From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix tcp_default_win_scale.
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:17:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040706131731.540dd5fd.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040706185856.GN18841@lug-owl.de>
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 20:58:56 +0200
Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-06 11:47:41 -0700, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
> wrote in message <20040706114741.1bf98bbe@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net>:
>
> > I propose that the following that will avoid sending window scaling that
> > is big enough to break in these cases unless the tcp_rmem has been increased.
> > It will keep default configuration from blowing in a corrupt world.
>
> I'm not sure if this is the right way to react. I'd think it's okay to
> give the user the possibility to scale the window so that it works with
> his b0rk3d firewall, but default behavior should be to do whatever the
> protocol dictates/allows.
I totally agree, and that's why the sysctl is there for people to
tweak as they desire.
Jan, any particular reason you removed so much stuff (in particular
netdev@oss.sgi.com) from the CC: list in your posting here?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-06 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <20040629222751.392f0a82.davem@redhat.com>
[not found] ` <20040630152750.2d01ca51@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net>
[not found] ` <20040630153049.3ca25b76.davem@redhat.com>
2004-07-01 20:37 ` [PATCH] TCP acts like it is always out of memory Stephen Hemminger
2004-07-01 21:04 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-02 1:32 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2004-07-06 9:35 ` analysis of TCP window size issues still around - several reports / SACK involved? bert hubert
2004-07-06 18:47 ` [PATCH] fix tcp_default_win_scale Stephen Hemminger
2004-07-06 19:40 ` Jamie Lokier
2004-07-06 20:05 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-07-06 20:28 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 20:36 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-07-06 20:35 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 21:55 ` John Heffner
2004-07-06 22:50 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-07 1:32 ` John Heffner
2004-07-06 23:01 ` PLS help fix: recent 2.6.7 won't connect to anything " bert hubert
2004-07-06 20:12 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 22:44 ` bert hubert
2004-07-06 22:49 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-07 18:06 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-07-07 19:31 ` Jamie Lokier
2004-07-07 19:38 ` bert hubert
2004-07-07 19:41 ` John Heffner
2004-07-09 23:14 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 20:00 ` Nivedita Singhvi
2004-07-06 20:16 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 20:26 ` David Ford
[not found] ` <20040706185856.GN18841@lug-owl.de>
2004-07-06 20:17 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2004-07-06 20:31 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-07-06 20:33 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 20:24 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-06 23:16 ` Andi Kleen
2004-07-07 7:50 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-07-06 23:19 ` Redeeman
2004-07-07 19:47 ` John Heffner
2004-07-06 20:19 ` analysis of TCP window size issues still around - several reports / SACK involved? David S. Miller
2004-07-06 20:27 ` bert hubert
2004-07-06 20:31 ` David S. Miller
2004-07-07 21:25 ` Alessandro Suardi
2004-07-06 20:35 [PATCH] fix tcp_default_win_scale Tim Berti
2004-07-06 20:54 ` David Ford
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