Re: [PATCH] tcp: disable auto corking by default

From: Thomas Glanzmann
Date: Sat Feb 08 2014 - 12:20:33 EST


Hello Eric,

> Sure, but if we put this flag to zero, nobody will ever use it and
> find any bug.

I agree.

> If we can add the MSG_MORE at the right place, your workload might gain
> ~20% exec time, and maybe 30% better efficiency, since you'll divide by
> 2 the total number of network segments.

That is in fact promising.

> Just to be clear: No stable kernel has yet any issue, right?

Not with TCP CORK as it was recently introduced in the development
branch but it will become stable at one point.

Cheers,
Thomas
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