Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:29:46 -0500 From: Randall Stewart <rrs@lakerest.net> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r277213 - in head: share/man/man9 sys/kern sys/ofed/include/linux sys/sys Message-ID: <88A39F5F-A9F4-432F-8BAB-9393DAA8F36A@lakerest.net> In-Reply-To: <54C0B75B.9070305@selasky.org> References: <201501151532.t0FFWV2Y037455@svn.freebsd.org> <CAJ-Vmok0GXZoojyi=jE=b5D-d338APztaf3Pw0_AAQ-173XSWw@mail.gmail.com> <54BDD9E1.6090505@selasky.org> <20150120075126.GA42409@kib.kiev.ua> <54BE0AAA.4050104@selasky.org> <20150120090057.GD42409@kib.kiev.ua> <54BE21F0.6010602@selasky.org> <7C692107-51CF-4DFA-BD6C-623D56893150@bsdimp.com> <54C0A352.8090701@selasky.org> <20150122081023.GT42409@kib.kiev.ua> <54C0B75B.9070305@selasky.org>
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Hans Thats great, could you please open a project branch that we can look at it in too? I would very much appreciate that. Sometimes I like to look at the whole code with it all in place (not just patches) and a project branch really helps with that. R > On Jan 22, 2015, at 3:39 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> = wrote: >=20 > On 01/22/15 09:10, Konstantin Belousov wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 08:14:26AM +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: >>> On 01/22/15 06:26, Warner Losh wrote: >>> > >>>>> The code simply needs an update. It is not broken in any ways - = right? If it is not broken, fixing it is not that urgent. >>>>=20 >>>> Radically changing the performance characteristics is breaking the = code. Performance regression in the TCP stack is urgent to fix. >>=20 >>> Not being able to enumerate what all the consumers are that use this = and >>> provide an analysis about why they aren?t important to fix is a bug = in >>> your process, and in your interaction with the project. We simply do = not >>> operate that way. >> Right, I completely agree with this statement. >>=20 >>=20 >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> My plan is to work out a patch for the TCP stack today, which only >>> change the callout_init() call or its function. This should not need = any >>> particular review. I'll let adrian test and review, because I think = he >>> is closer to me timezone wise and you're standing on my head saying = its >>> urgent. If he is still not happy, I can back my change out. Else it >>> remains in -current AS-IS. >> TCP regresssion was noted, so it is brought in front. There is = nothing >> else which makes TCP issue different from other (hidden) issues. >>=20 >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D >>> MFC to 10-stable I can delay for sure until >>> all issues you report to me are fixed. >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D >>=20 >> Sigh, you still do not understand. It is your duty to identify all = pieces >> which break after your change. After that, we can argue whether each = of >> them is critical or not to allow the migration. But this must have = been >> done before the KPI change hit the tree. >>=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Are you saying that pieces of code that runs completely unlocked using = "volatile" as only synchronization mechanism is better than what I would = call a temporary and hopefully short TCP stack performance loss? >=20 > I don't understand? How frequently do you reboot your boxes? Maybe one = every day? And you don't care? >=20 > --HPS >=20 >=20 >=20 ------------------------------ Randall Stewart 803-317-4952 (cell)
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