netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] tcp: better deal with delayed TX completions

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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:18:47 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Neil Spring <ntspring@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] tcp: better deal with delayed TX
 completions

On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:35:03 -0800 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Jakub and Neil reported an increase of RTO timers whenever
> TX completions are delayed a bit more (by increasing
> NIC TX coalescing parameters)
> 
> While problems have been there forever, second patch might
> introduce some regressions so I prefer not backport
> them to stable releases before things settle.
> 
> Many thanks to FB team for their help and tests.
> 
> Few packetdrill tests need to be changed to reflect
> the improvements brought by this series.

FWIW I run some workloads with this for a day and looks good:

Tested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Thank you!