From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, rdunlap@xenotime.net, lkml@techboom.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Divide error in bictcp_cong_avoid ?
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 16:01:10 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18029.1304539270@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 May 2011 12:40:53 PDT." <20110504.124053.260068550.davem@davemloft.net>
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On Wed, 04 May 2011 12:40:53 PDT, David Miller said:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:37:38 -0700
>
> > Don't use BIC, it is known to be unfair between flows.
>
> That doesn't fix the user's bug, nothing in the kernel should causes
> crashes under normal circumstances.
And if it's a "don't use" thing, maybe it's time to deprecate it and/or
otherwise discourage its use? I know *my* config still has it mostly because it
*seems* to work, and nothing's suggested I should change it.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-04 20:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-04 16:03 Divide error in bictcp_cong_avoid ? TB
2011-05-04 17:49 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-05-04 18:33 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-04 18:35 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-05-04 19:03 ` TB
2011-05-04 18:56 ` David Miller
2011-05-04 19:31 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-05-04 19:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-04 19:40 ` David Miller
2011-05-04 20:01 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2011-05-04 20:04 ` [PATCH] tcp_cubic: limit delayed_ack ratio to prevent divide error Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-04 20:53 ` Brandeburg, Jesse
2011-05-06 16:15 ` TB
2011-05-06 16:53 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-06 17:39 ` TB
2011-05-11 14:49 ` TB
2011-05-11 15:22 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-11 15:35 ` TB
2011-05-08 22:52 ` David Miller
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