netdev - Re: tcp: Do not apply TSO segment limit to non-TSO packets

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Date:	Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:06:29 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	steffen.klassert@...unet.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: tcp: Do not apply TSO segment limit to non-TSO packets

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 09:01:07 +1100

> So has anyone actually observed worse performance with GSO on these
> devices (you could even test on a GSO-capable device simply by
> disabling checksumming)?

Good question.

> Also the fact that this bug took two years to surface means that
> very few people are actually using non-GSO in the real world as
> this bug is easily triggered by a PMTU event.

I think the rarity of PMTU events on non-VPN'd connections plays
a part in how long it took as well.

But I totally accept your point, for sure.
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