netdev - Re: [PATCH] Disable TSO for non standard qdiscs

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Date:	Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:04:27 +0000
From:	Andy Furniss <lists@...yfurniss.entadsl.com>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable TSO for non standard qdiscs

Rick Jones wrote:

> then the qdisc could/should place a cap on the size of a 'TSO' based on 
> the bitrate (and perhaps input as to how much time any one "burst" of 
> data should be allowed to consume on the network) and pass that up the 
> stack?  right now you seem to be proposing what is effectively a cap of 
> 1 MSS.

I don't have any gig nics to test, so this is not a rhetorical question.

How does tcp congestion control behave when a tc qdisc drops a big 
unsegmented TSO skb?

Andy.
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