From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top, Max Chernoff <git@maxchernoff.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/10] tcp: Change usage factor of sending buffer in tcp_get_sndbuf() to 75%
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 16:05:22 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aTeuErO0NT5O02jE@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251208072024.3884137-3-sbrivio@redhat.com>
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On Mon, Dec 08, 2025 at 08:20:15AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> Now that we have a new clamped_scale() function, which makes it simple
> to specify a precise usage factor, change the amount of sending buffer
> we want to use at and above 4 MiB: 75% looks perfectly safe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> ---
> tcp.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
> index 026546a..37aceed 100644
> --- a/tcp.c
> +++ b/tcp.c
> @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static void tcp_rtt_dst_check(const struct tcp_tap_conn *conn,
> }
>
> /**
> - * tcp_get_sndbuf() - Get, scale SO_SNDBUF between thresholds (1 to 0.5 usage)
> + * tcp_get_sndbuf() - Get, scale SO_SNDBUF between thresholds (1 to 0.75 usage)
> * @conn: Connection pointer
> */
> static void tcp_get_sndbuf(struct tcp_tap_conn *conn)
> @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static void tcp_get_sndbuf(struct tcp_tap_conn *conn)
> return;
> }
>
> - v = clamped_scale(sndbuf, sndbuf, SNDBUF_SMALL, SNDBUF_BIG, 50);
> + v = clamped_scale(sndbuf, sndbuf, SNDBUF_SMALL, SNDBUF_BIG, 75);
>
> SNDBUF_SET(conn, MIN(INT_MAX, v));
> }
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-09 5:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-08 7:20 [PATCH v3 00/10] tcp: Fix throughput issues with non-local peers Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] tcp, util: Add function for scaling to linearly interpolated factor, use it Stefano Brivio
2025-12-09 5:05 ` David Gibson
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] tcp: Change usage factor of sending buffer in tcp_get_sndbuf() to 75% Stefano Brivio
2025-12-09 5:05 ` David Gibson [this message]
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] tcp: Limit advertised window to available, not total sending buffer size Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] tcp: Adaptive interval based on RTT for socket-side acknowledgement checks Stefano Brivio
2025-12-09 5:10 ` David Gibson
2025-12-09 22:49 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] tcp: Don't clear ACK_TO_TAP_DUE if we're advertising a zero-sized window Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] tcp: Acknowledge everything if it looks like bulk traffic, not interactive Stefano Brivio
2025-12-09 5:12 ` David Gibson
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] tcp: Don't limit window to less-than-MSS values, use zero instead Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] tcp: Allow exceeding the available sending buffer size in window advertisements Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 8:14 ` Max Chernoff
2025-12-08 8:15 ` Max Chernoff
2025-12-08 8:27 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] tcp: Send a duplicate ACK also on complete sendmsg() failure Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 7:20 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] tcp: Skip redundant ACK on partial " Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 8:11 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] tcp: Fix throughput issues with non-local peers Max Chernoff
2025-12-08 8:25 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-12-08 8:51 ` Max Chernoff
2025-12-08 9:00 ` Stefano Brivio
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