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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:17:06 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH xfrm-next v2 0/6] Extend XFRM core to allow full offload
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:27:16 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> >My questions about performance were more about where does
> >the performance loss originate. Is it because of loss of GRO?  
> 
> Performance loss between full and baseline ? it's hardly measurable .. 
> less than 3% in the worst case.

The loss for crypto only vs baseline is what I meant. Obviously if we
offload everything the CPU perf may look great but we're giving up
flexibility and ability to fix problems in SW.