From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: rick.jones2@hp.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, zach.brown@oracle.com, jheffner@psc.edu
Subject: Re: tcp_slow_start_after_idle
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:06:43 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060614.160643.93473808.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44903D82.40007@hp.com>
From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:46:58 -0700
> Also, does the congestion window "time out" or does it decay?
The modification made to the cwnd is indeed a decay function,
but the event is a time out, and it is also termed a restart
in other writings and contexts.
I think it's all the same. :)
> > +/* By default, RFC2861 behavior. */
> > +int sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle = 1;
> > +
>
> Is this a candidate for "readmostly?"
All the networking sysctls are, we should do a sweep over them at some
point.
Thanks for reminding me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-14 23:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-14 5:35 tcp_slow_start_after_idle David Miller
2006-06-14 16:46 ` tcp_slow_start_after_idle Rick Jones
2006-06-14 23:06 ` David Miller [this message]
2006-06-14 17:09 ` tcp_slow_start_after_idle Zach Brown
2006-06-14 22:30 ` tcp_slow_start_after_idle David Miller
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