netdev - Re: [RFE net-next] net: tun: 1000x speed up

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:14:56 +0200
From:   Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     i.maximets@....org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFE net-next] net: tun: 1000x speed up

On 10/24/22 13:08, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> Bump the advertised speed to at least match the veth.  10Gbps also
>> seems like a more or less fair assumption these days, even though
>> CPUs can do more.  Alternative might be to explicitly report UNKNOWN
>> and let the application/user decide on a right value for them.
>>
>> Link: https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-discuss/2022-July/051958.html
>> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>
>> ---
>>
>> Sorry for the clickbait subject line.  Can change it to something more
>> sensible while posting non-RFE patch.  Something like:
>>
>>   'net: tun: bump the link speed from 10Mbps to 10Gbps'
>>
>> This patch is RFE just to start a conversation.
> 
> Yeah, well, it seems that internet already fallen for your clickbait
> :-(.
> 
> https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-TUN-Driver-1000x
> 										Pavel
> 										

Oh, Wow...  Sorry about that. :/

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.