linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] eHEA: Receive SKB Aggregation

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Message-ID: <4693BB22.5070303@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:00:18 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>,
	Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] eHEA: Receive SKB Aggregation

Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> This patch enables the receive side processing to aggregate TCP packets within
> the HEA device driver. It analyses the packets already received after an
> interrupt arrived and forwards these as chains of SKBs for the same TCP
> connection with modified header field. We have seen a lower CPU load and
> improved throughput for small numbers of parallel TCP connections.
> As this feature is considered as experimental it is switched off by default
> and can be activated via a module parameter.
> 
> Some additional security checks have been added since the last posting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>

as noted in comments, we don't need to recreate this in every driver. 
do something more generic.


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