As the kernel code says, limit is actually the amount of packets it can
hold queued at a time, as per:

static int netem_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
                         struct sk_buff **to_free)
{
        ...
        if (unlikely(sch->q.qlen >= sch->limit))
                return qdisc_drop_all(skb, sch, to_free);

So lets fix the description of the field in the man page.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleit...@redhat.com>
---
 man/man8/tc-netem.8 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/tc-netem.8 b/man/man8/tc-netem.8
index 
b31384f57a9b36769c0037c465cc6b5bbe8c8b6e..f2cd86b6ed8ae82b8cc2fbd2ecbe41d2fcbad507
 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc-netem.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc-netem.8
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ netem has the following options:
 
 .SS limit packets
 
-limits the effect of selected options to the indicated number of next packets.
+maximum number of packets the qdisc may hold queued at a time.
 
 .SS delay
 adds the chosen delay to the packets outgoing to chosen network interface. The
-- 
2.14.3

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