Current police action must set 'rate' and 'burst'. 'mtu' parameter set the max frame size and could be set alone without 'rate' and 'burst' in some situation. Offloading to hardware for example, 'mtu' could limit the flow max frame size.
Signed-off-by: Po Liu <po....@nxp.com> --- tc/m_police.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tc/m_police.c b/tc/m_police.c index a5bc20c0..89497f67 100644 --- a/tc/m_police.c +++ b/tc/m_police.c @@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ action_ctrl_ok: return -1; /* Must at least do late binding, use TB or ewma policing */ - if (!rate64 && !avrate && !p.index) { - fprintf(stderr, "\"rate\" or \"avrate\" MUST be specified.\n"); + if (!rate64 && !avrate && !p.index && !mtu) { + fprintf(stderr, "\"rate\" or \"avrate\" or \"mtu\"MUST be specified.\n"); return -1; } -- 2.17.1