netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once

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Message-ID: <20090126075932.GA4183@ff.dom.local>
Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:59:33 +0000
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	zbr@...emap.net, dada1@...mosbay.com, ben@...s.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:03:25PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
...
> The memory allocation clearly is the culprit here. I'll try Jarek's
> patch which reduces memory allocation to see if that changes something,
> as I'm sure we can do fairly better, given how it behaves with limited
> sessions.

I think you are right, but I wonder if it's not better to wait with
more profiling until this splicing is really redone.

Regards,
Jarek P.
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