From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ipsec impact on performance
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:33:28 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151203.143328.1246663523839158336.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151201175953.GC21252@oracle.com>
From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 12:59:53 -0500
> I instrumented iperf with and without ipsec, just using esp-null,
> and 1 thread, to keep things simple. I'm seeing some pretty dismal
> performance numbers with ipsec, and trying to think of ways to
> improve this. Here are my findings, please share feedback.
Doesn't skb_cow_data() contribute significantly to the ESP base cost,
especially for TCP packets?
I mean, we're copying every TCP data frame.
If this is the case, even with GSO/whatever offloads, I expect that
performance will be roughly halfed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-03 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-01 17:59 ipsec impact on performance Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-01 18:17 ` Rick Jones
2015-12-01 18:45 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-01 18:50 ` Rick Jones
2015-12-01 19:01 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 0:56 ` David Ahern
2015-12-02 1:09 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 1:25 ` David Ahern
2015-12-01 18:18 ` Tom Herbert
2015-12-01 18:37 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 11:56 ` David Laight
2015-12-02 12:11 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 12:41 ` David Laight
2015-12-02 13:25 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 20:50 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 21:07 ` Tom Herbert
2015-12-02 21:12 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 21:44 ` Tom Herbert
2015-12-02 21:47 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 22:01 ` Tom Herbert
2015-12-02 22:08 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-02 22:25 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-12-03 1:31 ` Rick Jones
2015-12-02 6:53 ` Steffen Klassert
2015-12-02 12:05 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-03 8:45 ` Steffen Klassert
2015-12-03 11:38 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-03 11:47 ` Steffen Klassert
2015-12-07 8:40 ` Steffen Klassert
2015-12-07 11:27 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-08 11:32 ` Steffen Klassert
2015-12-08 11:51 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-03 19:33 ` David Miller [this message]
2015-12-03 20:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-12-03 20:32 ` Sowmini Varadhan
2015-12-04 5:18 ` Sandy Harris
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