Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:13:59 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange results with increased net.inet.ip.intr_queue_maxlen Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011012121150.072325d0@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200110120116.f9C1GEv18196@arch20m.dellroad.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011011164834.0728c2e0@marble.sentex.ca>
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At 06:16 PM 10/11/01 -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote:
>If the forwarding path is maxed out, then it is the application layer's
>responsibility to back off (think TCP).
Is it better for the networking layer to deal with this (potentially
introducing some latency) as opposed to letting the application ?
>Pinging is an excellent way to determine latency.
I guess then its only at the "worst case" where I would see the added
latency as I dont see any difference by adjusting the queue size.
---Mike
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