[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 0/9 Rev3] Implement batching skb API and support in IPoIB

[Krishna Kumar2]

David Miller <davem at davemloft.net> wrote on 08/22/2007 12:21:43 AM:

> From: jamal <hadi at cyberus.ca>
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:30:22 -0400
>
> > On Tue, 2007-21-08 at 00:18 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> >
> > > Using 16K buffer size really isn't going to keep the pipe full enough
> > > for TSO.
> >
> > Why the comparison with TSO (or GSO for that matter)?
>
> Because TSO does batching already, so it's a very good
> "tit for tat" comparison of the new batching scheme
> vs. an existing one.

I am planning to do more testing on your suggestion over the
weekend, but I had a comment. Are you saying that TSO and
batching should be mutually exclusive so hardware that doesn't
support TSO (like IB) only would benefit?

But even if they can co-exist, aren't cases like sending
multiple small skbs better handled with batching?

Thanks,

- KK