Overflow can occur very easily with 32 bits, e.g., with 1 second us_idle is approx. 2^20, which leaves only 11-Wlog bits for queue length. Since the EWMA exponent is typically around 9, queue lengths larger than 2^2 cause overflow. Whether the affected branch is taken when us_idle is as high as 1 second, depends on Scell_log, but with rather reasonable configuration Scell_log is large enough to cause p->Stab to have zero index, which always results zero shift (typically also few other small indices result in zero shift).
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/net/red.h | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/red.h b/include/net/red.h index 5ccdbb3..1fc32e1 100644 --- a/include/net/red.h +++ b/include/net/red.h @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static inline unsigned long red_calc_qav * Seems, it is the best solution to * problem of too coarse exponent tabulation. */ - us_idle = (p->qavg * us_idle) >> p->Scell_log; + us_idle = (p->qavg * (long long)us_idle) >> p->Scell_log; if (us_idle < (p->qavg >> 1)) return p->qavg - us_idle; -- 1.4.1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html