Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:00:43 +0100 | From | Tim Deegan <> | Subject | Re: [Xen-devel] "tcp: refine TSO autosizing" causes performance regression on Xen |
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At 12:39 +0100 on 16 Apr (1429187952), George Dunlap wrote: > Your comment lists three benefits: > 1. better RTT estimation > 2. faster recovery > 3. high rates > > #3 is just marketing fluff; it's also contradicted by the statement that > immediately follows it -- i.e., there are drivers for which the > limitation does *not* give high rates.
AFAICT #3 is talking about throughput _under TCP_, where inflating the RTT will absolutely cause problems.
Tim.
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