Re: [PATCH net-next] net: implement tcp coalescing in tcp_queue_rcv()

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 21:11 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 21:58:29 +0200
> 
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> > 
> > Extend tcp coalescing implementing it from tcp_queue_rcv(), the main
> > receiver function when application is not blocked in recvmsg().
> > 
> > Function tcp_queue_rcv() is moved a bit to allow its call from
> > tcp_data_queue()
> > 
> > This gives good results especially if GRO could not kick, and if skb
> > head is a fragment.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> Applied.

Thanks David

My next step is to provide a common helper to NAPI drivers to replace 
netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int len)

by :

struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_rxskb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len)

That will manage a cache of one page, splitted in fragments as needed.
(roughly the code we added in tg3 as POC)

Because converting drivers to build_skb() is a too slow process.