Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: use TS opt on RTTs for congestion control

2017-06-02 Thread David Miller
From: Yuchung Cheng Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 11:30:53 -0700 > Currently when a data packet is retransmitted, we do not compute an > RTT sample for congestion control due to Kern's check. Therefore the > congestion control that uses RTT signals may not receive any update > during loss recovery which

[PATCH net-next] tcp: use TS opt on RTTs for congestion control

2017-05-31 Thread Yuchung Cheng
Currently when a data packet is retransmitted, we do not compute an RTT sample for congestion control due to Kern's check. Therefore the congestion control that uses RTT signals may not receive any update during loss recovery which could last many round trips. For example, BBR and Vegas may not be