linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19-rc1: Volanomark slowdown

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Date:	Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:32:08 -0800
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
Cc:	Olaf Kirch <okir@...e.de>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...set.davemloft.net,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc1: Volanomark slowdown

On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 15:00 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> 
> Optimizing for loopback is perversion; perversion can be fun but it gets
> to be a obsession then it's sick.
> 

It is not my intention to optimize for this case, but rather to
detect change in kernel behavior.

That's why in my original mail I ask if increase in ACKs could
cause problem for any real application.  

Tim
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