netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix tcp_grow_window() for large incoming frames

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:40:18 -0400
From:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix tcp_grow_window() for large incoming frames

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> tcp_grow_window() has to grow rcv_ssthresh up to window_clamp, allowing
> sender to increase its window.
>
> tcp_grow_window() still assumes a tcp frame is under MSS, but its no
> longer true with LRO/GRO.
>
> This patch fixes one of the performance issue we noticed with GRO on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
> ---
> Sorry for the delay, this was discussed a long time ago.
>
>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
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