Hello Eric, > > BTW this problem demonstrates there is room for improvement in iCSCI, > > using MSG_MORE to avoid sending two small segments in separate frames. > With the fix, new pcap is more explicit about this suboptimal behavior : > 05:34:16.280900 IP 10.101.0.13.41531 > 10.101.99.5.3260: Flags [.], ack 54353, win 514, options [nop,nop,TS val 1732452 ecr 4294935370], length 0 > 05:34:16.280949 IP 10.101.0.13.41531 > 10.101.99.5.3260: Flags [P.], seq 5328:5376, ack 54353, win 514, options [nop,nop,TS val 1732452 ecr 4294935370], length 48 > 05:34:16.280982 IP 10.101.99.5.3260 > 10.101.0.13.41531: Flags [P.], seq 54353:54401, ack 5376, win 235, options [nop,nop,TS val 4294935370 ecr 1732452], length 48 > 05:34:16.281000 IP 10.101.99.5.3260 > 10.101.0.13.41531: Flags [P.], seq 54401:54913, ack 5376, win 235, options [nop,nop,TS val 4294935370 ecr 1732452], length 512 > 05:34:16.281107 IP 10.101.0.13.41531 > 10.101.99.5.3260: Flags [.], ack 54913, win 514, options [nop,nop,TS val 1732452 ecr 4294935370], length 0 > 05:34:16.281157 IP 10.101.0.13.41531 > 10.101.99.5.3260: Flags [P.], seq 5376:5424, ack 54913, win 514, options [nop,nop,TS val 1732452 ecr 4294935370], length 48 > 05:34:16.281190 IP 10.101.99.5.3260 > 10.101.0.13.41531: Flags [P.], seq 54913:54961, ack 5424, win 235, options [nop,nop,TS val 4294935370 ecr 1732452], length 48 > 05:34:16.281208 IP 10.101.99.5.3260 > 10.101.0.13.41531: Flags [P.], seq 54961:55473, ack 5424, win 235, options [nop,nop,TS val 4294935370 ecr 1732452], length 512 > 05:34:16.281337 IP 10.101.0.13.41531 > 10.101.99.5.3260: Flags [.], ack 55473, win 514, options [nop,nop,TS val 1732452 ecr 4294935370], length 0 > 05:34:16.281390 IP 10.101.0.13.41531 > 10.101.99.5.3260: Flags [P.], seq 5424:5472, ack 55473, win 514, options [nop,nop,TS val 1732452 ecr 4294935370], length 48 > 05:34:16.281423 IP 10.101.99.5.3260 > 10.101.0.13.41531: Flags [P.], seq 55473:55521, ack 5472, win 235, options [nop,nop,TS val 4294935370 ecr 1732452], length 48 > 05:34:16.281440 IP 10.101.99.5.3260 > 10.101.0.13.41531: Flags [P.], seq 55521:56033, ack 5472, win 235, options [nop,nop,TS val 4294935370 ecr 1732452], length 512 I get the idea. However I'm a little bit confused, when I do a 'git grep MSG_MORE' I don't see much references in the Linux kernel who use it at all. So do you have an example for me where this flags needs to be applied? Cheers, Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe target-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html