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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: cristiklein@gmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: add setsockopt to disable slow start after idle
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:47:09 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100410.154709.201110995.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BC06A5F.6070804@gmail.com>

From: Cristian KLEIN <cristiklein@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:09:03 +0200

> Could you please explain me why it is dangerous? To me it seems that
> it's just like allowing applications to disable NAGLE or to choose a
> congestion control algorithm.

Because you can cause undue congestion to other people on the network
because you are believing path information that has been outdated and
has not been validated by sending data for a certain amount of time.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-10 22:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1270863015-19597-1-git-send-email-cristiklein@gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <20100409.221307.246951787.davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-10 12:09   ` [PATCH] tcp: add setsockopt to disable slow start after idle Cristian KLEIN
2010-04-10 22:47     ` David Miller [this message]
2010-04-11 18:45       ` Cristian KLEIN
2010-04-11 20:18         ` David Miller

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