Re: [PATCH] net: Revert tx queue length on partial failure in dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len()

[Eric Dumazet]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM Suchit K <suchitkarunakaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > WRITE_ONCE() is missing.
>
> Oops, I'm sorry about that.
>
> >
> > > +               while (i >= 0) {
> > > +                       qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(dev, &dev->_tx[i]);
> >
> > What happens if one of these calls fails ?
> >
> > I think a fix will be more complicated...
>
> I did consider that, but since I didn’t have a solution, I assumed it
> wouldn’t fail.

But this definitely could fail. Exactly the same way than the first time.

I also have a question. In the Qdisc_ops structure,
> there’s a function pointer for change_tx_queue_len, but I was only
> able to find a single implementation which is
> pfifo_fast_change_tx_queue_len. Is that the only one? Apologies if
> this isn’t the right place to ask such questions. I’d really
> appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

I think only pfifo_fast has to re-allocate its data structures.

Other qdiscs eventually dynamically read dev->tx_queue_len (thus the
WRITE_ONCE() I mentioned to you)