netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/9 Rev3] Implement batching skb API and support in IPoIB

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Message-ID: <46D312F6.9080404@hp.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:07:50 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9 Rev3] Implement batching skb API and support in IPoIB

David Miller wrote:
> From: John Heffner <jheffner@....edu>
> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:32:26 -0400
> 
> 
>>There are a few interesting things here.  For one, the bursts caused by 
>>TSO seem to be causing the receiver to do stretch acks.  This may have a 
>>negative impact on flow performance, but it's hard to say for sure how 
>>much.  Interestingly, it will even further reduce the CPU load on the 
>>sender, since it has to process fewer acks.
>>
>>As I suspected, in the non-TSO case the receiver gets lots of packets 
>>directly queued to user.  This should result in somewhat lower CPU 
>>utilization on the receiver.  I don't know if it can account for all the 
>>difference you see.
> 
> 
> I had completely forgotten these stretch ACK and ucopy issues.

ISTR that LRO will induce stretch ACKs as well.  Not that I dislike fewer ACKs 
mind you... :)

rick jones
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