Linux HTB number of levels

Question

Re-modified Linux HTB by adding a single printk message in htb_dequeue function.

static struct sk_buff *htb_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
{
    ... original code
    ... original code
    for (level = 0; level < TC_HTB_MAXDEPTH; level++) {
        printk("Current level in loop is: %d\n", level);
        ... original code
    }
}

In the official documentation it says:

Each class is assigned level. Leaf has ALWAYS level 0 and root classes have level TC_HTB_MAXDEPTH-1. Interior nodes has level one less than their parent.

I've run the following example:

tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb
tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 100kbps ceil 100kbps
tc class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 40kbps ceil 100kbps

---

             root
               |
               |
             class rate 100kbps ceil 100kbps
               |
             Leaf  rate 40kbps ceil 100kbps

The height should be 2 or 3, no more than 3

However after I run this, I inspect the output in dmesg I get the following:

Current level in loop is: 0
Current level in loop is: 1
Current level in loop is: 2
Current level in loop is: 3
Current level in loop is: 4
Current level in loop is: 5
Current level in loop is: 6
Current level in loop is: 7

I had no idea why this output, so I ran it again with the following diagram

             root
               |
               |
             class rate 100kbps ceil 100kbps
               |
             class rate 70kbps ceil 100kbps
               |
             Leaf rate 40kbps ceil 100kbps 

And I had the same output in dmesg...

I made sure I compiled the kernel correctly after adding the printk

make
make modules_install
make install
update-initramfs -c -k 4.17.0+
update-grub

restarted machine and the kernel was updated as I had the output of the printk.

My question is: why the height is 7 and not 2 ?