From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer Subject: Re: Time in Queue, bufferbloat, and... our accidentally interplanetary network Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:19:29 +0100 Message-ID: <11877422e38eade300dd1cdb9e423d47@localhost> References: <1323082774.2670.40.camel@edumazet-HP-Compaq-6005-Pro-SFF-PC> <9dfc3c5eb811f2774b378fce0158b3e7@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-wireless , netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, bloat-devel , bloat To: Hagen Paul Pfeifer Return-path: In-Reply-To: <9dfc3c5eb811f2774b378fce0158b3e7@localhost> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bloat-bounces-JXvr2/1DY2fm6VMwtOF2vx4hnT+Y9+D1@public.gmane.org Errors-To: bloat-bounces-JXvr2/1DY2fm6VMwtOF2vx4hnT+Y9+D1@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:15:38 +0100, Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote: > Question two: I submitted pfast_head_drop to drop more outdated data > instead of new data. Back in time I thought TCP _may_ experience benefits > because more up-to-date SACK data packets are saved. Are there any other > TCP advantages with head drop policy? Small comment: pfast_head_drop was intended for UDP. E.g. OLSR messages, regular GPS reporting and the like. TCP was not the focus at that time. HGN