On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, David Miller wrote: > From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:37:15 +0300 (EEST) > > > ...Another thing that makes me wonder, is the tp->mss_cache > 1460 check > > as based on rfc3390 (and also it's precursor rfc2414) with up to 2190 > > bytes MSS TCP can use 3 as initial cwnd... > > I did the research and my memory was at least partially right. > > Below is an old bogus change of mine and the later revert with > Alexey's explanation. > > This seems to be dealing with receive window calculation issues, > rather than snd_cwnd. But they might be related and you should > consider this very seriously.
...Thanks about the info, I'll study it carefully and see what's relevant in here too. And anyway we're currently on the safer side as the potential issues only make it more conservative than the RFC allows, so there's no hurry to get it in until the solution is acceptable if there's indeed a need for a change. -- i.
