netdev - Re: [Patch] fix packet loss and massive ping spikes with PPP multi-link

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Date:	Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:05:30 +0100
From:	Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@...il.com>
To:	Ben McKeegan <ben@...servers.co.uk>
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gabriele.paoloni@...el.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] fix packet loss and massive ping spikes with PPP multi-link

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 16:55, Ben McKeegan <ben@...servers.co.uk> wrote:

> Still working on this, updating the patch wasn't as trivial as I thought as
> it clashed with Gabriele Paoloni's ppp_mp_explode redesign.  However, while
> looking at this code I believe I have found a bug which might have been
> contributing to the poor performance the OP was experiencing.   For the case
> where channel speeds are unknown and there are more than 2 channels it would
> miscalculate the fragment sizes so they are not balanced on the channels.
>
> Patch for the bug to follow immediately.

Is there any update on this? It's been quite some time since you last updated
on this issue.


Thanks a lot,
Richard
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