sched: add head drop fifo queue

This adds an additional queuing strategy, called pfifo_head_drop,
to remove the oldest skb in the case of an overflow within the queue -
the head element - instead of the last skb (tail). To remove the oldest
skb in congested situations is useful for sensor network environments
where newer packets reflect the superior information.

Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Hagen Paul Pfeifer 2010-01-24 12:30:59 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent d74340d31b
commit 57dbb2d83d
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@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ extern void qdisc_watchdog_cancel(struct qdisc_watchdog *wd);
extern struct Qdisc_ops pfifo_qdisc_ops;
extern struct Qdisc_ops bfifo_qdisc_ops;
extern struct Qdisc_ops pfifo_head_drop_qdisc_ops;
extern int fifo_set_limit(struct Qdisc *q, unsigned int limit);
extern struct Qdisc *fifo_create_dflt(struct Qdisc *sch, struct Qdisc_ops *ops,