* Re: [PATCH]: Remove backlog accounting from TBF, pass limit to the default inner bfifo qdisc only
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@ 2003-12-25 3:22 ` David S. Miller
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From: David S. Miller @ 2003-12-25 3:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Patrick McHardy; +Cc: netdev
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:51:53 +0100
Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
> when TBF was made classful, backlog accounting was kept inside
> TBF for reasons I don't understand. When used with SFQ as inner
> qdisc, TBF can not know the exact backlog once SFQ returned
> NET_CMIT_CN. An underestimate leads to backlog becoming negative
> when the queue drains, it stops accepting packets then.
...
> This patch removes backlog accounting from TBF, the limit
> parameter is just passed to the default inner bfifo, once it
> is replaced limit is not effective anymore.
Applied to both 2.4.x and 2.6.x, thanks Patrick.
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