netdev - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Optimize TCP sendmsg in favour of fast devices?

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:25:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	krkumar2@...ibm.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Optimize TCP sendmsg in favour of fast devices?

From: Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:49:18 +0530

> I had to remove the F_SG flag from cxgb3 driver (using ethtool
> didn't show any difference in performance since GSO was enabled
> on the device due to register_netdev setting it). Testing show a
> drop of 25% in performance with this patch for non-SG device,
> the extra alloc/memcpy is showing up.
> 
> For the SG driver, I get a good performace gain (not anywhere
> close to 25% though). What do you suggest?

I don't think we can add your change if it hurts non-SG
devices that much.
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