Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] dql: add a burst attribute

From: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:46:55 +0200

Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]>
> 
> Add a new dql attribute, to control how much packets we are allowed to
> burst from qdisc to device.

I understand the motivation for this, but I find it a bit out-of-place
to have a 'packet' type counter in bql context?

Would it perhaps make more sense to restrict bulk dequeues by an upper
(possibly changeable from userspace) byte counter limit?

Thanks,
Florian