netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_tso_autosize() minimum is one packet

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 21:07:59 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	ncardwell@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_tso_autosize() minimum is one packet

On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 23:52 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:55:28 -0700
> 
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > 
> > By making sure sk->sk_gso_max_segs minimal value is one,
> > and sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs minimal value is one as well,
> > tcp_tso_autosize() will return a non zero value.
> > 
> > We can then revert 843925f33fcc293d80acf2c5c8a78adf3344d49b
> > ("tcp: Do not apply TSO segment limit to non-TSO packets")
> > and save few cpu cycles in fast path.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks Eric.

Thanks David, and many thanks to Herbert and Neal for the reviews !


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