[altq:1876] Re: altqd, SIGHUP and pending packets

[Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp>]

Mathew Simon wrote:
> My question is this:
> Before disabling altqd, there may be some packets in the Queues waiting to
> be processed by altqd.
> When I disable it and SIGHUP altqd, now altqd will be running with an empty
> configuration file without any filters/interfaces/etc.
> 
> What will happen to the packets which are in the queues before sending the SIGHUP ?
> Does altqd drop those packets or send them out on the interface ?

Packets in the queue are dropped.
(there is a C API for modifying a class without losing packets, though.)

-Kenjiro