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Subject: Re: [Bloat] Fixes to Linux's network stack in kernels 3.9 and 3.10
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On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 02:19 -0700, Dave Taht wrote:
> There are a really large string of network related fixes going into
> the next two Linux kernels (3.9 and 3.10), in light of extensive tcp
> and bufferbloat related analyses at google.
> 
> Two of the most important (at least to my eye) are:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136241595507566&w=2
> 
> and
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136392337900604&w=2

This one is definitely a must have for people using TSO or GSO

We are experimenting other fixes on this area.

> 
> Three more caught my eye as I was poking through the commit histories:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136382407631873&w=2
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136639199530624&w=2
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136580231922814&w=2
> 
> And that's just the tip of the iceberg!
> 
> I expect to have to rerun a ton of benchmarks as a result of these
> changes, and to have to throw out a lot of older data.  Please plan on
> having to do the same after these kernels are released....
> 
>