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>
diff --git a/include/net/pkt_sched.h b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
index 2d56726..b6cdc33 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_sched.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
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,