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

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Message-Id: <20120814.223907.1954070712467723629.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:39:07 -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: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:24:28 -0400

> I see no reason to make it obtuse rather than something more
> descriptive of its function (as opposed to how it's implemented).

I want to live in a world where things are allowed to have some
character, and some slightly amusing names.  And that's why we'll
call it TCP friends, thank you very much.

> I do have some concern that since the loopback path through the
> TCP stack won't be heavily exercised anymore, it may be more likely
> for bugs or performance degradations to creep into that code.

Are you kidding me?  Most people do not use loopback TCP, they use
TCP to a real external entity.  TCP friends only kicks in for
loopback connections.

So, like all of your other concerns, this one is meritless.
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