Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:06:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:05:50 -0500 Received: from insws8502.gs.com ([204.4.182.11]:27009 "HELO insws8502.gs.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:05:38 -0500 Message-Id: From: "Ahmed, Zameer" To: "'Alan Cox'" , Zameer.Ahmed@gs.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: Turning off nagle algorithm in 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels? Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:05:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, The finicky nature of closed sourced sybase libraries that we are using in the custom apps make me ask this question. Will turning off the Nagle algorithm in the kernel on the fly, impact performance in any way? or Can we have this feature in the kernel in some way? TIA Zameer A. -----Original Message----- From: Alan Cox [mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:58 AM To: Zameer.Ahmed@gs.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Turning off nagle algorithm in 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels? > and 2.4.x kernels? For the same custom app used under Solaris and Linux. > Turning off nagle algorithm boosted perf on Solaris, I tried commenting out man setsockopt (Linux and Solaris) - 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/