Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161738AbWKHXVi (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:21:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161747AbWKHXVi (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:21:38 -0500 Received: from mga05.intel.com ([192.55.52.89]:63347 "EHLO fmsmga101.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161709AbWKHXVh (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:21:37 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,401,1157353200"; d="scan'208"; a="160377060:sNHT21353255" Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc1: Volanomark slowdown From: Tim Chen Reply-To: tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Olaf Kirch , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@sunset.davemloft.net, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20061108150007.49eaea68@freekitty> References: <1162924354.10806.172.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1163001318.3138.346.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20061108162955.GA4364@suse.de> <1163011132.10806.189.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061108221028.GA16889@suse.de> <1163023652.10806.203.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061108150007.49eaea68@freekitty> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:32:08 -0800 Message-Id: <1163025128.10806.217.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 632 Lines: 19 On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 15:00 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Optimizing for loopback is perversion; perversion can be fun but it gets > to be a obsession then it's sick. > It is not my intention to optimize for this case, but rather to detect change in kernel behavior. That's why in my original mail I ask if increase in ACKs could cause problem for any real application. Tim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/