Re: TCPBacklogDrops during aggressive bursts of traffic

Ben Hutchings
2012-05-15T16:47:38Z

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 18:34 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 17:29 +0100, Kieran Mansley wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 16:56 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > >
> > > Please try latest kernels, this is probably 'fixed'
> >
> > I've just tried with 3.4.0-rc7 and the problem is still reproducible.
> > It's perhaps harder to reproduce than on 3.3.6 but still there.
> >
> > > What network driver are you using ?
> >
> > The receiver is using the sfc driver that is included in the kernel
> > build, together with an SFC 9020 NIC.
> >
> > Kieran
> >
>
> MTU ?

1500

> What is typical skb->truesize of skb given to stack in RX path ?
>
> If drivers use PAGE_SIZE fragments, then you are more likely to hit
> limit.

We're passing page fragments into GRO.

Ben.

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