From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: William Allen Simpson Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: TCP thin linear timeouts Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:20:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4AE7B887.6090806@gmail.com> References: <4AE72079.4030504@simula.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@vyatta.com, ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi, davem@davemloft.net To: Andreas Petlund Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4AE72079.4030504@simula.no> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Sorry to be too picky about the naming, but "rm_expb" really doesn't mean what is actually done. Perhaps TCP_THIN_LINEAR_BACKOFF and sysctl_tcp_thin_linear_backoff? Also, as debated on some other recent patches, shouldn't the global sysctl specify the default, and the per socket option specify the forced override?