Subject: Re: negative ppsratecheck(9)
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/02/2000 10:31:22
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 02:28:45AM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> >Err, that seems wrong. "no packet is allowed in 1 second period"
> >is essentially "no packets allowed". So, it seems as if 0 is a
> >better way to say "pps rate limiting disabled".
>
> sorry if my commit message confused you.
> negative number means, "rate limitation disabled" = "no limit enforced"
> = "as many packets as possible".
Right, I understand that. But "0 == no packets per second" is the same
as saying "no packets at all". So, considering that "no packets at all"
is probably not semantics that anyone wants, 0 could be changed to mean
"no limit enforced".
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>