From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Wang Zhan <wang.zhan@smartx.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, keyong.sun@smartx.com,
Wang Zhan <wang.zhan@smartx.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Jason Wang <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>,
Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>,
Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>,
Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>,
dev@openvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] net: gso: support bounded TCP segmentation
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:44:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.203ea450da2a2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923103825.4000903-1-wang.zhan@smartx.com>
Wang Zhan wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:07:09 -0400 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Somewhat tangential, but an entirely different practical approach
> > could be to disable BIG-TCP when such a patch from BIG-TCP capable to
> > non-capable device is encountered.
>
> That means a single device in the topology which does not support BIG TCP
> forces every other device to turn BIG TCP off, to avoid the degradation.
> So with mixed devices and a dynamic topology, BIG TCP cannot be enabled at all.
True. A question is how likely such a scenario with mixed devices is.
I.e., is it worth the code complexity.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 16:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 8:46 [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: resegment oversized TCP GSO skbs Wang Zhan
2026-09-18 8:46 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: core: factor out the GSO device limit check Wang Zhan
2026-09-18 8:46 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] net: gso: support bounded TCP segmentation Wang Zhan
2026-09-19 15:35 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-20 13:12 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-21 20:36 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-23 9:45 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-23 16:42 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-24 9:03 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-21 21:07 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-23 10:38 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-23 16:44 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-09-24 9:27 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-21 20:50 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-23 16:50 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-24 9:09 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-24 10:53 ` David Laight
2026-09-24 12:15 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-24 14:09 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-25 7:45 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-18 8:46 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] net: core: resegment oversized TCP GSO skbs Wang Zhan
2026-09-19 15:37 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-20 13:31 ` Wang Zhan
2026-09-24 14:02 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-21 20:50 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-18 8:46 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: net_test: add tests for bounded GSO segmentation Wang Zhan
2026-09-21 20:50 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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