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    pkt_sched: gen_estimator: Dont report fake rate estimators · d250a5f9
    Eric Dumazet authored
    Jarek Poplawski a écrit :
    >
    >
    > Hmm... So you made me to do some "real" work here, and guess what?:
    > there is one serious checkpatch warning! ;-) Plus, this new parameter
    > should be added to the function description. Otherwise:
    > Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Jarek P.
    >
    > PS: I guess full "Don't" would show we really mean it...
    
    Okay :) Here is the last round, before the night !
    
    Thanks again
    
    [RFC] pkt_sched: gen_estimator: Don't report fake rate estimators
    
    We currently send TCA_STATS_RATE_EST elements to netlink users, even if no estimator
    is running.
    
    # tc -s -d qdisc
    qdisc pfifo_fast 0: dev eth0 root bands 3 priomap  1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
     Sent 112833764978 bytes 1495081739 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
     rate 0bit 0pps backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
    
    User has no way to tell if the "rate 0bit 0pps" is a real estimation, or a fake
    one (because no estimator is active)
    
    After this patch, tc command output is :
    $ tc -s -d qdisc
    qdisc pfifo_fast 0: dev eth0 root bands 3 priomap  1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
     Sent 561075 bytes 1196 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
     backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
    
    We add a parameter to gnet_stats_copy_rate_est() function so that
    it can use gen_estimator_active(bstats, r), as suggested by Jarek.
    
    This parameter can be NULL if check is not necessary, (htb for
    example has a mandatory rate estimator)
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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