netdev - Re: PATCH 23/10]Optimize the upload speed for PPP connection.

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Message-Id: <20091024.064603.249036129.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:46:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	william.allen.simpson@...il.com
Cc:	huananhu@...wei.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zihan@...wei.com, greg@...ah.com,
	haegar@...net.de
Subject: Re: PATCH 23/10]Optimize the upload speed for PPP connection.

From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:08 -0400

> Concur.  I'd go further than that, my code usually made room for at
> least
> a full MTU (MRU) with HDLC escaping.  To minimize context switches,
> that
> should be 3014 ((1500 MRU + 2 FCS + 4 header) * 2 escapes + 2 flags).
> 
> Even in the old days, when memory was tight, context switches and
> interrupt
> time were more expensive, too.  PPP is supposed to scale to OC-192.

Actually I'd like to see ->obuf allocated externally and then
make it simply PAGE_SIZE.
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