Re: [LARTC] Direct queue priority in HTB

[Andy Furniss <lists@andyfurniss.entadsl.com>]

Ales Klok wrote:
> Tulpule Naren-MGI2846 wrote:
>
> >  Hi,
> >    newbie question. In sch_htb.c:htb_dequeue() there is a comment "try
> > to dequeue direct packets as high prio (!) to minimize cpu work". Does
> > that mean that any unclassified packet (no class/filter applicable) is
> > scheduled as the highest priority packet in HTB? If yes, what is the
> > reason that the direct queue is not treated as the lowest priority
> > best-effort?
> > TIA for any info.
> >
> > -- Naren.
> >  
> > Narendra C. Tulpule   Principal Firmware Engineer, Staff
> > 6450 Sequence Dr      +1-858-404-2650
> > San Diego, CA 92121   narendra.c.tulpule@motorola.com
> >  
>
> Yes, unclassified traffic is dequeued at hardware speed bypassing any 
> defined qdiscs. It is up to you to specify default class and make it low 
> prio. Right now i can't thnik of any reason for that behavior.
> /ak
You want arp/dhcp etc. to go to a low prio class?

Andy.
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