netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] tcp: implement coalescing on backlog queue

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Date:   Thu, 22 Nov 2018 08:34:16 -0800
From:   Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean-Louis Dupond <jean-louis@...ond.be>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] tcp: implement coalescing on backlog queue

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
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> On 11/21/2018 02:31 PM, Yuchung Cheng wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
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>> Really nice! would it make sense to re-use (some of) the similar
>> tcp_try_coalesce()?
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> Maybe, but it is a bit complex, since skbs in receive queues (regular or out of order)
> are accounted differently (they have skb->destructor set)
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> Also they had the TCP header pulled already, while the backlog coalescing also has
> to make sure TCP options match.
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> Not sure if we want to add extra parameters and conditional checks...
Makes sense.

Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

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