Michal Moskal wrote:
>
> So, it occurs in programs doing packet communication over TCP, when
> peer waits for a packet to send an answer. If they send data with two
> write() calls (for example to write packet header and packet data),
> the performance dramaticly decrases (down to exactly 100 (2.2.19)
> or 25 (2.4.[57]) packet exchanges per second on x86, from several
> thousands. 100 seems to be related to HZ variable, see also AXP results,
> where HZ is 10 times bigger).
Try disabling the nagle algorithm:
int i = 1;
if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &i, sizeof(i)) == -1)
perror("TCP_NODELAY");
Ciao, ET.
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