From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au>,
Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
christoph.paasch@uclouvain.be, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
hkchu@google.com, mwdalton@google.com,
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: gso: Attempt to handle mega-GRO packets
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 07:56:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131107055633.GA28986@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1383789758.2878.32.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 06:02:38PM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 09:47 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
>
> > Say the system is fragmented sufficiently that you'll end up with
> > 0-order pages. In that case you'll only ever be able to coalesce
> > two packets.
>
> 4K page will contain 2 frags and they will coalesce.
>
> Performance will still be quite good.
>
> We probably add a tweak, to not have any hole in this case.
>
> >
> > Real systems that run for more than a day do end up with seriously
> > fragmented memory.
>
> Sure, but having shallow skbs in the first place help quite a bit.
>
> There is no perfect solution, unless of course you change virtio_net to
> provide different queues, with different frag sizes.
>
> Sort of what NIU driver uses.
>
I considered doing this but won't this mean packets can get reordered?
In practice we need to maintain ordering of RX frames within
a given flow, correct?
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-07 5:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 163+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-28 11:55 Bug in skb_segment: fskb->len != len Christoph Paasch
2013-10-28 13:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-28 13:28 ` Christoph Paasch
2013-10-29 1:15 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-29 9:08 ` Christoph Paasch
2013-10-29 12:57 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-29 13:06 ` [PATCH net-next] net: introduce gro_frag_list_enable sysctl Eric Dumazet
2013-10-29 13:48 ` Christoph Paasch
2013-10-29 15:12 ` [PATCH v2 " Eric Dumazet
2013-10-29 23:44 ` David Miller
2013-10-30 0:06 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-11-02 14:01 ` [PATCH v3 net-next] net: introduce dev_set_forwarding() Eric Dumazet
2013-11-02 15:46 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-11-02 18:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-02 19:58 ` [PATCH v4 " Eric Dumazet
2013-11-03 17:18 ` Christoph Paasch
2013-11-04 16:55 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-11-07 21:17 ` David Miller
2013-11-07 21:31 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 21:54 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 3:59 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 4:25 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-10 14:05 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-11 14:36 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 22:06 ` David Miller
2013-11-08 2:17 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 2:42 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 2:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 3:23 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 4:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 4:24 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 4:40 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 4:43 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 5:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 5:21 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 5:40 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-11 18:58 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 3:22 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 4:06 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 4:10 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-08 4:24 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-08 4:28 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-21 18:29 ` David Miller
2013-11-21 18:38 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-03 12:28 ` [PATCH v3 " Herbert Xu
2013-11-03 16:28 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-03 16:31 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-03 17:26 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 4:11 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-04 4:23 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 4:29 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-04 5:00 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 5:23 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-04 6:05 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 6:22 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-04 6:26 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-04 7:10 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 7:21 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-04 13:58 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 6:46 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-04 7:03 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 1:30 ` gso: Attempt to handle mega-GRO packets Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 1:45 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-06 4:07 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 4:23 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-06 4:28 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 5:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-06 8:04 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 8:16 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 13:12 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 15:01 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 0:36 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 1:03 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 1:47 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 2:02 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 2:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 2:15 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 2:37 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 2:41 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 5:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2013-11-07 7:07 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 2:52 ` Jason Wang
2013-11-06 15:05 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 0:39 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 12:39 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 13:30 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 14:39 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-06 15:06 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-06 17:25 ` Joe Perches
2013-11-06 19:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 0:15 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 0:47 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 0:56 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 1:00 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 1:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 1:13 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2013-11-07 1:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 1:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 2:03 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2013-11-07 3:05 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 6:59 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 0:43 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 6:22 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 7:03 ` [1/3] gso: Add to segs at end of loop in skb_segment Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 7:06 ` [2/3] gso: Handle new frag_list of frags GRO packets Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 7:08 ` [3/3] gso: Handle malicious GRO packets without crashing Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 18:18 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-11-07 19:13 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-11-11 18:55 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 18:16 ` [2/3] gso: Handle new frag_list of frags GRO packets Ben Hutchings
2013-11-11 18:54 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-11 18:52 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-12 10:12 ` David Laight
2013-11-13 1:13 ` gso: " Eric Dumazet
2013-11-13 1:29 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-13 2:14 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-13 2:17 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-13 2:22 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-13 2:25 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-13 2:45 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-13 14:26 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-13 15:06 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-14 8:11 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-15 4:37 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-13 2:31 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 7:11 ` gso: Attempt to handle mega-GRO packets Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 7:15 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 7:17 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-07 7:31 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-07 7:33 ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-03 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 net-next] net: introduce dev_set_forwarding() David Miller
2013-10-30 0:53 ` [PATCH v2 net-next] net: introduce gro_frag_list_enable sysctl Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 2:02 ` David Miller
2013-10-30 2:05 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 2:13 ` Jerry Chu
2013-10-30 2:19 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 2:34 ` David Miller
2013-10-30 2:33 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <44571383414236@web13j.yandex.ru>
2013-11-02 18:28 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-11-03 23:19 ` David Miller
2013-10-30 19:39 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-10-30 19:53 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 20:05 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-10-30 20:12 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 4:06 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 4:08 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 4:09 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 4:15 ` Jerry Chu
2013-10-30 4:16 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 4:19 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 4:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 4:42 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 17:39 ` Jerry Chu
2013-10-30 18:09 ` Vlad Yasevich
2013-10-30 19:12 ` David Miller
2013-10-30 0:03 ` Jerry Chu
2013-10-29 14:41 ` Bug in skb_segment: fskb->len != len Herbert Xu
2013-10-29 15:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 1:50 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 4:03 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 4:06 ` Herbert Xu
2013-10-30 4:37 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-10-30 4:47 ` Herbert Xu
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