Thread (44 messages) 44 messages, 10 authors, 2008-01-09

Re: [RFC PATCH net-2.6.25 uncompilable] [TCP]: Avoid breaking GSOed skbs when SACKed one-by-one

From: Lachlan Andrew <hidden>
Date: 2007-12-12 00:14:38

Greetings all,

On 11/12/2007, David Miller [off-list ref] wrote:
we should
get it right as it might have network driver interface implications.
If you're redoing the driver interface, could I put in a request for
packet time-stamping at a lower level?

This thread started because TCP processing interferes with RTT
estimation.  This problem would be eliminated if time-stamping were
done as soon as the packet comes off the NIC.

$0.02
Lachlan

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