netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

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Message-Id: <20120814.003732.714549073635415560.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:37:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	billfink@...dspring.com
Cc:	brutus@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback
 connections

From: Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:31:55 -0400

> I also believe it should be disabled by default, as that is
> the current behavior, and those who would gain an advantage
> from using it can easily enable it.

It benefits basically everyone, it makes things orders of
magnitude faster.

> While this could be a very useful feature in some environments,
> it seems to me it would be safest to have it disabled by default.

I violently disagree, and there is no way I'm having this
thing off by default.
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