netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] tcp: take a bit more care of backlog stress

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Date:   Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:50:19 -0800
From:   Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean-Louis Dupond <jean-louis@...ond.be>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] tcp: take a bit more care of backlog stress

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> While working on the SACK compression issue Jean-Louis Dupond
> reported, we found that his linux box was suffering very hard
> from tail drops on the socket backlog queue.
>
> First patch hints the compiler about sack flows being the norm.
>
> Second patch changes non-sack code in preparation of the ack
> compression.
>
> Third patch fixes tcp_space() to take backlog into account.
>
> Fourth patch is attempting coalescing when a new packet must
> be added to the backlog queue. Cooking bigger skbs helps
> to keep backlog list smaller and speeds its handling when
> user thread finally releases the socket lock.
>
> v2: added feedback from Neal : tcp: take care of compressed acks in tcp_add_reno_sack()
>     added : tcp: hint compiler about sack flows
>         added : tcp: make tcp_space() aware of socket backlog
Great feature!

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

>
>
>
> Eric Dumazet (4):
>   tcp: hint compiler about sack flows
>   tcp: take care of compressed acks in tcp_add_reno_sack()
>   tcp: make tcp_space() aware of socket backlog
>   tcp: implement coalescing on backlog queue
>
>  include/net/tcp.h         |  4 +-
>  include/uapi/linux/snmp.h |  1 +
>  net/ipv4/proc.c           |  1 +
>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c      | 58 +++++++++++++++-----------
>  net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c       | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  5 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.20.0.rc0.387.gc7a69e6b6c-goog
>