calculating the hash directly,
> in order to avoid dropping packets
>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>

While I agree that this behaviour makes more sense, it's also a
user-facing API change; I suppose there may be filters out there relying
on the fact that invalid (or unset) class ID values lead to dropped
packets?

-Toke