From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Clark Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:48 -0400 Message-ID: <50365D4C.4000609@earthlink.net> References: <1344559958-29162-1-git-send-email-brutus@google.com> <20120814023155.ffe9c01d.billfink@mindspring.com> <20120814.003732.714549073635415560.davem@davemloft.net> Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: billfink@mindspring.com, brutus@google.com, edumazet@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67]:39360 "EHLO elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754773Ab2HWRCg (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:02:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120814.003732.714549073635415560.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/14/2012 03:37 AM, David Miller wrote: > From: Bill Fink > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:31:55 -0400 > > >> I also believe it should be disabled by default, as that is >> the current behavior, and those who would gain an advantage >> from using it can easily enable it. >> > It benefits basically everyone, it makes things orders of > magnitude faster. > Hmm... Looking at the stats provided I didn't see any orders of magnitude faster. > >> While this could be a very useful feature in some environments, >> it seems to me it would be safest to have it disabled by default. >> > I violently disagree, and there is no way I'm having this > thing off by default. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)