Re: txqueuelen has wrong units; should be time

Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-02-27T07:08:49Z

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Albert Cahalan wrote:

> Nanoseconds seems fine; it's unlikely you'd ever want
> more than 4.2 seconds (32-bit unsigned) of queue.

I think this is shortsighted and I'm sure someone will come up with a case
where 4.2 seconds isn't enough. Let's not build in those kinds of
limitations from start.

Why not make it 64bit and go to picoseconds from start?

If you need to make it 32bit unsigned, I'd suggest to start from
microseconds instead. It's less likely someone would want less than a
microsecond of queue, than someone wanting more than 4.2 seconds of queue.

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