From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: anupam.kapoor@gmail.com (Anupam Kapoor) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:01:14 +0530 Subject: Disabling nagle algorithm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org yet another option would be to setup point-to-point ethernet device (^^) via tun/tap drivers. you can have a userland program receiving data from the said device, and then use whatever options you want there. anupam On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Anupam Kapoor wrote: > yup, that's what i also think. is it possible that nagle+delayed-ack > is causing the perceived slow-down ? > > anupam > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Peter Teoh wrote: >> frankly it is not wise to disable nagle, and the solution i proposed >> (using netfilter extension) is really too tedious - the added overhead >> may slow down the processing, even though disabling nagle aims to >> improve latencies. ? but modern network card is so fast, that the >> bottleneck is not at the network card side, but more likely in the >> network gateway, or router side - so u are definitely not going to see >> improvement in spite of all the troubles. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Peter Teoh >> > > > > -- > In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and > Emacs was the lambda. > -- In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs was the lambda.