Re: netif_rx packet dumping
From: jamal <hidden>
Date: 2005-03-03 21:24:25
On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:21, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
My plan is to keep netif_max_backlog but bump it up to something bigger by default. Maybe even autosize it based on memory available. But get rid of the "dump till empty" behaviour that screws over TCP.
Ok, this does sound more reasonable. Out of curiosity, are packets being dropped at the socket queue? Why is "dump till empty" behaviour screwing over TCP. cheers, jamal