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

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 06:01:46 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable TSO for non standard qdiscs

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 09:33:44PM +0100, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote, On 01/31/2008 08:34 PM:
> 
> >> TSO by nature is bursty.  But disabling TSO without the option of having
> >> it on or off to me seems to aggressive.  If someone is using a qdisc
> >> that TSO is interfering with the effectiveness of the traffic shaping,
> >> then they should turn off TSO via ethtool on the target device.  Some
> > 
> > The philosophical problem I have with this suggestion is that I expect
> > that the large majority of users will be more happy with disabled TSO
> > if they use non standard qdiscs and defaults that do not fit 
> > the majority use case are bad.
> 
> 
> If you mean the large majority of the large minority of users, who use
> non standard qdiscs - I agree - this is really the philosophical problem!

[....] Sorry if you had a point in this email I missed it.

-Andi
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