Re: [PATCH] (2/4) packet scheduler bad TDIFF_SAFE in csz

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like good logic to me.
BTW, that jiffies fix, statemnt from Steve:
> The downside is the overhead of a function call, and a cache miss in >
>get_jiffies_64.

Is this overhead on 32 bit machines or applies on 64 bit as well?
Note that code is used in the fast path.

cheers,
jamal
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 18:28, David S. Miller wrote:
> On 29 Jun 2004 18:22:37 -0400
> jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > That scheduler is only a relic.
> > Nobody uses it ;-> Check the cofig help.
> > Pretty sure if you study it youll find a lot more bugs.
> 
> Right, but it is good that we fix the obvious ones when
> we can.  Stephen's fix resulted in being able to simplify
> some PSCHED_* macros significantly.
> 
>