netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v1 0/3] net: sched: refactor qdisc drop reasons into dedicated tracepoint

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Message-ID: <20260204190417.110f5498@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 19:04:17 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, "David S.
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Toke
 Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>,
 bpf@...r.kernel.org, horms@...nel.org, jiri@...nulli.us,
 edumazet@...gle.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
 carges@...udflare.com, kernel-team@...udflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v1 0/3] net: sched: refactor qdisc drop
 reasons into dedicated tracepoint

On Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:02:49 +0100 Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> RFC: Seeking feedback on this refactoring approach.
> 
> This series refactors qdisc drop reason handling by introducing a dedicated
> enum qdisc_drop_reason and trace_qdisc_drop tracepoint, providing qdisc
> layer drop diagnostics with direct qdisc context visibility.

I like this!

It will presumably require existing users to migrate over 
but sooner we do it the fewer users that have to move?