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From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
To: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>, devik@cdi.cz, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sch_htb.c consume the classes's tokens bellow the HTB_CAN_SEND level
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:05:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091103100538.GC6718@ff.dom.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <412e6f7f0911030147k659e0079ibd1f424fef0a487f@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 05:47:17PM +0800, Changli Gao wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> It means that a class, which sends packets
> >> in ceil rate, can also enter HTB_CAN_SEND state now and then.
> >
> > Yes, a class is entitled to send on it's own then with it's guaranteed
> > rate, without depending on borrowing.
> 
> I don't think so. The class should _NOT_ enter HTB_CAN_SEND mode when
> its data rate is higher than its rate specification. In other word, a
> class should enter HTB_CAN_SEND mode only when its data rate isn't
> higher than its rate specification. Otherwise, it will get additional
> tokens and reach a higher data rate than its ceil specification. This
> may affect other classes.

The ceil specification is controlled only by ctokens, which are always
updated, so no such risk.

Regards,
Jarek P.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-03 10:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-03  2:41 [PATCH] sch_htb.c consume the classes's tokens bellow the HTB_CAN_SEND level Changli Gao
2009-11-03  8:00 ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-11-03  9:47   ` Changli Gao
2009-11-03 10:05     ` Jarek Poplawski [this message]
2009-11-03 13:18       ` Changli Gao
2009-11-03 23:00         ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-11-04  1:53           ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04  8:28             ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-11-04  9:16               ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04 10:42                 ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-11-04 10:58                   ` Martin Devera
2009-11-04 11:30                     ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04 11:51                       ` Martin Devera
2009-11-04 11:58                       ` Martin Devera
2009-11-04 12:08                         ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04 12:15                           ` Martin Devera
2009-11-05  5:44                             ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04 11:21                   ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04 11:49                     ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-11-04 12:01                       ` Changli Gao
2009-11-04 12:11                         ` Jarek Poplawski

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