netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

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Message-ID: <20140506032114.GP2382@two.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 05:21:14 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com,
	ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:12:29PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
> Date: Mon,  5 May 2014 15:25:57 -0700
> 
> > This is all the code that saves connection information
> > between different sockets. Not really essential for
> > small systems.
> 
> It is absolutely essential unless you want poor performance
> of TCP connections.

Ok so every code in the network stack is essential?

What parts would you remove to get the foot print down for a 2MB
single purpose machine?

-Andi

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