netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] dpaa2-eth: Don't use netif_receive_skb

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:02:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ruxandra.radulescu@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ioana.ciornei@....com,
        vladimir.oltean@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] dpaa2-eth: Don't use netif_receive_skb_list
 for TCP frames

From: Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:28:43 +0300

> Using Rx skb bulking for all frames may negatively impact the
> performance in some TCP termination scenarios, as it effectively
> bypasses GRO.

"may"?

Please provide numbers so that we know exactly whether it actually
hurts performance one way or another.

Thank you.