netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: gro: add a per device gro flush timer

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Message-ID: <545BA513.2070801@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:42:59 -0800
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: gro: add a per device gro flush timer

On 11/05/2014 06:39 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 18:14 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 17:38 -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Speaking of QPS, what happens to 200 TCP_RR tests when the feature is
>>> enabled?
>
> The possible reduction of QPS happens when you have a single flow like
> TCP_RR  -- -r 40000,40000
>
> (Because we have one single TCP packet with 40000 bytes of payload,
> application is waked up once when Push flag is received)
>
> So cpu effiency is way better, but application has to copy 40000 bytes
> in one go _after_ Push flag, instead of being able to copy part of the
> data _before_ receiving the Push flag.

Thanks.  That isn't too unlike what I've seen happen in the past with 
say an 8K request size and switching back and forth between a 1500 and 
9000 byte MTU.

happy benchmarking,

rick
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