From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 05:21:14 +0200 Message-ID: <20140506032114.GP2382@two.firstfloor.org> References: <1399328773-6531-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1399328773-6531-9-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <20140505.231229.136734008603421707.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: andi@firstfloor.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([193.170.194.197]:42925 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933739AbaEFDVP (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2014 23:21:15 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140505.231229.136734008603421707.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:12:29PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 15:25:57 -0700 > > > This is all the code that saves connection information > > between different sockets. Not really essential for > > small systems. > > It is absolutely essential unless you want poor performance > of TCP connections. Ok so every code in the network stack is essential? What parts would you remove to get the foot print down for a 2MB single purpose machine? -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.