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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/5] net/tc: introduce TC_ACT_REINJECT.
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:27 AM Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> wrote:
>
> Those changes were there from the beginning (above patch did
> not introduce them).
> IIRC, the reason was to distinguish between policy intended
> drops and drops because of errors.

There must be a limit for "overlimit" to make sense. There is
no limit in mirred action's context, probably there is only
such a limit in act_police. So, all rest should not touch overlimit.