> It should be handled in the same way as requeue only should not increase > stats. I guess you mean requeue should be the same as enqueue. > > I still think it's reasonable to check only at dequeue. Basically if > > you know max time between dequeues is t, then a queue filled by a > > flood can only remain full for time t + expire_time after the flood > > ends. After that there will be a dequeue that throws out all the > > flood packets. Then your next packet will be accepted and delayed at > > most expire_time. > > It might be. Why don't you try it ? I feel still the same about it: I > think that experiment is the only way to test the idea. What experiments would you like to see?
