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Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 21:50:04 -0700
From: Todd Bezenek <bezenek@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Cause of Large Latency Difference Between 1179-byte and 1180-byte UDP Frames?
I'm pushing 10,000 frames per second of UDP traffic through a Linux
system with a bridge configured between two 1GbE ports.
Iptables is installed and running, but the default rule is ACCEPT with
no other rules.
When I make the packets 1179 bytes in size (total size includes
Ethernet header, etc.), I see the latency of most packets between 60
and 200 usec. When I change the size to 1180 bytes, I start seeing
about 1% of the packets with latencies larger than 300 usec, and some
as high as 500+ usec.
Any ideas what buffer size, cache line count, TLB reach, etc. might be
causing this dramatic change?
Cut-and-paste to my terminal is not working, so limited info here:
Kernel: 3.12.20 x86-64
Processor: Intel E3845 (Atom, 4 cores)
Network interface driver: Intel igb
Thank you for any helpful pointers.
-Todd
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Todd Bezenek
bezenek@...il.com
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