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From: Andreas Petlund <apetlund@simula.no>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 3/3] net: TCP thin dupack
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:50:19 +0100
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On 12. feb. 2010 12:19, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Last year, I'm pretty sure I was on record as thinking this is *not* a
> good idea.  But at least it now requires a sysctl to turn on, and
> should default to off.
> 
> Also that naming was a bit dicey.  Now the names are more descriptive,
> but the "force" is a bit overkill.
> 
> How about:
>   NET_TCP_FORCE_THIN_LINEAR_DUPACK -> NET_TCP_THIN_LINEAR_DUPACK
>   tcp_force_thin_dupack            -> tcp_thin_linear_dupack
>   sysctl_tcp_force_thin_dupack     -> sysctl_tcp_thin_linear_dupack

You uncovered a copy/paste/edit-typo there. The term "linear" had snuck
in even though it does not make sense for this patch. I think that
NET_TCP_THIN_DUPACK, tcp_thin_dupack and sysctl_tcp_thin_dupack will
be better.

Best regards,
Andreas