Re: some tc commands fail on 2.6.29-rc6-git5, works on 2.6.28.7
From: Joao Correia
Date: Wed Mar 04 2009 - 09:10:37 EST
Hello
Just to confirm that i also have all traffic control/shaping (QoS,
connection limits, scheduling, etc) enabled on the config i use.
Its not just the specific version of tc i posted, i tried one from
last year (october, but i didnt note the exact build) with the same
result.
Cheers,
Joao Correia
Centro de Informatica
Universidade da Beira Interior
Portugal
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:50 AM, John Dykstra <john.dykstra1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 23:10 +0000, Joao Correia wrote:
>> I have confirmed again that the exact same commands (as on the
>> original message), work flawlessly on 2.6.28.7 without a hitch, and,
>> AFAIK, work as intended. I have also tried the latest 2.6.29-rc6-git7
>> and it still fails like on git6.
>
> I have also reproduced this on Linus' latest 2.6.29-rc6 tree, using tc
> version iproute2-ss071016 and a kernel config with all traffic control
> features enabled.
>
> The error reported by tc comes from the kernel-level check added by:
>
> commit c1b56878fb68e9c14070939ea4537ad4db79ffae
> Author: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Nov 25 21:14:06 2008 -0800
>
> tc: policing requires a rate estimator
>
> Found that while trying average rate policing, it was possible to
> request average rate policing without a rate estimator. This results
> in no policing which is harmless but incorrect.
>
> Since policing could be setup in two steps, need to check
> in the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I got the same error when using the tc version iproute2-ss090115 built
> this evening from the public git repository.
>
> -- John
>
>
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